Ozero Arts

Registered charity 1155338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MELOS SINFONIA, THE MELOS SINFONIA

Ozero Arts partners with cultural organisations and artists to conceive, produce and raise funds for bold ideas. The charity works across the arts but has a particular focus on classical music.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS AND OTHER PUBLIC MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Ozero Arts holds unrestricted reserves of £170,984, which is significantly above its stated prudent policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £169,594 for the year, largely driven by a £200,000 unrestricted legacy. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Banham Foundation — “Trusts and Foundations The Banham Foundation” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Freya Waley-Cohen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Charles Christopher Sleigh · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Edward Benet

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONTAINS ART CIO.

• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• OVO income £689k
• HARLOW ART TRUST income £490k
• ODD ARTS income £912k
• WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £229k

Side by side with its peers

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