SEVENOAKS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1057071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY AIMS TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, AND IN PARTICULAR ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER WAYS AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORCHESTRA CONSTITUTION..

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, AND IN PARTICULAR ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE SOCIETY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £47,017 to £41,649 due to income being lower than expenditure for the second consecutive year. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that balances remain healthy and the organization is financially stable. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £41,649, which are above its stated policy target of at least £15,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN HENDRYchair
• Anne Cecilia Webster
• DAVID FLOYD · trustee of 1 other charity
• DEBRA JANE COOTE
• Elizabeth Crawford Usher
• Jane Maureen Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Peter William Jaggard
• Nadia Courtenay

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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