The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund 2000

Registered charity 1089928 Registered since 2002

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

6.4y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 11Arts and leisure 10Education 7

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.roh.org.uk
EmailLeah.Hurst@roh.org.uk
Phone02072129664
AddressROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2E 9DD

Finances

£4,115,024 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,612,281£2,681,377
2022£2,287,098£6,367,756
2023£8,365,925£2,608,288
2024£2,595,710£2,913,212
2025£4,115,024£2,734,308

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

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.

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

Trustees (7)

7trustees
67median age
2aged 70+

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