HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Registered charity 1191425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC
We deliver concerts (orchestral, choral, ensemble, chamber choir), recitals (wind, string & piano quintets, quartets and trios, vocal solo and duets), and opera performances and community projects, as well as free workshops and masterclasses for school children, a free children's choir and concerts and free open-air family concerts and pop-up public concerts in Hastings and the surrounding towns.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £12,923, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £20,240. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Payments to trustees: Marcio da Silva (£23,051) and Helen May da Silva (£15,368) were paid for services as trustees.
“During the year two trustees were paid for the provision of services to the charity, Marcio da Silva was paid a total of £23,051 for his administrative role of CEO/Artistic director and Helen May da Silva was paid £15,368 for her role as General manager.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Marcio da Silva, trustee, paid £23,051 for services as CEO/Artistic Director.
“Marcio da Silva was paid a total of £23,051 for his administrative role of CEO/Artistic director and Helen May da Silva was paid £15,368 for her role as General manager.”
“Marcio da Silva was paid a total of £23,051 for his administrative role of CEO/Artistic director and Helen May da Silva was paid £15,368 for her role as General manager.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Helen May da Silva, trustee, paid £15,368 for services as General Manager.
“Marcio da Silva was paid a total of £23,051 for his administrative role of CEO/Artistic director and Helen May da Silva was paid £15,368 for her role as General manager.”
“Marcio da Silva was paid a total of £23,051 for his administrative role of CEO/Artistic director and Helen May da Silva was paid £15,368 for her role as General manager.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra (matched by registered charity number).
- Brenden Laurence O'Sullivan
- Helen May da Silva
- Hugh Philpott
- John Read
- Laetitia Yhap · trustee of 1 other charity
- Marcio Tadeu Lemos Paes Goncalves da Silva
- Megan Skinner · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tom Hoffman MBE · trustee of 3 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £12,923, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £20,240. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA as a grant recipient include THE MARCHUS TRUST.
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