Registered charity · London
The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund 2000
- 7 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dame Vivien Louise Duffield DBEChair · since 2016
- Andrew Hamish ForsythTrustee · since 2019
- Caroline Louise BrittonTrustee · since 2022
- Lady Katharine Susan GavronTrustee · since 2021
- Simon FreakleyTrustee · since 2024
- Sir Simon Christopher RobeyTrustee · since 2016
- Timothy Brian BuntingTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.roh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£2.7m
- 2024£2.6m£2.9m
- 2023£8.4m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.3m£6.4m
- 2021£2.6m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF OPERA AND BALLET BY MAKING GRANTS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN LIMITED (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 211775) ("ROH") AND (IN RELATION TO GRANTS FALLING WITHIN SUB-CLAUSE 2.1. 3 BELOW) THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 214364) ("RBS") OUT OF THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND FOR OR TOWARDS ANY OF THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSES 2.1.1 TO 2.1.8 BELOW AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR OT TOWARDS ANY OF THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSE 2.1.9. BELOW:-INCOME GRANTS:2.1.1 PRESENTING PRODUCTIONS OF OPERAS AND BALLETS; 2.1.2 COMMISSIONING NEW WORKS OF OPERAS AND BALLET; 2.1.3 SUPPORTING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES OF ROH OR RBS; 2.1.4 PUBLISHING THE SCORES OR LIBRETTI OF OPERAS AND BALLETS AND ANY OTHER BOOKS, BOOKLETS OR PAMPHLETS WHICH RELATE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF ROH; 2.1.5 PURCHASING COPYRIGHTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OR IN OPERAS, BALLETS AND THE MUSICAL WORKS; 2.1.6 RECORDING, FILMING, VIDEOING OR BROADCASTING OPERAS, BALLETS AND OTHER MUSICAL WORKS 2.1.7 MAINTAINING, REPAIRING, RENEWING, IMPROVING OR EXTENDING ANY LAND, BUILDINGS, PLANT, MACHINERY OR ANY OTHER ASSETS OWNED BY ROH; 2.1.8 ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING CHATTELS OR OTHER ASSETS WHICH ARE HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ROH OR ANY BUILDING OWNED OR OCCUPIED BY ROH;CAPITAL GRANTS:2.1.9 RENEWING, IMPROVING OR EXTENDING ANY BUILDINGS, PLANT OR MACHINERY OWNED BY ROH PROVIDED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE GRANT THE TRUSTEES (ACTING UNANIMOUSLY) HAVE A CLEAR POLICY FOR RESTORING TO THE TRUST FUND THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT ( WHETHER OUT OF FUTURE INCOME OR FUTURE DONATIONS) WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS OR IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ONLY SUCH LONGER PERIOD (NOT EXCEEDING 10 YEARS) AS THE TRUSTEES AGREE.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Dame Vivien Louise Duffield DBE Chair since 2016
- Andrew Hamish Forsyth since 2019
- Caroline Louise Britton since 2022
- Lady Katharine Susan Gavron since 2021
- Simon Freakley since 2024
- Sir Simon Christopher Robey since 2016
- Timothy Brian Bunting since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dame Vivien Louise Duffield DBE Chair since 2016
- Andrew Hamish Forsyth since 2019
- Sir Simon Christopher Robey since 2016
- Timothy Brian Bunting since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Andrew Hamish Forsyth since 2019
- Simon Freakley since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Dame Vivien Louise Duffield DBE Chair since 2016
- Caroline Louise Britton since 2022
- Lady Katharine Susan Gavron since 2021
- Sir Simon Christopher Robey since 2016
- Timothy Brian Bunting since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1089928
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 14/12/2001AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 11/10/2002AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 09/12/2004AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 07/09/2005AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 18/06/2008AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 15/10/2008AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 30/01/2013AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15/01/2015AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 03/06/2015
- Contact on the register
- 02072129664 · Leah.Hurst@roh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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