CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1145130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CPO

The provision of orchestral concerts to the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC IN ALL OF ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS SHALL BE DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £8,948 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources of £37,996. Total funds carried forward were £119,871, comprising unrestricted funds of £67,460 and restricted funds of £52,411. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr PETER FREDERICK RANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Scott
• LINDA SHARON ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL BELL MBE

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Monmouthshire · Neath Port Talbot · Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

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