ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED

Registered charity 1103159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMONICO CONSORT

THE ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, THROUGH PUBLIC CONCERTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, IN THE APPRECIATION OF CHORAL, OPERA, BAROQUE AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS FOR THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,123 for the period ended 31 January 2025, following a surplus of £24,838 in the prior year. However, the balance sheet reveals total net liabilities of £218,748, driven by significant long-term creditors including COVID debt and bank loans, with unrestricted funds held at a negative balance of £218,748. The trustees acknowledge these financial pressures but express confidence that future funding and cash flows will allow the charity to continue operating, targeting a positive balance sheet by July 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Mr Monks was paid a salary in his capacity as Artistic Director between £80,000 and £90,000, due to filing accounts with a period more than 12 months.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“Mr Monks was paid a salary in his capacity as Artistic Director between £80,000 and £90,000, due to filing accounts with a period more than 12 months.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Charitable activities (52% of income)

“Income from charitable activities includes income received from the staging of concerts, members' subscriptions and sale of merchandise.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 22.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The impact of the organisational review undertaken in the previous financial year continues to have a very positive impact on the quality and effectiveness of the charity's delivery, whilst also managing to keep the running costs of the charity down to 22% of income.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-219k; policy: six months core running costs)

“The aim by 2028 is to have reserves equivalent of six months core running costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. This assumes that the anticipated cashflow from fundraising, educational and concert activities will be realised and financial support at the level required will continue from the charity's bankers, other lenders and creditors.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Mr C Monks received remuneration as Artistic Director (£81,361). A related party transaction involved Cherry Street Productions Ltd providing services (£66,873).

“Mr Monks was paid a salary in his capacity as Artistic Director of £81,361 (2023: £52,194) during the year and a half.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Cherry Street Productions Limited, a company controlled by Mr C Monks (Artistic Director and Trustee's wife), provided services to the charity.

“During the year Cherry Street Productions Limited, of which Mr Monks is a director and controlling shareholder, provided services to the value of £66,873 (2023: £38,045). Mr Monks was paid a salary in his capacity as Artistic Director of £81,361 (2023: £52,194) during the year and a half.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2025).
Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04851028

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Christopher Monks — Founder and Artistic Director (source)
Geoffrey Webber — Associate Artistic Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

BOYDEN, John — director, appointed 18/12/2015on trustee list
HARBOUR, Malcolm John Charles — director, appointed 19/03/2015not on trustee list
SAMPSON, Jonathan Robert — director, appointed 19/07/2012not on trustee list
MONKS, Claire Rachel — director, appointed 14/11/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£74k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

11

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN BOYDENchair
Claire Monks
JONATHAN ROBERT SAMPSON QC
MALCOLM JOHN CHARLES HARBOUR CBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/07/2023	£683k	£659k
31/07/2022	£738k	£937k
31/07/2021	£548k	£578k
31/07/2020	£588k	£601k

Common questions

Is ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,123 for the period ended 31 January 2025, following a surplus of £24,838 in the prior year. However, the balance sheet reveals total net liabilities of £218,748, driven by significant long-term creditors including COVID debt and bank loans, with unrestricted funds held at a negative balance of £218,748. The trustees acknowledge these financial pressures but express confidence that future funding and cash flows will allow the charity to continue operating, targeting a positive balance sheet by July 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£37k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£37k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2022	£30k	Towards programme of work being carried out across schools in Coventry and Warwickshire
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£25k	The Performing Arts
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2025	£20k	Providing singing holiday opportunities for children in deprived areas of Coventry/Solihull
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£19k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£11k	Arts and Culture
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2023	£9k	Providing singing holiday opportunities for children in deprived areas of Coventry/Solihull
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2024	£8k
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2023	£6k	Town Share Grant
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Arts and Culture
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Education
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE LITTLE CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
THE SANGHERA FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	FY2024	£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2025	£5k	Town Share Grant
GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2024	£4k
WARWICK PROVIDENT DISPENSARY	FY2025	£4k
WARWICK RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY	FY2025	£4k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE NORTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k	Grants awarded to organisations
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
GERALD FINZI TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Arts and Culture
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK	FY2022	£3k
KATIE BRADFORD ARTS TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2024	£3k	Providing singing holiday opportunities for children in deprived areas of Coventry/Solihull
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k	The Performing Arts
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Charitable activities
WARWICK PROVIDENT DISPENSARY	FY2022	£2k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k	Memory singing workshops for up to 50 people aimed at improving the lives of those living with Dementia.
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2023	£1k	Culture and the Arts
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/10/2009	£20k	"Coventry Celebration of the Coronation of King Henry VIII"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/02/2009	£9k	"A Project By This Group In Warwick To Increase Community Involvement By Developing Educational Strands With People Of All Ages Through Music"
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/02/2009	£9k	Warwick International Festival 2009
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/01/2005	£5k	For amateur singers to perform alongside a professional orchestra

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Ashley Family Foundation	2	£29k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£20k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	2	£10k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	2	£10k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	2	£7k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£45k
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£27k
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD.

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD income £1.2m
THE ABSOLUTE MUSIC TRUST income £129k
WILTONS MUSIC HALL income £2.5m
ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN'S LIMITED income £337k
THE SACCONI TRUST income £126k
NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £215k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED	£1.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	below	22.0%	noted
WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABSOLUTE MUSIC TRUST FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILTONS MUSIC HALL FY2025	£2.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	within	—	no doubt
ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN'S LIMITED FY2025	£337k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SACCONI TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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