# ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 211775
- **Other names:** ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN LIMITED, ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, ROH2, THE ROYAL BALLET, THE ROYAL OPERA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 17, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=211775


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC2E 9DD
- **Phone:** 02072129201
- **Email:** Leah.Hurst@roh.org.uk
- **Website:** www.roh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION SO FAR AS SUCH PROMOTION AND ASSISTANCE SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE AND IN PARTICULAR, TO RAISE THE ARTISTIC TASTE OF THE COUNTRY, AND TO PROCURE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSICAL ART IN ALL ITS FORMS. (SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

**Activities:** Presentation of opera and ballet performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and tours in the United Kingdom and overseas

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 25, 2024 | £181942000 | £171939000 | £287897000 | 1152 |
| Aug. 27, 2023 | £170697000 | £154757000 | £271671000 | 1129 |
| Aug. 27, 2022 | £132687000 | £136915000 | £254745000 | 978 |
| Aug. 27, 2021 | £84291000 | £81854000 | £244425000 | 822 |
| Aug. 27, 2020 | £118016000 | £127509000 | £232054000 | 1098 |



## Trustees

- Alan Stanton — appointed Oct. 8, 2024
- Alistair Summers — appointed Oct. 8, 2024
- Baroness Deborah Bull — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Caroline Louise Britton — appointed Dec. 14, 2021
- Dame Carolyn McCall — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Daniel Ison — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Farah Golant — appointed Dec. 10, 2024
- Janis Elizabeth Susskind — appointed Oct. 5, 2022
- Joanna Streeten — appointed May 21, 2024
- Lisa Jane Burger — appointed Oct. 5, 2022
- Lord John Browne — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Philipp Freise — appointed Dec. 7, 2023
- SIR NICHOLAS HYTNER — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Sir Alex Younger — appointed Oct. 5, 2022
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CBE — appointed Feb. 10, 2015
- Stephen Lucas — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- TIMOTHY BRIAN BUNTING — appointed Oct. 3, 2017
- Zeinab Badawi-Malik — appointed Oct. 8, 2019