THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 230538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC, THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

Latest income

£12.6m

Latest spending

£14.8m

Registered

1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£16.1m

Total spending

£14.8m

Cost of raising funds

£4.5m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

306

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Louise Claire Shepherdchair
Bryan Johnson
David Richard Lloyd
Jernice Jodie Easthope
Matthew Cooke
Olga Smolen
Sameeta Joanne Gahir
Stephen Raymond Gregory
Thomas William Lewis
vanessa Caroline Reed

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£12.6m	£14.8m
31/03/2024	£12.6m	£14.9m
31/03/2023	£12.0m	£14.0m
31/03/2022	£10.3m	£10.6m
31/03/2021	£8.5m	£8.0m

Common questions

Who funds THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, THE HEADLEY TRUST, CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£584k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£150k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2025	£20k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	FY2024	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2025	£3k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/01/2014	£30k	"Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Celebrating 175 years of the original Liverpool sound"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/08/2005	£50k	"Liverpool Phil on the Record"