LONDON MEDICAL ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 272002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running an orchestra with approximately 30 rehearsals a year and putting on concerts for the enjoyment and education of the public and in support of medical charities

Objects

1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND 2. TO PROVIDE MEANS OF SUPPORTING MEDICAL CHARITIES.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the London Medical Orchestra ended the financial year with a cash surplus of £7,630 and total bank funds of £26,875. The Trustees maintain a reserves policy target of at least £10,000 to cover income volatility and professional fees, a threshold which the current cash holdings exceed. The organization relies on a mix of subscriptions, ticket sales, and tax reliefs to meet its running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £10,000 (reserves figure: £27k)

“The Trustees have therefore agreed that it is appropriate for the Orchestra to maintain reserves of at least £10,000 to cover peaks and troughs in the Orchestra’s expenses and income.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Helen Mabelischair
Dr James Marvin Masters
JAMES IAN MERRYWEATHER
NIGEL DAVID FRANKLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor JAN TOPOROWSKI
Professor LUCINDA PLATT
Stuart Delve

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£26k	£18k
31/08/2024	£20k	£19k
31/08/2023	£19k	£17k
31/08/2022	£17k	£22k
31/08/2021	£24k	£25k

Common questions

Is LONDON MEDICAL ORCHESTRA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the London Medical Orchestra ended the financial year with a cash surplus of £7,630 and total bank funds of £26,875. The Trustees maintain a reserves policy target of at least £10,000 to cover income volatility and professional fees, a threshold which the current cash holdings exceed. The organization relies on a mix of subscriptions, ticket sales, and tax reliefs to meet its running costs.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JERWOOD FOUNDATION	2	£144k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	2	£114k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	2	£30k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	2	£30k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	2	£25k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	2	£20k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	2	£13k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	2	£6k

Charities like this

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

THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA income £392k
LONDON CITY ORCHESTRA income £47k
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £14.6m
THE RICHMOND ORCHESTRA income £19k
THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £28.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON MEDICAL ORCHESTRA	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA FY2025	£392k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON CITY ORCHESTRA FY2025	£47k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£14.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RICHMOND ORCHESTRA FY2025	£19k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£52k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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