OPERA NORTH LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. OPERA NORTH LIMITED · parent
   1. Opera North Trading Limited 100% · England and Wales · provides catering, bar and events services

Significant events

• “Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady was Opera North's latest collaboration with Leeds Playhouse on a major musical.”
• “A strand of productions tailored to younger children and families was initiated in the autumn with The Big Opera Adventure, a 50-minute performance devised and directed by Jonathan Ainscough”
• “In the winter, The Magic Flute Lite, a shorter version of James Brining's production of Mozart's opera, played to families and school audiences in Leeds, Newcastle, Salford and Nottingham.”
• “Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's innovative and influential 1948 'concept musical' Love Life was revived at Leeds Grand Theatre in January”
• “Also in the winter season, a new production of The Flying Dutchman, Wagner's tale of a ship's captain and his crew condemned to wander the seas for all eternity, was conducted by Garry Walker, directed by Annabel Arden and designed by Joanna Parker.”
• “Three new schools joined the In Harmony programme in September 2024”
• “The Adult Sing ON programme created an opportunity for people to sing with the Orchestra of Opera North at Leeds Grand Theatre in January 2025.”
• “The final phase of the Richmond Hill community residency brought together local groups, schools and artists to co-create songs and soundscapes for a new walking trail conceived by Active Leeds.”
• “Following the Richmond Hill model, a new community residency was launched in the Middleton Park and Hunslet & Riverside wards”
• “Following a consultation with Encore members, Opera North launched a new system for the scheme in August 2024”
• “Zane Berghuis, from Aotearoa New Zealand became the 20th Pettman DARE Fellow”
• “Celebrating six years of Opera North's partnership with Leeds Conservatoire, the Orchestra of Opera North and students from the Leeds Conservatoire Orchestra performed a joint concert in November 2024”
• “Two research-focused sandpit events were held in collaboration with the University of Leeds.”
• “A new Film with Live Orchestra programming strand was initiated with Top Gun Maverick”
• “Kirklees Concert Season: almost 5000 tickets were sold for the orchestral season at Huddersfield Town Hall”
• “The Orchestral Side-by-Side scheme engaged students and young people from Leeds Conservatoire”
• “The Chorus of Opera North featured prominently on the Hallé's recording of the original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, released in March 2025”
• “The Howard Assembly Room hosted more than 80 performances”
• “The industry-leading Resonance programme of Global Majority composer residencies supported five lead music creators to make new work.”
• “For the year ended 31 March 2025, Opera North Trading Ltd... decision was made to close Kino in December 2024, minimising the exposure to further financial risk.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.2%

  £583,602 → £631,192

• Cash

  -80.9%

  £723,469 → £138,378

• Net assets

  -2.5%

  £28,183,902 → £27,478,728

• Employees

  -3.1%

  257 → 249

• Operating profit

  +24.5%

  -£4,687,009 → -£3,540,965

• Profit before tax

  +24.3%

  -£4,722,654 → -£3,574,781

• Wages

  +2.6%

  £8,988,422 → £9,218,070

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers