ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET

Registered charity 214005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENB, ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET ENTERPRISES LTD, ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET LIMITED, ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET LTD

The primary objective of the Charity remains to present productions of classical ballet of the highest quality within England and around the world, with particular emphasis on access to these performances to the widest possible audience through affordable pricing, touring to different venues in England and attractive repertoire.

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Latest income
£25.4m
Latest spending
£25.6m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £153,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by higher expenditure on new works and performance costs. Unrestricted general reserves stood at £3,606,000, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy target range of £3.2m to £3.7m. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — English National Ballet (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £5.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£25.4m
Total spending
£25.6m
Cost of raising funds
£961k
Reserves (reported)
£14.5m
Employees
237

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (44% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£25.4m£25.6m
31/03/2024£22.9m£21.2m
31/03/2023£21.5m£20.1m
31/03/2022£21.3m£19.1m
31/03/2021£19.8m£13.4m

Common questions

Is ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £153,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by higher expenditure on new works and performance costs. Unrestricted general reserves stood at £3,606,000, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy target range of £3.2m to £3.7m. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET as a grant recipient include THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATION, BACKSTAGE TRUST, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£447k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£300kArts
THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATIONFY2025£74k
BACKSTAGE TRUSTFY2025£65kDance Health Programmes
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£35kEnchanted Journeys: Immersive VR Ballet Experiences towards SEND
THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k
THE VANDERVELL FOUNDATIONFY2021£18kPerforming arts
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£17kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£16kThe Dyeing Industry
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUSTFY2025£15k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£15k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUSTFY2022£15kSupport for the arts
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUSTFY2024£15k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUSTFY2023£15k3-year grant for Ballet Futures
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£13k
Genesis FoundationFY2022£10kGenesis Kickstart Fund
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE BUFFINI CHAO FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITEDFY2022£10kGenesis Kickstart Fund
THE BEAVERBROOK FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7kDance for Parkinson’s programme in Wales
STANLEY PICKER TRUSTFY2022£5kEducational Grants - Bursaries
STANLEY PICKER TRUSTFY2025£5kEducational Grants - Bursaries
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£4kArts & Heritage
CHK FoundationFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation05/06/2022£100kGrant to English National Ballet
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2019£130kGrant to English National Ballet
The Mercers' Company22/01/2019£50kGrant to English National Ballet

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH BALLET ORGANIZATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET£25.4m——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH BALLET ORGANIZATION LIMITED FY2024£1.1mabove £60,0001below—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET FY2025£17.6m——unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
GWENT BALLET THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
BALLETBOYZ LTD FY2025£604k£70,001 - £80,0002above—no doubt

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