LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1193409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity runs an annual festival of contemporary music.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH REGARD TO MUSIC, OPERA, DANCE, FILM, LITERATURE AND THE VISUAL ARTS BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PRESENTATION OF WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND LIVE EVENTS OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC MERIT.

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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Latest income

£17k

Latest spending

£19k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,189 for the fifteen-month period ending March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £5,477. This represents an increase from the previous year's carried forward reserves of £4,288, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed material uncertainties.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Government income: £4,900 — grants £4,900 (1); 30% of the £16,600 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Government income: £44,100 — grants £44,100 (1); 28% of the £156,464 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1

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).

Wigmore Hall — “(LCMF/Wigmore Hall co-commission)” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Igor Nicholas Istvan Toronyi-Lalicchair
Cornelia Grassi
Elaine Samantha Mitchener
Selvi May Akyildiz
Valery Grego

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£17k	£19k
31/03/2025	£156k	£155k
31/12/2023	£2k	£2k
31/12/2022	£148k	£144k
31/12/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,189 for the fifteen-month period ending March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £5,477. This represents an increase from the previous year's carried forward reserves of £4,288, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST, THE MARCHUS TRUST, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION, THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	FY2025	£5k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k	Music Festivals
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2025	£500

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£12k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
GERALD FINZI TRUST	1	£3k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SONG FESTIVAL.

THE LONDON SONG FESTIVAL income £30k
THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED income £264k
THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL income £208k
LAMBERHURST MUSIC FESTIVAL income £50k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL	£17k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SONG FESTIVAL FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS FY2025	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2026	£264k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.