The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Ballet School

Registered charity 214364 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.

18 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (7)

16
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 18Education/training 18General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Education 36Finance 21Arts and leisure 14

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£16.6m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.2 in 2021

250 from 241 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.royalballetschool.org.uk
Emailenquiries@royalballetschool.org.uk
Phone02078368899
AddressROYAL BALLET SCHOOL, 46 FLORAL STREET, LONDON, WC2E 9DA

Finances

£16,580,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,767,000£12,888,000
2022£12,534,000£14,279,000
2023£21,241,000£16,191,000
2024£15,660,814£18,582,700
2025£16,580,000£19,207,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE PRIMARY OBJECT IS TO CONDUCT AND MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL IN ALL RESPECTS AS A CHARITY, AND TO APPLY THE PROPERTY AND INCOME OF THE SCHOOL FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY. FURTHER OBJECTS ARE (I) TO CONDUCT A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE BALLET, AND FOR PROVIDING SCHOLASTIC EDUCATION FOR SUCH OF THE SAID BOYS AND GIRLS AS ARE BY LAW REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SUCH EDUCATION; (II) TO RECEIVE, EDUCATE AND TRAIN STUDENTS IN BALLET, DRAMA, DANCING, SINGING, MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31ST MARCH 1955 AS AMENDED ON THE 20TH FEBRUARY 1957, 16TH OCTOBER 1957, 31ST AUGUST 1959, 24TH OCTOBER 1962, 1ST MARCH 1972 AND 9 JUNE 1976

Trustees (18)

18trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal Ballet School · 00547018 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/03/1955

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (10)

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