Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA 

To produce & present opera and to develop and extend audiences for opera and understanding of the lyric arts in London and throughout the country.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 55 years
(77 years as a company)

www.eno.org

hcampbell@eno.org

020 7836 0111

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/07/22*£20,974£35,040£-14,066£1,595£19,270£6,8992.43320
31/07/21£20,098£21,778£-1,680£770£21,807£8,2764.633214
31/07/20£31,030£31,495£-465£948£22,856£9,7083.737714
31/07/19£36,239£36,180£59£1,061£23,810£7,1162.433720
31/07/18£36,095£35,224£871£1,090£23,723£6,0222.132821
31/07/17?£49,061£46,644£2,417£1,134£22,776£4,3211.13440
31/03/16*£40,277£39,427£850£864£19,486£2,0900.63820
31/03/15£37,738£38,096£-358£1,126£18,841£1,9810.63910
31/03/14£36,967£36,703£264£1,011£18,146£2,0330.73370
31/03/13£40,066£37,334£2,732£1,253£15,280£1,8250.63510
31/03/12£35,817£38,008£-2,191£1,149£12,545£2,6050.83540
31/03/11£36,941£36,553£388£1,082£14,736£5,0751.73700
31/03/10£33,790£33,949£-159£946£14,791£5,0271.83750
31/03/09£32,554£33,759£-1,205£1,060£14,951£4,9361.83670
31/03/08*£34,688£34,855£-167£951£16,161£5,6511.93910
31/03/07*£37,530£32,669£4,861£903£16,328£5,7262.14270
31/03/06*£32,477£35,061£-2,584£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£33,187£34,448£-1,261£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£42,028£44,630£-2,602£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 76%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 332 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,

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£12,612,792
The Rayne Foundation£50,000
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to English National Opera
£50,000 10/08/2022
Towards ENO Breathe, a programme for those suffering from ongoing breathlessness, anxiety and other symptoms of Long Covid
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to English National Opera
£50,000 08/06/2022
Installation of LED lighting in the London Coliseum auditorium flambos
DCMS - National Portfolio 18/22
£12,607,792 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - The Way I See It: Summer 2020 Children and Young Peoples Creativity in the time of Covid-19
£5,000 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000 27/03/2019
ENO Chorus Fellowships for BAME Singers
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to English National Opera
£3,500 14/02/2019
ENO BAME Chorus Fellowship
DCMS - National Portfolio 18/22
£12,380,000 01/04/2018
National Portfolio 18/22
DCMS - National Portfolio 18/22
£3,095,000 01/04/2018
To support National Portfolio 18/22
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to English National Opera
£300,000 13/12/2012
Towards a fund to support the development of new productions and create a more sustainable funding model.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-72
  • SALLY BURGESS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Singer, Stage Director, Coach, And Mentor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/1968, number: 257210
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/01/1947, number: 00426792
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 159 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 37 days late,
Main office

LONDON COLISEUM
ST MARTINS LANE
WC2R 4ES

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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