THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 1193337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We assist past or present employees of the Royal Opera House, Birmingham Royal Ballet or their dependents who are in financial or other need. We can also provide support to other individuals employed by a company that gives performances of opera, ballet or music or any similar organisation to help relieve poverty or advance the education or health of people employed in the production of the above.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY:(I)PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING HELP WITH RE-TRAINING) TO ANY INDIVIDUAL IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO IS OR HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF ANY OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COMPANIES OR OF ANY OTHER CHARITY OR ORGANISATION WHICH GIVES PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF OPERA, BALLET OR MUSIC OR WHO IS THE SPOUSE,WIDOW, WIDOWER,PARTNER, CHILD, PARENT OR DEPENDANT OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL;(II)MAKING GRANTS TO ANY CHARITY OR ORGANISATION IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, SUCH GRANT WOULD PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OR HEALTH OF ARTISTSAND/OR OTHER PERSONS EMPLOYED IN WHATEVER CAPACITY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OPERA, BALLET OR MUSIC (OR THE SPOUSE, WIDOW, WIDOWER,PARTNER, CHILD, PARENT OR DEPENDANT OF ANY SUCH ARTISTS OR PERSONS);(III)MAKING GRANTS TO ANY CHARITY OR ORGANISATION INVOLVED WITH EDUCATION IN THE FIELDS OF OPERA, BALLET OR MUSIC; OR(IV)DOING ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general funds decreased to £6,130,919 from £6,324,791 in the prior year, following a net decrease in funds of £193,872. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the independent auditor.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~122.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Oliver Robert Julian Parrchair
• ANDREW CHARLES KAUFMAN
• ELEANOR ELIZABETH SEPANSKI
• Greg Jauncey
• Neil Christopher Dolby
• Nicola Jane Spencer
• Sabina Saima Khan
• Sir Alexander Charles Beard · trustee of 1 other charity
• TESSA KING-FARLOW · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SICKNESS AND BENEVOLENT FUND income £26k
• BRIDGWATER OPERATIC SOCIETY income £91k
• BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY income £824k
• BATH OPERA income £42k
• THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000 income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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