THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC TRUST

Registered charity 1204080 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The general purpose of the charity is to support the objects of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO). These are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly musical education and to encourage the arts, including the arts of music, drama, mem, dance and singing.

Objects

A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC MUSICAL EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) IN PARTICULAR) BY PROCURING SPONSORING OR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSICAL WORKS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC OR SECTION OR SECTIONS OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC. II) BY ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC. III) BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL APPRECIATION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY COMMISSIONING COMPOSITIONS AND BY PROCURING SPONSORING OR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE BY THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC OF MUSICAL WORKS OF HIGH QUALITY OR OF HISTORIC OR OTHER INTEREST WHICH ARE NOT FREQUENTLY PREFORMED AND IV) BY THE PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC B) TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY CALLED THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED IN ALL OR ANY OF ITS OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDING (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS PREMISES THE SUPPLY OF ALL SUCH THINGS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THAT PURPOSE OR FOR THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE.

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 holds significant net assets with minimal liabilities and operating costs, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £108,943 which are within the trustees' target range of £100,000 to £150,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial viability and that it has adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. Total income for the year was £1,109,049, largely driven by a £1,000,000 transfer from a connected charity, while total expenditure was minimal at £2,501.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Laurence Johnstone Wattchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID BURKE · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAVID DOUGLAS BUCKLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Catherine Colburn Hogel · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Gareth Newman
• Martin Reinhard Hohmann

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark · Tower Hamlets

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