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English National Opera

English National Opera is an active UK company (number 00426792), incorporated 1947, with 12 current directors including Vanda Murray and Professor Malcolm Colin Press. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.

Performing arts

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Previous officers 80

  1. Timothy Ian Leppard 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jessica Mary Pulay 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Adiba Folashade Ighodaro 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sally Burgess 2017-2026 Director View profile
  5. Patricia Early White 2016-2026 Director View profile
  6. Patricia Marie Dimond 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Philip Edward Edgar-Jones 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Huw John Van Steenis 2015-2023 Director View profile
  9. Lord Jonathan Sumption 2015-2023 Director View profile
  10. Nicholas James Addyman 2015-2024 Director View profile
  11. Anthony Stuart Whitworth-Jones 2015-2020 Director View profile
  12. Martyn Craig Rose 2013-2015 Director View profile
  13. Stuart Anthony Whitworth-Jones 2012-2015 Director View profile
  14. Max Hole 2012-2015 Director View profile
  15. Catherine Lucy O'Neill 2011-2013 Director View profile
  16. Catherine Jean May 2011-2019 Director View profile
  17. Dr Henry Otto Brunjes 2010-2025 Director View profile
  18. Fffon Llywellen Hague 2009-2014 Director View profile
  19. Anthony Michael Fry 2009-2013 Director View profile
  20. Glyn Barker 2009-2016 Director View profile
  21. Nicholas Timothy Allan 2008-2019 Director View profile
  22. Anthony William Lilley 2007-2013 Director View profile
  23. Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. David Julian Buchler 2006-2016 Director View profile
  25. David Terence Digby Harrel 2005-2016 Director View profile
  26. Sir Nicholas Roger Kenyon 2004-2012 Director View profile
  27. Janis Elizabeth Susskind 2004-2012 Director View profile
  28. Sir Peter Lytton Bazalgette 2004-2013 Director View profile
  29. Sir Francis Henry Mackay 2004-2007 Director View profile
  30. John Nelson 2002-2010 Director View profile
  31. Anesta Weekes Qc 2001-2009 Director View profile
  32. Susan Lawley 2001-2005 Director View profile
  33. Sir Vernon James Ellis 2001-2012 Director View profile
  34. Sir Martin Smith 2000-2005 Director View profile
  35. Baroness Sheila Valerie Noakes 2000-2008 Director View profile
  36. Sir James Brian Unwin 2000-2008 Director View profile
  37. Peter Ian Espenhahn 2000-2008 Director View profile
  38. Christopher William Jonas 1999-2007 Director View profile
  39. Lady Susan Mary Woodford-Hollick 1998-2001 Director View profile
  40. Lesley Garrett 1998-2007 Director View profile
  41. Dame Janet Elizabeth Ritterman 1996-2004 Director View profile
  42. Richard John Pearson Aikens 1995-2004 Director View profile
  43. Chandos, Thomas Orlando, Viscount 1995-2004 Director View profile
  44. Richard Van Allen 1995-1998 Director View profile
  45. Sir John William Baker 1994-2001 Director View profile
  46. Shaun Anthony Woodward 1994-2002 Director View profile
  47. Sir John Tusa 1994-2004 Director View profile
  48. Roger John Lawrence Bramble 1993-1998 Director View profile
  49. Right Honourable David John Mellor 1993-1995 Director View profile
  50. Sir Philip William Wilkinson 1993 Director View profile
  51. Sir Nicholas Proctor Goodison 1998 Director View profile
  52. Sir Anthony Brian Cleaver 2000 Director View profile
  53. Charles Edward Alexander 2004 Director View profile
  54. Dr Johnson David Cohen 2000 Director View profile
  55. Sir Rodric Quentin Braithwaite 1999 Director View profile
  56. Donatella Flick 1998 Director View profile
  57. Lord David Wolfson of Sunningdale 1994 Director View profile
  58. Mary Robinson Hambro 1995 Director View profile
  59. Carr, Robert, the Rt Hon Lord of Hadley Pc 1993 Director View profile
  60. Paul Yaw Boateng 1997 Director View profile
  61. Right Honourable Lord Hoffmann 1994 Director View profile
  62. Ronald Hugh Peet 1995 Director View profile
  63. Thomson, George Morgan, Right Honourable Lord Thomson of Monifieth 1993 Director View profile
  64. Lord Arthur George Weidenfeld 1998 Director View profile
  65. Lascelles, George Henry Hubert, the Right Hon.the Earl of Harewood 1995 Director View profile
  66. John Robert Sotheby Boas 1999 Director View profile
  67. Sue Hammerson 1993 Director View profile
  68. Maria Kyriakou 2019-2019 Secretary View profile
  69. Helen Louise Andrews 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  70. Andrew Paul Gambrell 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  71. Charlotte Fiona Gibson 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  72. Andrew Gambrell 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  73. Loretta Ann Tomasi 2003-2013 Secretary View profile
  74. Graham Long 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  75. Anthony Blackstock Limited 2001-2002 Corporate-secretary View profile
  76. William Graeme Wallace 2001-2001 Secretary View profile
  77. Russell Willis Taylor 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  78. Michael John Woolley 1995-1998 Secretary View profile
  79. Ian Robert Giddons 1994-1995 Secretary View profile
  80. Harriet Feilding 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
02/01/1947
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
English National Opera

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above English National Opera on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

9 grants · £64,303,152 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £37,828,376 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £15,475,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,980,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,776 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £12,607,7922021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £12,607,7922020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport £3,095,0002018-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport £12,380,0002018-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

3.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
10.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 7Professional services 6Tech and media 5Education 3Finance 3Other services 3Property 3Business services 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00426792
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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