CHILDREN'S CONCERTS

Registered charity 1189148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of live orchestral concerts to children

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,105.84 for the year ending June 2025, with total income of £41,545.70 and total expenditure of £37,759.77. Per the trustees' report, the charity's financial reserves are held as cash to support the following year's finances, with a goal to build reserves equal to one year's expenses.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Calleva Foundation — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• John Lewis — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Bedhampton Charitable Trust — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Foyle Foundation — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Colles Trust — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Boltini Trust — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Hampshire District Council — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Guildford Borough Council — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Petersfield Town Council — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust — “These annual concerts, founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Gotto, have been made possible thanks to the support of the Calleva Foundation, John Lew…” (source page)
• Sussex Community Foundation — “Children’s Concerts also acknowledges with gratitude the recent grant of financial support from the Sussex Community Foundation towards our …” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Curtischair
• Elizabeth Gotto
• Francis Gotto
• Hilary Otter
• JONATHAN WILLCOCKS · trustee of 4 other charities
• James Gotto
• Sarah Maybury

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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