Sinfonia Smith Square

Registered charity 1092461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7569198 · Wikipedia · also known as SOUTHBANK SINFONIA, Southbank Sinfonia at St John's Smith Square

Sinfonia Smith Square aims to transform lives through the universal power of music, nurturing the next generation of professional musicians through our orchestral Fellowship scheme, inspiring young artists, engaging with world class performers, providing innovative educational and community programmes, and supporting exciting cultural initiatives for the enjoyment of the widest possible audiences.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:-A. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNG MUSICIANS IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAIN AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, BY MAINTAINING AN ORCHESTRA TO PROVIDE CONCERTS AND MASTER-CLASSES; ANDC. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST YOUNG MUSICIANS PARTICULARLY BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND BURSARIES."

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £741,000, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £400,000–£450,000. The charity reports strong liquidity with net current assets of £1.355 million and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04335616

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• EFG Private Bank — “Our Principal Partner, EFG Private Bank” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILSON, Duncan Henry — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• LAURENCE, Robert Adam — director, appointed 26/09/2024on trustee list
• PEGUERO, Usman Waseem — director, appointed 15/05/2024on trustee list
• LONG, Tracy Elisabeth, Dr — director, appointed 23/11/2023not on trustee list
• NEWSOME-HUBBARD, Charles Jonathan Ehlert — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
• JOY, Genevieve Ellen — director, appointed 07/06/2023on trustee list
• MONFRIES, Edith Elizabeth — director, appointed 07/06/2023on trustee list
• OVER, Simon Timothy — director, appointed 06/12/2001on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (42% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Newsome-Hubbard
• Dr Tracy Elisabeth Long CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan Wilson CBE
• Edith Monfries
• Genevieve Ellen Joy
• Robert Laurence
• Simon Timothy Over
• Usman Peguero

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Dr Tracy Elisabeth Long CBE — trustee here and at Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation.

• Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation income £66k
• BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD income £1.6m
• SINFONIA OF LEEDS income £31k
• CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA LIMITED income £1.2m
• NEW SINFONIA income £203k
• PHILHARMONIA LTD income £11.1m

Side by side with its peers

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