BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1097288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organisation and presentation of annual Brighton Early Music Festival, including concerts, workshops and other events; year-round educational activities relating to training in early music skills and other concerts and events.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £102,940, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £55,000. The charity reported a net income of £93,243 for the year and the auditor confirmed there are 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 PRB Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04741864

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighton Early Music Festival (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and charitable trus…” (source page)
• Garrick Charitable Trust — “Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and charitable trus…” (source page)
• Idlewild Trust — “Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and charitable trus…” (source page)
• Radcliffe Trust — “Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and charitable trus…” (source page)
• Behrens Foundation — “Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, and charitable trus…” (source page)
• The Ambache Charitable Trust — “In addition, Brighton Early Music Festival acknowledges support for past projects from the following organisations: The Ambache Charitable T…” (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.

• VERNON, Richard Wentworth — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• DI-TORO, Peter Edward — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• PARKINSON, Neil — director, appointed 23/04/2024on trustee list
• MARLOW, Mirella — director, appointed 17/02/2022on trustee list
• RHODES, Katharine — director, appointed 17/02/2022on trustee list
• BARON, Christopher Paul — director, appointed 09/12/2018on trustee list
• CHISHOLM, Peter Nicolas — director, appointed 24/04/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mirella Marlowchair
• Christopher Baron
• Dr Neil Parkinson
• Katharine Rhodes
• NICOLAS CHISHOLM MBE
• Peter Edward Di-Toro
• Richard Wentworth Vernon

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS.

• BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS income £138k
• EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k
• BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LTD income £16.3m
• BRIGHTON THEATRE GROUP income £207k
• GABRIELI income £994k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £156k

Side by side with its peers

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