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English National Ballet

English National Ballet is a registered charity (number 214005) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Sir Alexander Rupert Gavin since 2024. Latest income £25m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as ENB, English National Ballet Enterprises LTD, English National Ballet LTD (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £25m (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.ballet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
English National Ballet
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25m£26m
  • 2024£23m£21m
  • 2023£21m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£19m
  • 2021£20m£13m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER EDUCATION IN AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS OF BALLET, OPERA, MIME, DRAMA, MUSIC, AND SINGING AND SIMILAR AND ANCILLARY ARTS.

Grants received

23 grants · £9,340,363 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 11Education/training 2General 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.

Arts and leisure 18Professional services 2Tech and media 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£25.4m 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.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.1 in 2021

237 from 198 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
214005
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 1962 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15 NOVEMBER 1962, 10 SEPTEMBER 1980, 17 NOVEMBER 1988, 18 MAY 1989, 25 JANUARY 1995 AND 21 JUNE 2006 as amended on 03 Dec 2019 as amended on 07 Mar 2022 as amended on 24 Jun 2024
Companies House
Company number 00735040 · Active
Contact on the register
02075902926 · comments@ballet.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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