The English National Opera Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The English National Opera Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The English National Opera Benevolent Fund reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £671 to £21k (+3042%), an average of +137% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 611%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The English National Opera Benevolent Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godiva Voluntary Medical Responders (£21k), Fishing for Forces (£21k) and Powerhouse International Church (UK) (£21k).