Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Deficit latest year: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 10

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:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 277.1% of total funds
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:

Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£33,715	£38,785	£-5,070	£1,534	£13,999	£2,086	0.6	325	0
31/07/22	*	£20,974	£35,040	£-14,066	£1,595	£19,270	£6,899	2.4	332	0
31/07/21		£20,098	£21,778	£-1,680	£770	£21,807	£8,276	4.6	332	14
31/07/20		£31,030	£31,495	£-465	£948	£22,856	£9,708	3.7	377	14
31/07/19		£36,239	£36,180	£59	£1,061	£23,810	£7,116	2.4	337	20
31/07/18		£36,095	£35,224	£871	£1,090	£23,723	£6,022	2.1	328	0
31/07/17?		£49,061	£46,644	£2,417	£1,134	£22,776	£4,321	1.1	344	0
31/03/16	*	£40,277	£39,427	£850	£864	£19,486	£2,090	0.6	382	0
31/03/15		£37,738	£38,096	£-358	£1,126	£18,841	£1,981	0.6	391	0
31/03/14		£36,967	£36,703	£264	£1,011	£18,146	£2,033	0.7	337	0
31/03/13		£40,066	£37,334	£2,732	£1,253	£15,280	£1,825	0.6	351	0
31/03/12		£35,817	£38,008	£-2,191	£1,149	£12,545	£2,605	0.8	354	0
31/03/11		£36,941	£36,553	£388	£1,082	£14,736	£5,075	1.7	370	0
31/03/10		£33,790	£33,949	£-159	£946	£14,791	£5,027	1.8	375	0
31/03/09		£32,554	£33,759	£-1,205	£1,060	£14,951	£4,936	1.8	367	0
31/03/08	*	£34,688	£34,855	£-167	£951	£16,161	£5,651	1.9	391	0
31/03/07	*	£37,530	£32,669	£4,861	£903	£16,328	£5,726	2.1	427	0
31/03/06	*	£32,477	£35,061	£-2,584	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£33,187	£34,448	£-1,261	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£42,028	£44,630	£-2,602	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 56%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 56 years
(77 years as a company)

www.eno.org

hcampbell@eno.org

020 7836 0111

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

City Of Westminster,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Linbury Trust	£210,000
The Rayne Foundation	£50,000
Wolfson Foundation	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Breathe Programme - ENO
£210,000	18/06/2024 36	A grant over three years towards running and delivering the expanded Breathe programme in London, Manchester and online.
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2023 – 2024
£4,500	31/03/2024	ENO offers professional playing and singing fellowships to musicians from diverse backgrounds to break down barriers to career progression.
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2022 – 2023
£4,000	31/03/2023	ENO Director-Observers is a diversity scheme to give 4 ethnically diverse theatre practitioners the chance to experience working in opera.
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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£100,000	27/03/2019 24	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 (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 58-73

ADIBA ANYAOKU IGHODARO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Strategic Relationships

AJIT LALVANI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor Of Medicine

ANUPAM GANGULI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Director

DR HENRY BRUNJES (Chair), Occupation: Chairman Health Care Company

GILLIAN MOORE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Artistic Associate

HILARY NEWISS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer

LOUISE FELICITY JEFFREYS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Arts

PATRICIA EARLY WHITE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Lawyer

PATRICIA DIMOND Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Investment Advisor

PHILIP EDGAR-JONES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director At Sky Arts

RICHARD BUXTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

SALLY BURGESS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Singer, Stage Director, Coach, And Mentor

SALLY OSMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

THE RT HON LORD CHRISTOPER SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Master Of Pembroke College

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

Fundraising Regulator

First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy unpaid)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; 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

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