ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 800512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dance (Ballet) training for 16 - 20 year old students

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Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £88,992 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £2,615,724 against total expenditure of £2,526,732. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £367,135, which is above the Board's stated target level of £500,000 when including designated funds, and the trustees concluded there is a reasonable expectation of continuing operational existence for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £500k (held: £367k)
“The target level of reserves set by the Board remains at £500k.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Professional services provided by Matz Skoog, related to CEO Amanda Skoog.
“During the year English National Ballet School Limited spent £2,850 (2024 £1,355) on professional services provided by Matz Skoog, who is related to Amanda Skoog, CEO. At the balance sheet date, an amount of £1,100 (2024: £1,100) was due to Matz Skoog in relation to this.” — page 36
“During the year, the charity received donations from trustees totalling £8,069 (2024 - nil) which have been recognised within unrestricted funds.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees.
“During the year English National Ballet School Limited spent £2,850 (2024 £1,355) on professional services provided by Matz Skoog, who is related to Amanda Skoog, CEO. At the balance sheet date, an amount of £1,100 (2024: £1,100) was due to Matz Skoog in relation to this.” — page 36
“During the year, the charity received donations from trustees totalling £8,069 (2024 - nil) which have been recognised within unrestricted funds.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£105k
Reserves (reported)
£367k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.6m£2.5m
31/07/2024£2.5m£2.4m
31/07/2023£2.2m£2.1m
31/07/2022£2.4m£2.3m
31/07/2021£2.1m£2.3m

Common questions

Is ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £88,992 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £2,615,724 against total expenditure of £2,526,732. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £367,135, which is above the Board's stated target level of £500,000 when including designated funds, and the trustees concluded there is a reasonable expectation of continuing operational existence for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IDLEWILD TRUST, THE TAIT MEMORIAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE TAIT MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£379Leanne Benjamin Award 2023 - Refund ballet clothing - paid via John Frost AM

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 DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL LIMITED£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
DANCEWEST LONDON LIMITED FY2025£315k—0unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET FY2025£25.4m——unclear—no doubt
DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS FY2025£1.5m£75,0002above—no doubt
ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025£627k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.4m——above—no doubt

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