SUFFOLK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1202492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) Providing public orchestral concerts of the highest level of professionalism;(2) Providing music outreach activities in schools and colleges and with children and young people generally;(3) Wherever possible and desirable working in partnership or collaboration with other charitable and non-charitable organisations in order to better serve the widest possible public;(4) Such other means

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC BY:A) PROVIDING PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM;B) PROVIDING MUSIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE GENERALLY;C) WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND DESIRABLE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP OR COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC;D) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity ended the financial year with a surplus, increasing its total reserves to £30,003. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which confirmed no material issues and that the accounts accorded with the accounting records. The trustees expressed commitment to long-term sustainability despite challenges in fundraising and volunteer recruitment.

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 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LESLIE WILLIAM OLIVEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Elizabeth Dalgliesh
• Jane Helen Olive
• Michael Wilde · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sally Anne Lilley
• Vivien Winifred Gresham Gainsborough Foot

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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