Welsh National Opera Benevolent Trust
What it does
The principal activity of the trust fund is to provide relief of poverty, hardship, sickness and handicap, and to advance the education of persons who may have been or may be employees of Welsh National Opera Limited
Its charitable purposes
RELIEVING POVERTY AND HARDSHIP, RELIEVING SICKNESS AND HANDICAP AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE EMPLOYEES OR WHO HAVE WORKED IN A VOLUNTARY CAPACITY WITHOUT PAY FOR THE COMPANY AND THE WIVES, WIDOWS, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. (FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE TRUST DEED)
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practicce, the United Kingdom
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 August 2025, it had income of £727 and spent £3,332.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | £727 | £3,332 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2024 | £170 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2023 | £442 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2022 | £68 | £303 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 August 2021 | £2,030 | £5,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 64%, from £2,030 in the year to 31 August 2021 to £727 in the year to 31 August 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 458% of its income in the year to 31 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Geraint Talfan Davies OBE
- Helen Jarmany
- Sian Price
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2025 | 30 June 2026 | Received 4 February 2026, 146 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2024 | 30 June 2025 | Received 10 June 2025, 20 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2023 | 30 June 2024 | Received 17 May 2024, 44 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2022 | 30 June 2023 | Received 11 April 2023, 80 days early | Not required |
| 31 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | Received 13 June 2022, 17 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1085756
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 23 March 2001
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 11 DECEMBER 1979
- Website
- www.wno.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.