PHILHARMONIA LTD

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The charitable objectives are the advancement of public education through the promotion and support of the art of music, particularly by the promotion and encouragement of orchestral music and the relief of poverty and distress amongst playing members of any symphony orchestra for the time being maintained by the Charity. We achieve this by maintaining a symphony orchestra of the highest quality.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023
Total income:
£8,804,771
Donations and legacies | £3.05m | |
Charitable activities | £4.20m | |
Other trading activities | £1.78k | |
Investments | £95.86k | |
Other | £1.45m |
Total expenditure:
£9,147,659
Raising funds | £628.19k | |
Charitable activities | £8.52m | |
Other | £0 |
-£69,030 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,975,814 from 1 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £628.19k | |
Charitable expenditure | £8.52m |
People

44 Employee(s)
15 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 4 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£150k to £200k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
- Throughout England And Wales
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- China
- Colombia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Isle Of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Peru
- Poland
- Romania
- Scotland
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
Governance
- 28 November 1966: Standard registration
- PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA (Working name)
- THE PHILHARMONIA (Working name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
15 Trustee(s)
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Lord King of Lothbury Mervyn Allister King | Chair | 10 September 2020 |
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DAVID KEITH PICKARD | Trustee | 10 April 2025 |
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David Charles Aitman | Trustee | 10 April 2025 |
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Terence Rhodes Sinclair | Trustee | 10 April 2025 |
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Laurence Alexander Rolton | Trustee | 20 March 2025 |
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Fiona Margaret Cornall | Trustee | 20 March 2025 |
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Nick Bishop | Trustee | 15 February 2024 |
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Johanne Hudson | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Paul Stoneman | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Julian Milone | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Soong Choo | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Luke Whitehead | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Susan Hedger | Trustee | 25 January 2024 |
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Charlotte Hogg | Trustee | 15 November 2022 |
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James Samuel Buckle | Trustee | 09 February 2021 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £12.95m | £9.73m | £12.93m | £8.70m | £8.80m | |
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Total expenditure | £12.99m | £10.40m | £7.76m | £8.41m | £9.15m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £2.04m | £2.11m | £4.38m | £2.47m | £1.98m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £4.39m | £3.79m | £6.07m | £3.73m | £3.05m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £277.65k | £300.88k | £59.46k | £62.98k | £1.78k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £7.49m | £4.85m | £1.04m | £3.95m | £4.20m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £888 | £1.12k | £126.02k | £100.19k | £95.86k | |
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Income - Other | £785.16k | £784.53k | £5.64m | £853.62k | £1.45m | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £34.84k | £555.04k | £245.00k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £11.95m | £9.61m | £7.06m | £7.96m | £8.52m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £1.04m | £787.65k | £698.93k | £458.23k | £628.19k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £70.43k | £56.40k | £73.44k | £48.21k | £58.77k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £80.80k | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £42.10k | £32.00k | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £714.56k | £652.56k | £3.97m | £3.85m | £3.85m | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £5.07m | £4.91m | £4.11m | |
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Other assets | £4.07m | £2.84m | £2.42m | £2.76m | £2.75m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £2.09m | £1.47m | £3.05m | £3.04m | £2.66m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 August 2023 | 13 June 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 13 June 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 24 February 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 24 February 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 13 June 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 13 June 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 24 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 24 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2019 | 30 January 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2019 | 30 January 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 02 APRIL 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 10/04/64, 31/03/66, 08/07/66, 20/08/69, 15/07/71, 10/10/79, 03/10/85, 03/03/89, 18/08/05 AND 18/12/08. as amended on 18 Dec 2016 as amended on 01 Apr 2020 as amended on 10 Jun 2020
Charitable objects
2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, BALLET AND ALL ART FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC (“THE OBJECTS”). 2.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST PLAYING MEMBERS OF ANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR THE TIME BEING MAINTAINED BY THE CHARITY AND THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH PERSONS.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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6 Chancel Street
London
SE1 0UX
- Phone:
- 02079213940
- Email:
- finance@philharmonia.co.uk
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