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COVENT GARDEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1135544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In planning our activities for the year, regard has been given to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. We have given four concerts of classical works by various composers. These concerts were all open to the public and were advertised on our website. At each of these concerts, concessionary ticket prices were available for the unemployed, children and senior citizens.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS2 TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THROUGHOUT LONDON.

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: Hillingdon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£24k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £18,329, an increase from £8,778 in the prior year. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity aims to build reserves to cover the cost of the next concert and eventually six months of expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of the full cost of the next concert, with the aim of increasing this to the next 6 months (reserves figure: £18k)
“The reserves are currently held at a minimum of the full cost of the next concert, with the aim of increasing this to the next 6 months over the coming few years.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 11
“During the year, a fee of £13,262 (2023: £7,870) was paid to Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra Limited, a connected company, for the production and running of the concert series for the year. At the year end a balance of £8,955 (2023: £2,168) was due from the company.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra Limited
“During the year, a fee of £13,262 (2023: £7,870) was paid to Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra Limited, a connected company, for the production and running of the concert series for the year.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 7

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 31/12/2024 (received 02/12/2025, 32 days after the 31/10/2025 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.

Corporate structure

COVENT GARDEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 January 2026)
    COVENT GARDEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

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

      Operates in: Barnet · City Of Westminster · Haringey · Kensington And Chelsea

      Income and spending

      Financial year endIncomeSpending
      31/12/2025£24k£24k
      31/12/2024£27k£17k
      31/12/2023£23k£18k
      31/12/2022£14k£13k
      31/12/2021£9k£9k

      Common questions

      Is COVENT GARDEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA financially healthy?

      Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £18,329, an increase from £8,778 in the prior year. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity aims to build reserves to cover the cost of the next concert and eventually six months of expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

      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.

      FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
      THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION1£20k
      HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
      THE BOLTINI TRUST1£8k
      THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST1£2k
      THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST1£400

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      Side by side with its peers

      CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
      COVENT GARDEN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA£24k—0above—no doubt
      CORINTHIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FY2025£66k—0within—no doubt
      CATHEDRAL CONCERT SOCIETY FY2025£22k—0unclear—no doubt
      CHICHESTER CHAMBER CONCERTS FY2026£29k—0above—no doubt
      CAMDEN CHOIR FY2025£46k—0unclear—no doubt
      COVENTRY PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt

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