Royal Ballet and Opera
At a glance
Overview
Royal Ballet and Opera is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 211775).
Royal Ballet and Opera is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 211775) that exists to advance education, raise the artistic taste of the country and increase appreciation and understanding of the musical art in all its forms. Its Royal Opera House Endowment Fund raises funds to support the Royal Opera House and other organisations in projects that increase appreciation of the musical arts. Its Bridge Programme Fund represents funding received from Arts Council England to improve arts opportunities for children and young people across Thurrock, Essex, Southend, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Luton and North Kent. In its most recent reported year it gave £10,000 in grants to institutions.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Foundation’s charitable purposes centre on advancing education, raising artistic taste, and increasing appreciation and understanding of musical art. Its reported support includes projects intended to deepen appreciation and understanding of the musical arts, including support for the Royal Opera House and other organisations. The Bridge Programme Fund supports better delivery of arts opportunities for children and young people, linking arts and education in a range of named localities. The website describes investment with Local Cultural Education Partnerships, so the approach is collaborative and place-based. This combination centres on music, arts education and cultural opportunity for children and young people.
Themes
- Musical arts
- Arts education
Geographic Focus
Priority: Thurrock; Essex; Southend; Hertfordshire; Bedfordshire; Luton; North Kent.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.
Who can apply:
- Partnership Investment
- The application must come from an active Local Cultural Education Partnership.
- The LCEP must have discussed its intended plans with the relevant ROH Bridge Programme Manager.
- You must be able to provide a coherent plan that includes evidence of consensus across the LCEP partnership about the nature of the proposal and agreement on the lead applicant, budget holder etc. There needs to be evidence the lead partner has the capacity to undertake the associated responsibilities of managing a grant programme and the experience of working on programmes of this scale.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 27 August 2021 | £84,291,000 | £81,854,000 | £10,000 | Accounts for year to 27 August 2021 |
| year to 27 August 2022 | £132,687,000 | £136,915,000 | £48,000 | Accounts for year to 27 August 2022 |
| year to 27 August 2023 | £170,697,000 | £154,757,000 | — | Accounts for year to 27 August 2023 |
| year to 25 August 2024 | £181,942,000 | £171,939,000 | £10,000 | Accounts for year to 25 August 2024 |
| year to 25 August 2025 | £182,080,000 | £174,656,000 | £10,000 | Accounts for year to 25 August 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 27 August 2021; year to 27 August 2022; year to 25 August 2024; year to 25 August 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- rbo.org.uk
- rbo.org.uk/learning/royal-opera-house-bridge/work-with-us · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 25 August 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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