Royal Ballet School Endowment Fund

Analysis

Royal Ballet School Endowment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Royal Ballet School Endowment Fund reported income of £627k and spending of £1.9m, spending 301% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £827k to £627k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Royal Ballet School Endowment Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 20 Stories High (£627k), Newbury Spring Festival Society, Ltd (£629k) and Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (£626k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 81% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £16.2m would cover about 103 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.