Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Excess liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 16

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET

The primary objective of the Charity remains to present productions of classical ballet of the highest quality within England and around the world, with particular emphasis on access to these performances to the widest possible audience through affordable pricing, touring to different venues in England and attractive repertoire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

Established: 61 years

www.ballet.org.uk

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£21,480	£20,126	£1,354	£818	£35,458	£33,424	19.9	177	9
31/03/22		£21,257	£19,050	£2,207	£685	£34,104	£32,621	20.5	205	11
31/03/21		£19,801	£13,383	£6,418	£346	£31,897	£30,753	27.6	198	30
31/03/20		£24,206	£21,830	£2,376	£1,093	£25,479	£24,645	13.5	224	20
31/03/19		£34,479	£18,230	£16,249	£1,224	£23,103	£17,605	11.6	172	14
31/03/18	*	£19,059	£17,531	£1,528	£1,056	£5,882	£3,004	2.1	215	0
31/03/17		£18,175	£18,065	£110	£882	£4,354	£3,234	2.1	218	0
31/03/16	*	£15,282	£14,923	£359	£754	£4,244	£2,839	2.3	210	0
31/03/15		£15,690	£15,334	£356	£884	£3,885	£2,969	2.3	213	0
31/03/14		£13,368	£14,774	£-1,406	£746	£3,530	£2,699	2.2	200	0
31/03/13		£13,812	£13,748	£65	£589	£4,936	£4,398	3.8	183	0
31/03/12		£13,932	£13,883	£49	£606	£4,871	£4,369	3.8	161	0
31/03/11		£13,799	£12,913	£887	£558	£4,822	£4,311	4	169	0
31/03/10		£13,606	£13,246	£360	£543	£3,935	£3,351	3	166	0
31/03/09		£13,750	£13,188	£562	£539	£3,575	£2,978	2.7	167	0
31/03/08	*	£14,158	£13,850	£308	£530	£3,013	£3,431	3	168	0
31/03/07		£10,829	£10,427	£403	£399	£2,705	£2,814	3.2	149	0
31/03/06		£9,864	£9,447	£417	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£9,692	£8,328	£1,364	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£8,813	£9,361	£-548	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 19.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4

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What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

Who works here?

177 employees
9 volunteers

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£7,103,842
Wolfson Foundation	£175,000
City Bridge Trust	£99,700
John Lyon's Charity	£65,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to English National Ballet
£35,000	17/11/2022	Creature Explored – choreo & industry insights, creation & performance
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	24/06/2022	Dance Health
City Bridge Trust - Grant to English National Ballet
£99,700	05/06/2022 24	£99,700 (£49,100; £50,600) over two further and final years towards ENB’s dance classes for older people, specifically ENBEldersCo, Leap of Faith, and Dancing East. Funding will go towards ....more £99,700 (£49,100; £50,600) over two further and final years towards ENB’s dance classes for older people, specifically ENBEldersCo, Leap of Faith, and Dancing East. Funding will go towards artist fees, production costs, and staff time.
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to English National Ballet
£30,000	18/11/2021	Ballet Explored – Khan Retrospective: Dust/Giselle/Creature
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£1,103,842	27/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	17/08/2021	to support specified work
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Dance for Parkinson's
£32,500	01/08/2021	A grant towards the re-launch of English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s classes
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000	08/07/2021	to support the digital programme, specifically equipment and technical upgrades (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to English National Ballet
£175,000	09/12/2020	WF Covid-19 Support Fund
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£3,000,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - ENB Culture Recovery Fund application
£3,000,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to English National Ballet
£5,000	09/04/2019 12	Dance Journey's performance 2019
City Bridge Trust - Grant to English National Ballet
£130,000	31/01/2019 36	£130,000 over three years (£42,000; £44,000; £44,000) for the costs of providing older people's dance programmes in Tower Hamlets and Hounslow.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to English National Ballet
£50,000	22/01/2019 36	English National Ballet Dance for Parkinson's - London
London Marathon Charitable Trust - New facilities for public engagement programmes at ENB's new purpose-built home on London City Island
£140,000	24/01/2018	Towards a community Engagement Space at the organisation’s new home on London City Island, which it will share with English National Ballet School. The new building will host a range of accessible ....more Towards a community Engagement Space at the organisation’s new home on London City Island, which it will share with English National Ballet School. The new building will host a range of accessible and inclusive classes such as Dance for Parkinson's, Dance for Dementia, BalletActive for girls, BalletFit, Pilates and yoga.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	11/10/2017	London City Island: a new home for English National Ballet
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding for national programming
£90,000	20/07/2017 36	Towards the core costs of their artistic programme during a period of transition to a new home on London City Island.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to English National Ballet
£120,000	16/06/2017	Music room within new home at London City Island, E14
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to English National Ballet
£120,000	21/01/2015 24	Towards the development of the Triple Bill programmes.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Dance for Parkinson's
£97,000	18/07/2011	Three-year programme to provide dance and cultural activities for people with Parkinson's. The organisation will research the benefits, devise a training programme, and set up satellite projects.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-70

CAROLINE AGNES MORGAN THOMSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

CHRISTOPHER ALAN MARKS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Investment Banking

DR SHIRLEY THOMPSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor Of Music

FATEMEH SANAZ AMIDI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo

FAY MARILYN BERK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Retail Director

KAMARA GRAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artistic Director

LADY DEBORAH BUFFINI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor (Non-Practising), Other trusteeship: THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION,

SUE BUTCHER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeships: GRANGE PARK OPERA, THE CATHY MARSTON PROJECT,

SANDRA JANET HONESS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

SIR ALEXANDER RUPERT GAVIN Appointed: 2024

SUSAN ELIZABETH ANN SLOAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/1963, number: 214005
Registered at Companies House on 10/09/1962, number: 00735040

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 5 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 5 days late,

Main office

41 Hopewell Square
London
E14 0SY

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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