# ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 257210
- **Other names:** SADLER'S WELLS TRUST (COLISEUM) LTD, ENO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 4, 1968
- **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=257210


## Contact

- **Address:** LONDON COLISEUM, ST MARTINS LANE
- **Postcode:** WC2R 4ES
- **Phone:** 020 7836 0111
- **Email:** nbentley@eno.org
- **Website:** www.eno.org



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are for the benefit of the public:To encourage the understanding and appreciation of the arts, particularly (but not limited to) the performing arts by providing, presenting, producing, organising, creating access to, managing and conducting performances of plays, opera, ballet, films and concerts of cultural value to the community;To advance education for the public benefit, particularly (but not exclusively) in the performing arts, and in plays, opera, music, music performance techniques, ballet, films and concerts of cultural value to the community; andTo advance health and wellbeing for the public benefit, particularly (but not exclusively) through activities related to the performing arts, including opera, music and performance techniques.

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

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- City Of Westminster



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £26656112 | £23096367 | £25633599 | 269 |
| March 31, 2024 | £35439775 | £27642211 | £21797116 | 388 |
| July 31, 2023 | £21490123 | £38785035 | £13999000 | 325 |
| July 31, 2022 | £20974000 | £35040000 | £19270000 | 332 |
| July 31, 2021 | £20097611 | £21777936 | £21806762 | 332 |



## Trustees

- **Louise Felicity Jeffreys** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 28, 2025
- Ajit Lalvani — appointed April 14, 2020
- Anupam Ganguli — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Caroline Louise Julian — appointed Nov. 6, 2025
- Gillian Moore — appointed Sept. 1, 2024
- Hilary Newiss — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- Malcolm Colin Press — appointed Feb. 26, 2026
- Richard Buxton — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Sally Osman — appointed July 31, 2019
- Simon Bailey — appointed June 12, 2025
- The Rt Hon Lord Christoper Smith — appointed Dec. 10, 2020
- Vanda Murray OBE — appointed Feb. 26, 2026