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The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is a registered charity (number 212150) based in London, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Dame Susan Jane Owen DCB since 2019. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dame Susan Jane Owen DCBChair · since 2019
- Alexander Marris WhitleyTrustee · since 2025
- Anne BulfordTrustee · since 2020
- Hilary Carty BMA CcmiTrustee · since 2018
- Ida Louise LevineTrustee · since 2024
- Isabel Heloise McmeekanTrustee · since 2022
- Jeanetta Laurence OBETrustee · since 2018
- Lindsay Tomlinson OBETrustee · since 2020
- Luke Rittner CBETrustee · since 2020
- Natasha KaplinskyTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Frederick Strang Noble OBETrustee · since 2026
- SIR David Normington GCBTrustee · since 2016
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBETrustee · since 2022
- Stephen David Maddock OBETrustee · since 2024
- William Jonathan TuckettTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Richmond Upon Thames, Birmingham City
- Website
- www.roh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£4k
- 2024£8k£4k
- 2023£8k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£8k
- 2021£6k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
PROMOTION OF THE ART OF THE BALLET AND IN ASSOCIATION THEREWITH THE LITERARY MUSICAL AND GRAPHIC ARTS BY CO-ORDINATING THE ACTIVITIES OF (I) THE BALLET COMPANIES NOW RESPECTIVELY KNOWN AS "THE SADLER'S WELLS BALLET" AND "THE SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE BALLET" AND THE PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC OF BALLET BY THESE BALLET COMPANIES, (II) THE BALLET SCHOOL PRESENTLY CONDUCTED AT WHITE LODGE, RICHMOND PARK IN OUR COUNTY OF SURREY AND AT 155 TALGARTH ROAD IN OUR CONTY OF LONDON WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF INSTRUCTING CHILDREN IN THE ART OF THE BALLET AND FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF BALLET.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Dame Susan Jane Owen DCB Chair since 2019
- Alexander Marris Whitley since 2025
- Anne Bulford since 2020
- Hilary Carty BMA Ccmi since 2018
- Ida Louise Levine since 2024
- Isabel Heloise Mcmeekan since 2022
- Jeanetta Laurence OBE since 2018
- Lindsay Tomlinson OBE since 2020
- Luke Rittner CBE since 2020
- Natasha Kaplinsky since 2024
- Robert Frederick Strang Noble OBE since 2026
- SIR David Normington GCB since 2016
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE since 2022
- Stephen David Maddock OBE since 2024
- William Jonathan Tuckett since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dame Susan Jane Owen DCB Chair since 2019
- Anne Bulford since 2020
- Hilary Carty BMA Ccmi since 2018
- Jeanetta Laurence OBE since 2018
- Lindsay Tomlinson OBE since 2020
- Luke Rittner CBE since 2020
- SIR David Normington GCB since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dame Susan Jane Owen DCB Chair since 2019
- Alexander Marris Whitley since 2025
- Anne Bulford since 2020
- Hilary Carty BMA Ccmi since 2018
- Isabel Heloise Mcmeekan since 2022
- Jeanetta Laurence OBE since 2018
- Lindsay Tomlinson OBE since 2020
- Luke Rittner CBE since 2020
- SIR David Normington GCB since 2016
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE since 2022
- William Jonathan Tuckett since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Ida Louise Levine since 2024
- Natasha Kaplinsky since 2024
- Robert Frederick Strang Noble OBE since 2026
- Stephen David Maddock OBE since 2024
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 212150
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER OF 31ST OCTOBER 1956, AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 8TH NOVEMBER 1964
- Contact on the register
- 0207 240 1200 · hon.sec@royalballetgovernors.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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