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HIGHGATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1169822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HICMF

The objects of the charity are fulfilled primarily by the organisation of an annual chamber music festival with concerts open to the public and associated activities including a free outreach project delivered to local schools.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ART OF MUSIC.

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

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income reaching just over £61,000. The Trustees confirm that overall reserves remained healthy at £52,809, which is below their stated policy target of covering six months of annual operating expenditure. The charity remains focused on delivering its charitable objects and strengthening community links.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of annual operating expenditure (reserves figure: £53k)
“The Trustees consider that it is prudent to hold reserves to cover at least 6 months’ annual operating expenditure to mitigate any fluctuations in future income” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 7
  • 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 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • 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 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£61k£61k
31/03/2024£47k£52k
31/03/2023£50k£53k
31/03/2022£41k£33k
31/03/2021£6k£2k

Common questions

Is HIGHGATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income reaching just over £61,000. The Trustees confirm that overall reserves remained healthy at £52,809, which is below their stated policy target of covering six months of annual operating expenditure. The charity remains focused on delivering its charitable objects and strengthening community links.

Who funds HIGHGATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HIGHGATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£68k
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£15k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£13k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£3k
THE MARCHUS TRUST1£3k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION1£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Hatfield House Music Festival.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HIGHGATE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL£61k—0unclear—no doubt
Hatfield House Music Festival FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HIGHGATE CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
Haslemere Concerts FY2026£102k—0unclear—no doubt
PENARTH CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDSUMMER MUSIC FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt

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