THE NORFOLK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 263422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to encourage and educate able amateur musicians to participate in playing with a symphony orchestra. Each year we give several concerts for the enjoyment of the general public, and consideration is given to specific private engagements, both in Norfolk and surrounding counties.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, BY THE PRESENTATION OF ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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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Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position and well placed to cope with rising costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds higher reserves than required, with unrestricted reserves totaling £64,309 at the end of the period. The charity reported a net income of £3,652 for the year, having spent £36,306 against incoming resources of £40,657.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves are held for the purposes of meeting the costs of preparing concert productions, these costs typically being incurred before the receipt of ticket sales revenue. Also, Gift Aid and Orchestra Tax Relief (claimed by the production company) are typically received after our financial year end, but are factored into our budgeted expenditure for the season; reserves allow us to do this. (held: £64k)

“Reserves are held for the purposes of meeting the costs of preparing concert productions, these costs typically being incurred before the receipt of ticket sales revenue. Also, Gift Aid and Orchestra Tax Relief (claimed by the production company) are typically received after our financial year end, but are factored into our budgeted expenditure for the season; reserves allow us to do this.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: NSO OTR Ltd

“Concert production (via NSO OTR Ltd)” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Kerkhamchair
Conrad Philip Meehan · trustee of 1 other charity
JENNY SARGENT
Jonathan Burgess
Neil Arnold Johnson
Richard Stanley
Sally Parnell

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£41k	£36k
31/08/2024	£73k	£37k
31/08/2023	£41k	£34k
31/08/2022	£25k	£22k
31/08/2021	£1k	£2k

Common questions

Is THE NORFOLK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position and well placed to cope with rising costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds higher reserves than required, with unrestricted reserves totaling £64,309 at the end of the period. The charity reported a net income of £3,652 for the year, having spent £36,306 against incoming resources of £40,657. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.