THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA TRUST

Registered charity 278379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust is for the advancement of education of the public in the art of opera and is devoted to raising funds and overseeing their application for the benefit of the English National Opera Company.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF OPERA; AND IN PARTICULAR BY DEFRAYING THE COST OF OPERATIC PRODUCTIONS PERFORMED BY OR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

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

Latest income
£5k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
1979

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Policies the charity declares

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2021

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£5k£26k
31/07/2024£9k£37k
31/07/2023£15k£26k
31/07/2022£48k£30k
31/07/2021£15k£3k

Common questions

Who funds THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATIONFY2022£50ktowards their production of HMS Pinafore