Sinfonia Smith Square

Registered charity 1092461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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.

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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.

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)

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 4.8 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 5.2%) (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 NEW SINFONIA.

• NEW SINFONIA income £203k
• SINFONIETTA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED income £1.2m
• SINFONIA CYMRU income £469k
• ORPHEUS SINFONIA FOUNDATION income £218k
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £28.8m
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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