THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA BENEVOLENT FUND
Charity Number: 211249
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To provide financial assistance in cases of need, by means of regular and one-off grants and loans to past and present employees of English National Opera and its antecedent companies.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £42,027
Total expenditure: £19,704
People
6 Trustee(s)
2 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 12 October 1962: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- BEN FUND (Working name)
- ENO BEN FUND (Working name)
- THE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA AND SADLER'S WELLS BENEVOLENT FUND (Previous name)
- THE SADLER'S WELLS BENEVOLENT FUND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
6 Trustee(s)
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| ROGER WILLIAM SANDERS OBE | Chair | 31 January 2012 |
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| Elaine Heaf Tyler-Hall | Trustee | 14 September 2021 |
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| Dr Graeme Danby | Trustee | 01 April 2019 |
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| Dr Andrew Johns | Trustee | 20 January 2016 |
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| CHARLES KRAUS | Trustee | 22 January 2014 |
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| JOHN COOKE MBE | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £7.21k | £671 | £4.77k | £9.53k | £42.03k | |
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Total expenditure | £16.14k | £26.54k | £42.21k | £16.67k | £19.70k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 30 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 30 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 30 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 29 December 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 20 June 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | Not Required |