THE HUDDERSFIELD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1114413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of orchestras and other musical groups in the Kirklees area in order to promote the study, practice and performance of musical works by way of concerts and other methods of performance.

Objects

THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ORCHESTRA OR ORCHESTRAS AND OTHER MUSICAL GROUPS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE STUDY, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF MUSICAL WORKS OF ALL TYPES BY WAY OF CONCERTS AND ANY OTHER METHODS OF PERFORMANCE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HUDDERSFIELD

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: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £2,828 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £32,056 and total resources expended of £29,228. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds are maintained to comply with a reserves policy requiring no less than six months' unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• RUTH HOLMESchair
• DAVID ROBINSON ARMCM
• Debra Jean Caron Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eileen Butterworth
• FIONNUALA DONNELLY SCHMIDT
• James Wilkinson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Richard Ian Ainley
• Rooney Claire Kelly

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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• HATFIELD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA income £45k
• HORSHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £34k
• THE HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY income £302k
• HUDDERSFIELD MISSION income £547k
• HUNTINGDONSHIRE PHILHARMONIC income £43k
• HULL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY income £54k

Side by side with its peers

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