HARROGATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1190363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE OF CHAMBER,SYMPHONIC AND 20TH CENTURYORCHESTRAL AND CONCERTO MUSIC.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE OF CHAMBER,SYMPHONIC AND 20TH CENTURY ORCHESTRAL AND CONCERTO 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Harrogate Symphony Orchestra CIO reported a total surplus of £13,739.23 for the year ended July 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing from an opening balance of £23,735.27 to a closing balance of £37,474.50. The charity's income was primarily derived from subscriptions, bequests, and sponsorship, while expenditure included honoraria for the Musical Director and Finance roles, rehearsal room costs, and insurance. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters identified.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Harrogate Symphony Orchestra (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN SHAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• JILL LESLEY WILCOCKS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jocasta Katharine Rebecca Perry
• Katharine Frances Margaret Shepherd

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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