The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

English National Opera

Registered charity 257210 Registered since 1968

Operates: City Of Westminster

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11General Charitable Purposes 10Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 35Professional services 16Tech and media 9

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£26.9m 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.

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

269 from 332 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.eno.org
Emailnbentley@eno.org
Phone020 7836 0111
AddressLONDON COLISEUM, ST MARTINS LANE, WC2R 4ES

Finances

£26,933,970 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,097,611£21,777,936
2022£20,974,000£35,040,000
2023£33,714,811£38,785,035
2024£35,439,775£27,642,211
2025£26,933,970£23,096,367

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are for the benefit of the public:To encourage the understanding and appreciation of the arts, particularly (but not limited to) the performing arts by providing, presenting, producing, organising, creating access to, managing and conducting performances of plays, opera, ballet, films and concerts of cultural value to the community;To advance education for the public benefit, particularly (but not exclusively) in the performing arts, and in plays, opera, music, music performance techniques, ballet, films and concerts of cultural value to the community; andTo advance health and wellbeing for the public benefit, particularly (but not exclusively) through activities related to the performing arts, including opera, music and performance techniques.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 02/01/1947 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS OF 16/11/1970, 03/06/1974, 23/07/1974, 04/11/1974, 25/11/1975, 03/07/1978, 07/03/1983, 21/07/1986, 31/05/1988, 14/12/1993 AND 28/03/95, 16/12/98 AND 18/02/04 as amended on 01 Oct 2022 as amended on 18 Aug 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
66median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

English National Opera · 00426792 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/01/1947

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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