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Registered charity · No. 1193337CIO

The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund

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The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability.

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What are the key facts about The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£131,895
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£516,159
Registered charity number
1193337
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Covent Garden
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded

Quick answer

The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund (number 1193337) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund do?

We assist past or present employees of the Royal Opera House, Birmingham Royal Ballet or their dependents who are in financial or other need. We can also provide support to other individuals employed by a company that gives performances of opera, ballet or music or any similar organisation to help relieve poverty or advance the education or health of people employed in the production of the above.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund

Answers The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's highest-paid staff paid?

The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register does not record The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.

The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund registered for?

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund as a registered charity (number 1193337) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's charity number?
The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's charity number is 1193337. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1193337?
Search 1193337 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund do?
We assist past or present employees of the Royal Opera House, Birmingham Royal Ballet or their dependents who are in financial or other need. We can also provide support to other individuals employed by a company that gives performances of opera, ballet or music or any similar organisation to help relieve poverty or advance the education or health of people employed in the production of the above.
Does The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund?
The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's website listed in our register data is http://www.roh.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund?
The register does not record The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's trustees paid?
The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund registered as a charity?
The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund was entered on the register on 1 February 2021.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.