THE PLEYEL TRUST

Registered charity 1190757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PLEYEL ENSEMBLE

Our concerts are designed to educate and inform through more than just the performance of music. Spoken introductions are a crucial part of our presentation, offering our audiences a broader understanding of the fundamental place that music holds in our culture, socially and politically, both now and from a historical perspective.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE PLEYEL TRUST IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR CLASSICAL MUSIC, IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND GROWING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF LIVE EVENTS, PERFORMANCES AND LECTURES.

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 the charity generated unrestricted income of £33,442 against unrestricted expenditure of £26,813, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that concerts continued after the year end and are planned for the future, with no material uncertainties reported by the independent examiner.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrienne Patricia Spilsbury · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Smail · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ian Douglas Laybourn
• Peter Connors
• Roger Miles Turner
• Rosemary Whitesman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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