HENRY WOOD HALL LIMITED

Registered charity 270689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a world class environment for the rehearsal and recording of classical music.To act as a venue for music based educational projects.To maintain Henry Wood Hall as a grade II listed building.

Objects

TO ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING OR HALL TO BE USED (WHETHER ON PAYMENT BY THE USERS OR OTHERWISE) FOR THE REHEARSING OR RECORDING OF CONCERTS OR OTHER MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY ANY ORCHESTRA OR ASSOCIATION OF MUSICIANS (WHETHER INSTRUMENTAL VOCAL CHORAL OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF) OF WHICH THE OBJECTS ARE LEGALLY CHARITABLE OR WHICH HAVE BEEN FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING SERIOUS MUSIC OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3).

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £463,409, which the trustees note have not yet returned to the minimum policy level of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a small dip in income of 4% due to sector concerns, yet maintained a net surplus for the year, allowing for a gradual rebuilding of reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brooks & Co.. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Richard Dumaschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Antony Lewis-Crosby
• DAVID BURKE · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Peter Jackson
• James Lennox Mackenzie
• KATHRYN ALEXANDRA MCDOWELL
• Laurence Johnstone Watt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Catherine Mitchell
• Mark Christopher Vines · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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