CROYDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 236965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society is established to provide a symphony orchestra of amateur musicians to promote the advancement and improvement of the general public taste in instrumental music and to engage in the promotion and presentation of musical concerts of educational value and to encourage the study and practice of music by means of grants and prizes.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF AMATEUR MUSICIANS TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TASTE IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 reported a net loss of £953 for the period ending 31 July 2025, with total income of £5,508 and expenditure of £6,461. Free reserves stood at £30,092, which the trustees hold to mitigate risks such as rising costs for players and venue hire. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust — “Croydon Symphony Orchestra is very grateful for the support of the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ROWLANDSchair
• Chris Pontin
• HILARY MARTIN
• LINDA PENN
• PHILIP MYERS
• Philip Myers · trustee of 1 other charity
• SHARON SIMONS

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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