The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation

Registered charity 211775 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

17 trustees on the board

3.8y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (5)

15
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 17Education/training 17Environment/conservation/heritage 17

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

Arts and leisure 42Tech and media 19Professional services 17

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.

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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£182.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1213 from 822 in 2021
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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Contact

Websitewww.roh.org.uk
EmailLeah.Hurst@roh.org.uk
Phone02072129201
AddressROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2E 9DD

Finances

£182,080,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£84,291,000£81,854,000
2022£132,687,000£136,915,000
2023£170,697,000£154,757,000
2024£181,942,000£171,939,000
2025£182,080,000£174,656,000

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 OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION SO FAR AS SUCH PROMOTION AND ASSISTANCE SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE AND IN PARTICULAR, TO RAISE THE ARTISTIC TASTE OF THE COUNTRY, AND TO PROCURE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSICAL ART IN ALL ITS FORMS. (SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/04/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/1952AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/10/1959AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/05/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/02/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/02/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/09/2014 AS AMENDED ON 04 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 OCT 2021 as amended on 10 Jul 2025 as amended on 08 Oct 2025 as amended on 09 Jul 2026

Trustees (17)

17trustees
62median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation · 00480523 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/04/1950

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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