HALLE CONCERTS SOCIETY

Registered charity 223882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALLE ORCHESTRA

The Halle Concerts Society maintains and manages the Halle Orchestra. It promotes concerts by the Orchestra and other artists and ensembles in Manchester; presents concerts throughout the UK and overseas in association with local promoters, produces recordings and radio and television broadcasts and undertakes a full programme of educational and outreach work.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group generated a net deficit of £315k for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to depreciation charges largely funded by specific restricted reserves. The Trustees consider the level of expendable reserves to be in line with their stated target, noting that the balance exceeds the target to allow extra headroom to manage challenges and risks.

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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• David Butcher — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Our funders Arts Council England” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Anne Francischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair John Richard Nuttall
• Azra Ali · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Simpson
• Cathryn Merryl Webster · trustee of 3 other charities
• Darren Paul Drabble
• Eamonn John Boylan
• Juergen Maier CBE
• Professor Linda Joyce Merrick
• Sharon Amesu

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• THE CHARLES HALLE FOUNDATION income £242k
• LONDON HANDEL SOCIETY LIMITED income £579k
• HALLE ENDOWMENT TRUST income £293k
• BRIGHTON AND HOVE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY LIMITED income £505k
• MANCHESTER CAMERATA LIMITED income £1.9m
• CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £8.6m

Side by side with its peers

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