LONDON ORIANA CHOIR LIMITED

Registered charity 1038120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON ORIANA CHOIR

The London Oriana Choir is recognised as one of Britain's leading amateur choirs, known for its high standards, broad repertoire and the vibrant energy of its performances. It performs at major central London venues such as the Barbican, South Bank Centre, St John's Smith Square and St James' Piccadilly, and is frequently invited to perform at other promoters' events.

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,494 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £31,204. The financial review notes that while concert activities ran at a deficit, other activities generated a surplus, and the directors maintain a reserves policy to finance future planned activities with a prudent allowance for unexpected expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to finance future planned activities with a prudent allowance for unexpected expenses and income shortfalls (held: £31k)

“The Directors and Trustees’ policy on reserves is to maintain a level of funds sufficient to finance future planned activities with a prudent allowance for unexpected expenses and income shortfalls.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN PHILIP POOLE
Christopher William Birkle
David Ian Bartlett
Jessica Bonnie Geneen
Lizann Peppard · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£106k	£105k
31/08/2024	£120k	£115k
31/08/2023	£86k	£80k
31/08/2022	£64k	£75k
31/08/2021	£21k	£27k

Common questions

Is LONDON ORIANA CHOIR LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,494 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £31,204. The financial review notes that while concert activities ran at a deficit, other activities generated a surplus, and the directors maintain a reserves policy to finance future planned activities with a prudent allowance for unexpected expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LONDON ORIANA CHOIR LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON ORIANA CHOIR LIMITED as a grant recipient include VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k	Public Performance

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£55k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£130k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£40k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£30k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	1	£20k
MAECENAS	1	£15k
The Ethos Foundation	1	£12k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS.

THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS LIMITED income £2.3m
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED income £251k
HERTFORDSHIRE CHORUS income £123k
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON ORIANA CHOIR LIMITED	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS FY2025	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£285k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS LIMITED FY2024	£2.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS LIMITED FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE CHORUS FY2025	£123k	—	no_policy	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.