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.

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

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.

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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 7.0 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 (2.9%) (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 THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000.

• THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND 2000 income £4.1m
• ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION income £182.1m
• ROYAL BALLET BENEVOLENT FUND income £342k
• The British Airways Benevolent Fund income £120k
• ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND income £627k
• THE ROYAL THEATRICAL FUND income £679k

Side by side with its peers

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