GRAND OPERA HOUSE TRUST

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Deloitte (NI) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Having reviewed the Trust's forecasts, taking into account changes in trading as a result of increased operational costs, and having considered a number of scenarios, including reduced occupancy as a result of external factors, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that there are adequate resources in place to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The principal factors underlying this judgement, subject to normal levels of commercial risk in the current economic climate, include: Current levels of financial performance and resources by comparison with budget expectations; Expected revenues from the planned programme for 2025/26 and 2026/27; and Expected cash flows in respect of capital expenditure. Appropriate financial strategies have been identified to manage the financial sustainability of the Theatre. Accordingly, the Trust continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

1. GRAND OPERA HOUSE TRUST · parent
   1. The Grand Opera House (Theatre) Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · contracting and staging of theatrical productions and the operation of ancillary services in the Grand Opera House, Great Victoria Street, Belfast, for arts and entertainment purposes.

Significant events

• “2024/25 was another hugely successful year for the Grand Opera House, with a record of 87% average attendance.”
• “In autumn 2024, the Trust launched its biggest customer survey to date, in which 87% of respondents stated that without the Grand Opera House, they would not have the chance to experience West End shows.”
• “The programme included The Wizard of Oz, Pretty Woman, Come From Away, An Inspector Calls, The Woman in Black, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dear Evan Hansen, Chicago, and two unforgettable, sell-out weeks of the National Theatre's multi-award-winning production of War Horse, which also marked the Northern Ireland premiere of this acclaimed show.”
• “The Trust produced its most ambition youth show to date, a stunning production of Sunset Boulevard which featured 79 young people aged 16 to 21.”
• “A highlight of the year was three sell-out performances of Melissa Hamilton's Grand Ballet Gala in October 2024.”
• “The 2024/25 production of The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan was a flyaway success, attracting over 74,000 people during its six-week run.”
• “During summer 2026, the Theatre will be 'dark' for three weeks to facilitate a significant maintenance programme which will mark five years since the completion of the award-winning £12.2 million restoration and development project.”
• “The Theatre will host the State Ballet of Georgia's production of The Nutcracker in November 2025, the first fully staged narrative ballet on its stage for over three years.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.7%

  £11,427,190 → £12,193,617

• Cash

  +337.1%

  £1,683,080 → £7,355,955

• Net assets

  +2.8%

  £19,118,048 → £19,654,567

• Employees

  +3.5%

  113 → 117

• Profit before tax

  +4.8%

  £511,861 → £536,519

• Wages

  +14%

  £2,048,796 → £2,335,349

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