THE PARAORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS
Registered charity 1163725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Paraorchestra and Friends is a registered charity based in Bristol that aims to further the aims of The British Paraorchestra (the world's first, large-scale professional ensemble for disabled musicians) through an array of ground-breaking musical projects. Artistic Director: Charles Hazlewood.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £74,258, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £462,000. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months of core costs and committed project costs, with a specific monetary target of £450,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months core costs and committed project costs (held: £462k)
“The Trustees are committed to ensuring free reserves are available within unrestricted funds of a minimum of three months core costs and committed project costs. This is judged to be an appropriate buffer to mitigate against potential fluctuations in income generation and accurately reflect potential company wind-down costs. Our target is by the close of 2026/27 was to realise a reserve of at least £450k.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Corrigan Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Paraorchestra (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Charles Hazlewood — Artistic Director (source)
- Hannah Williams Walton — Deputy CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- GILES GIBBONSchair
- Clarence Adoo
- Dr Kate Marsh
- James Robert Mackenzie-Blackman
- Jenny Naomi Grey
- Kevin Satizabal
- Zivi Sainsbury
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE PARAORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £74,258, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £462,000. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months of core costs and committed project costs, with a specific monetary target of £450,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Corrigan Accountants Limited.
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