ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA

Registered charity 257210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENO, SADLER'S WELLS TRUST (COLISEUM) LTD

To produce & present opera and to develop and extend audiences for opera and understanding of the lyric arts in London and throughout the country.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported an overall surplus of £3,836k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by strong commercial hire revenue and tight cost control. The Group's free reserves stood at £4,469k at the balance sheet date, which the Trustees consider adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future. The charity confirmed its Arts Council England funding application for the year to 31 March 2027 has been successful, with the amount expected to be in line with the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 4.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Felicity Jeffreyschair
• Ajit Lalvani · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anupam Ganguli · trustee of 2 other charities
• Caroline Louise Julian
• Gillian Moore
• Hilary Newiss · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Colin Press
• Richard Buxton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Osman · trustee of 2 other charities
• Simon Bailey
• The Rt Hon Lord Christoper Smith
• Vanda Murray OBE

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPERA NORTH LIMITED.

• OPERA NORTH LIMITED income £18.8m
• ENGLISH TOURING OPERA LIMITED income £3.7m
• GLYNDEBOURNE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED income £43.4m
• GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED income £9.9m
• NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO income £1.2m
• THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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