Common questions about Opera North Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Opera North Limited a good charity? +
Opera North Limited scores 72 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Opera North Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Opera North Limited as a registered charity (charity number 511726). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=511726&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Opera North Limited's charity number? +
Opera North Limited's charity number is 511726. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Opera North Limited's charity rating? +
Opera North Limited scores 72 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Opera North Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Opera North Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Opera North Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of Opera North Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Opera North Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 3% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Opera North Limited. Opera North Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Opera North Limited receive? +
Opera North Limited reported £19m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Opera North Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-12). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Opera North Limited based? +
Opera North Limited's registered contact address is in Leeds (LS1 6PA). It tells the regulator it operates in England, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is Opera North Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Opera North Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 7 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Opera North Limited's money come from? +
Opera North Limited reported £19m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £13m (67%), other income £3m (16%), charitable activities £2.8m (15%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £145k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Opera North Limited? +
The register records Opera North Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Opera North Limited's trustees paid? +
Opera North Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Opera North Limited registered as a charity? +
Opera North Limited was entered on the register on 31 July 1981. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01550778).
How does CharityCompare score Opera North Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Opera North Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Opera North Limited's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.