ARCANGELO

Registered charity 1139783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Presentation of public concerts and recitals in the UK and abroad in which historical performance practice is applied using instruments of the period.

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 RECITALS IN THE UK AND ABROAD IN WHICH HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICE IS APPLIED USING INSTRUMENTS OF THE PERIOD; AND (2) 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, NATIONAL

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: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£510k
Latest spending
£427k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a strong surplus and unrestricted reserves of £228,282, which are above the stated policy target of £50,000. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, although they identify a specific cashflow pressure point in March-April 2026 that they are working to mitigate.

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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£510k
Total spending
£427k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£228k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£510k£427k
30/06/2024£511k£487k
30/06/2023£514k£515k
30/06/2022£322k£309k
30/06/2021£200k£224k

Common questions

Is ARCANGELO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a strong surplus and unrestricted reserves of £228,282, which are above the stated policy target of £50,000. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, although they identify a specific cashflow pressure point in March-April 2026 that they are working to mitigate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ARCANGELO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARCANGELO as a grant recipient include THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION, THE MARCHUS TRUST, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, JERWOOD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2023£378k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2023£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2021£500
JERWOOD FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not statedNew Ensemblists programme

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GABRIELI.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARCANGELO£510k—0unclear—no doubt
GABRIELI FY2025£994k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ANGLO-ARGENTINE SOCIETY FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARTANGEL TRUST FY2025£1.4m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S CONCERTS FY2026£141k——above—no doubt
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE FY2026£714k—0above—no doubt

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