CONTINUO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Continuo Foundation supports the UK Early Music sector and helps it to flourish. Continuo awards project grants to period-instrument ensembles to share music heritage through outstanding creative projects enabling live concerts across the UK, and in important recordings. Continuo also promotes Early Music through the Continuo Connect website and newsletter, focused on growing audiences nationwide.

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Latest income

£330k

Latest spending

£380k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £282,322, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £80,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Multi-year grants (34% of income)

“Multi-year grants 135,000” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £80,000 (held: £282k)

“The Trustees have instituted a reserves policy and consider that maintaining free reserves of £80,000 in unrestricted funds is sufficient to cover the minimal Support and governance costs, and to ensure continuity of the Continuo Connect digital initiative for an appropriate period of time.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Pelayia Tina Vadaneauxchair
Benedict Patrick Vanderspar
FRANCIS NORTON · trustee of 2 other charities
Philip Turbett
Riitta Liisa Hirvonen
Stephen John Uhlig
Tom Weisselberg · trustee of 1 other charity
Vincenzo Tuozzo

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£330k	£380k
31/12/2024	£404k	£311k
31/12/2023	£282k	£302k
31/12/2022	£285k	£229k
31/12/2021	£421k	£247k

Common questions

Is CONTINUO FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £282,322, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £80,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CONTINUO FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CONTINUO FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include MAECENAS, THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MAECENAS	FY2022	£140k	Transfer of full balance from Continuo Foundation restricted fund
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2025	£25k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£25k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2024	£5k
THE VERNON ELLIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£500
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2023	£445	Donation
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION	FY2022	£445	Donation

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	2	£17k
THE MAYFIELD VALLEY ARTS TRUST	1	£110k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£50k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO	1	£15k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
STANLEY PICKER TRUST	1	£10k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY	1	£9k
OVINGDEAN HALL FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO.

THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO income £605k
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation income £895k
THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION income £821k
THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £215k
THE PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY FOUNDATION income £5.1m
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION income £869k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONTINUO FOUNDATION	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO FY2025	£605k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2024	£895k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION FY2025	£821k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS FY2025	£215k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY FOUNDATION FY2024	£5.1m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	2.1%	no doubt

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