ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED
Registered charity 244533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RPO
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING. MAINTAINING SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRAS AND PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND PARTICIPATING IN CONCERTS, ENRICHING PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, REACHING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE IN THE CONCERT HALL AND THE COMMUNITY.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £479,795 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £10,509,096 and total expenditure of £11,288,986. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,761,399, equating to 3.8 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, which meets the charity's stated policy of holding three months' expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 5.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Expenditure on raising funds represents 5% of total costs” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of the next years' budgeted unrestricted expenditure (held: £4.8m)
“The RPO's reserves policy is to hold minimum free reserves (defined as unrestricted reserves, excluding tangible fixed assets and share capital) at a level equivalent to three months' of the next years' budgeted unrestricted expenditure.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: RPO Promotions Limited
“The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, RPO promotions Limited (company no.04028129), previously named RPO Licensing Limited, which acts as a creative producer of orchestral concerts for the RPO.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Vasily Petrenko — Music Director (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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title 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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£595k
Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 5.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Germany · Italy · Romania · Saudi Arabia · Throughout England · United Arab Emirates · United States
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £479,795 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £10,509,096 and total expenditure of £11,288,986. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,761,399, equating to 3.8 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, which meets the charity's stated policy of holding three months' expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BOLTINI TRUST, THE EARLEY CHARITY, The Ethos Foundation, THE MARCHUS TRUST, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST.
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