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English National Opera

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,...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £27m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
City Of Westminster
Website
www.eno.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
English National Opera
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27m£23m
  • 2024£35m£28m
  • 2023£34m£39m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£35m
  • 2021£20m£22m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

13 grants · £37,099,360 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.

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.8y
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 16Education 8

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£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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
257210
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00426792 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7836 0111 · nbentley@eno.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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