THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SICKNESS AND BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 1120462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making for the relief and assistance of present or past playing members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and their dependants who are in necessitous circumstances and in need of charitable relief.

Objects

TO HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM IN MAKING AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION GRANTS TO OR FOR THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF SUCH OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHO SHALL AT ANY TIME BE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN NEED OF CHARITABLE RELIEF AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AT SUCH TIMES ON SUCH CONDITIONS ( IF ANY ) AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND ANY SUCH GRANT MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION BE MADE BY PAYMENT OF SUCH BENEFICIARY AND IN THE LATTER CASE THE TRUSTEES SHALL BE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SEE TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY MONEY SO PAID.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,109 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £341,875 to £334,765. The charity holds unrestricted net assets of £334,765, primarily invested in managed bond and equity funds, with no stated reserves policy target disclosed. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 04/02/2024, 4 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID RICHARD HIRSCHMANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chantal Louise Woodhouse
• DAVID GORDON
• Joanna Louise Marsh
• RICHARD HUXTABLE
• Stephen Niall Payne

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

• ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m
• LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BENEVOLENT FUND income £51k
• NOTTINGHAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LTD income £51k
• LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR income £95k
• HULL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY income £54k
• THE ROYAL THEATRICAL FUND income £679k

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