THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1167608 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LMTO

The charities objects are to advance, develop, improve and maintain public appreciation of the art of musical theatre for the public benefit through the presentation of a diverse programme of public concerts of musical theatre repertoire of artistic merit

Objects

TO ADVANCE, DEVELOP, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSICAL THEATRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF A DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF PUBLIC CONCERTS OF MUSICAL THEATRE REPERTOIRE OF ARTISTIC MERIT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £17,724 for the year ended 30 April 2025, reversing a previous net expenditure. Per the trustees' report, accumulated unrestricted reserves increased to £64,581, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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 30/04/2023 (received 18/03/2024, 18 days after the 29/02/2024 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

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10136126

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LMTO (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SAUNDERS, Daniel David — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
• BRADY, Jeffrey John — director, appointed 18/04/2024on trustee list
• DIEHM, Anna Elisabeth — director, appointed 18/04/2024on trustee list
• FORREST, John Joseph — director, appointed 18/04/2024on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Carolyn Margaret — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• CANTY, Francesca Louise — director, appointed 21/02/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Elisabeth Diehm
• Carolyn Margaret Anderson
• DANIEL DAVID SAUNDERS
• Francesca Louise Canty
• Jeffrey John Brady
• John Joseph Forrest

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA.

• LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA income £1.5m
• LONDON CITY ORCHESTRA income £47k
• MANOR MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £49k
• THE ORCHESTRA OF THE CITY income £28k
• LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR income £95k
• THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC TRUST income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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