ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET

1. ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET 2006-07-04 → present
2. ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET LIMITED 1989-06-08 → 2006-07-04
3. LONDON FESTIVAL BALLET LIMITED 1986-04-11 → 1989-06-08
4. LONDON FESTIVAL BALLET TRUST LIMITED 1962-09-10 → 1986-04-11

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements are drawn up on the going concern basis which assumes that English National Ballet will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Charity substantially relies on funding through grants from Arts Council England for its current and future commitments and operates on the basis that cumulatively, over the period of a multi-year funding cycle revenue will at least match expenditure.”

Group structure

1. ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET · parent
   1. English National Ballet Enterprises Limited 100% · England and Wales · commercial trading such as corporate sponsorships, memberships, hires and events
   2. ENB Productions Limited 100% · England and Wales · theatrical production company (currently dormant)

Significant events

• “Our season of Swan Lake in the Round achieved record audiences at the Royal Albert Hall, in the summer, and was filmed for cinema release in the autumn. It was also broadcast on BBC2 on Christmas Day.”
• “A new production of Nutcracker was created by our artistic director Aaron Watkin, in collaboration with co-choreographer Arielle Smith, and designer Dick Bird.”
• “Sky Arts made a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary of the creation of the new production and filmed the performance of the work itself. These were broadcast in December 2024.”
• “Our annual presentation of My First Swan Lake for two weeks at the Peacock Theatre over Easter, attracted 21,000 children and their families to one of their first exposures to high quality ballet.”
• “We were delighted to revive Akram Khan's ground-breaking Giselle for presentation at Sadlers Wells, and also on tour in Armenia.”
• “We were thrilled that Her Majesty The Queen generously agreed to become our Royal Patron. We welcomed her to our building in September to celebrate the commencement of our 75th anniversary season.”
• “We also made a smooth transition from Patrick Harrison to Anu Giri as our Executive Director.”
• “ENB was the first Western ballet company to perform in Armenia when it staged Akram Khan's Giselle in Yerevan in May 2024 and received a wonderful response.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -46.8%

  £8,335,000 → £4,433,000

• Net assets

  -0.4%

  £37,232,000 → £37,079,000

• Employees

  +2.2%

  232 → 237

• Operating profit

  -227.9%

  -£1,213,000 → -£3,977,000

• Profit before tax

  -227.9%

  -£1,213,000 → -£3,977,000

• Wages

  +8.4%

  £9,051,000 → £9,815,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers