PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1184124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion and performance of Light Classical Music

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE: TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS.

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: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state the charity ended the year with a surplus of £9,125 and total net assets of £36,744. The trustees declare there are no restricted amounts and no outstanding debts secured on assets. The reserves policy is to maintain a sufficient surplus to cover exceptional cash outflows or unforeseeable losses.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 01/05/2026, 1 day after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 08/05/2024, 8 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony John Riggchair
• CATHERINE POTTER BSc
• Christine Margaret Lorriman
• Elizabeth Neale Cert. Ed.
• Gillian Allen
• HOWARD ROGERSON BA GRSM · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jean Ball · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Grover
• Roger Neale Cert. Ed.

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
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• THE ENGLISH CONCERT income £1.4m
• THE TEMPLE MUSIC FOUNDATION income £513k
• THE FLORILEGIUM TRUST income £49k
• THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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