THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000

Registered charity 1089928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND

The charity promotes the education of the public in the arts of opera and ballet by making grants to, or for the benefit of, the Royal Opera House or the educational activities of the Royal Ballet School

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Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £65.1m, driven by significant investment gains of £6.8m and incoming resources of £4.1m. The charity maintains unrestricted free reserves of £200,218, which the trustees consider appropriate given the sensitivity of investment returns. The charity is audited by Crowe UK LLP, which confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The aim has been to build up free reserves to ensure that grants can be made to ROHCGF in future years even if investment income underperforms. (held: £200k)

“The aim has been to build up free reserves to ensure that grants can be made to ROHCGF in future years even if investment income underperforms.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£889k

Reserves (reported)

£200k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAME Vivien Louise Duffield DBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Hamish Forsyth
Caroline Louise Britton · trustee of 1 other charity
LADY KATHARINE SUSAN GAVRON · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Freakley
Sir Simon Christopher Robey · trustee of 1 other charity
TIMOTHY BRIAN BUNTING · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.1m	£2.7m
31/08/2024	£2.6m	£2.9m
31/08/2023	£8.4m	£2.6m
31/08/2022	£2.3m	£6.4m
31/08/2021	£2.6m	£2.7m

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000 financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £65.1m, driven by significant investment gains of £6.8m and incoming resources of £4.1m. The charity maintains unrestricted free reserves of £200,218, which the trustees consider appropriate given the sensitivity of investment returns. The charity is audited by Crowe UK LLP, which confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HEADLEY TRUST	3	£195k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£1.1m
THE BAND TRUST	2	£873k
Laidlaw Opera Trust	2	£135k
CHK Foundation	2	£55k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	2	£31k
The Ethos Foundation	2	£20k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION.

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION income £182.1m
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE BENEVOLENT FUND income £132k
ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND income £627k
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m
THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND income £4.0m
OPERA HOLLAND PARK income £5.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000	£4.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION FY2025	£182.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025	£132k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025	£627k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£11.8m	—	—	unclear	5.0%	no doubt
THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025	£4.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.