CHILDREN'S CONCERTS

Registered charity 1189148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of live orchestral concerts to children

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ART OF LIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF LIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

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: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £128,634 against total expenditure of £41,499. Reserves have increased to £127,959, exceeding the trustees' stated goal of holding approximately one year's expenses. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were properly prepared and no material issues were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ENGLISH CONCERT.

• THE ENGLISH CONCERT income £1.4m
• ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL income £853k
• JACKDAWS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £255k
• THEATRE-RITES income £278k
• PROMENADE CONCERT ORCHESTRA income £33k
• THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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