KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1069620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

KSO is an amateur orchestra aiming to promote and develop public education in and appreciation of classical music though its public concerts. KSO prides itself in its commitment to new works and revival of neglected works. It also encourages young musical talent by providing students and amateurs with an opportunity to perform concerts at the highest possible level.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the orchestra ended the 2024/25 season with total bank balances of £43,787.37, representing a net profit of £8,200 for the year. The trustees note a conscious need to ensure the orchestra's continuation, highlighting reliance on player donations, ticket revenues, and government schemes like Gift Aid and Orchestra Tax Relief.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BAXENDALEchair
• Claire Dovey
• Graham Elliott
• Jeremy Lambert
• Jonathan Boswell
• Judith Robinson

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £28.8m
• THE YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £256k
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £8.6m
• STONELEIGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA income £146k
• WORTHING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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