THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST

Registered charity 233700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LSO ENDOWMENT TRUST - LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL 2004, THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TRUST

The general purpose of the charity is to support the objects of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and these are to promote, maintain and advance education, particularly musical education and to encourage the arts including the arts of music, drama, mime, dancing and singing. Specifically the Trust actively supports musical education in the form of the LSO's education programme, LSO Discovery.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds total net assets of £25,574,303, with free reserves of £619,000 exceeding the stated policy target of £50,000 to £150,000. The Trustee confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding financial viability, citing minimal liabilities and adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 — “Arts Council England” (source page)
• BMW Group — “The BMW Group is aware of its social responsibility in the field of culture and is involved in the sustainable and long-term support of proj…” (source page)
• 29th May 1961 Charity — “29th May 1961 Charity” (source page)
• ABO Trust Sirens Fund — “ABO Trust Sirens Fund” (source page)
• Andor Charitable Trust — “Andor Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement — “Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement” (source page)
• Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust — “Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust” (source page)
• City of London Cultural and Learning Fund — “City of London Cultural and Learning Fund” (source page)
• The Clore Duffield Foundation — “The Clore Duffield Foundation” (source page)
• Cockayne – Grants for the Arts — “Cockayne – Grants for the Arts” (source page)
• David Solomons Charitable Foundation — “David Solomons Charitable Foundation” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation — “Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LSOET Corporate Trustee Ltd

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £28.8m
• THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA income £392k
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
• HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £638k
• ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m
• HALLE ENDOWMENT TRUST income £293k

Side by side with its peers

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