WINCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 286679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WINCHESTER AMATEUR ORCHESTRA

To advance public education and appreciation of the art and science of orchestral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public orchestral concerts and by other ways as the orchestra from time to time determine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS AND BY OTHER WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £13,390 at the end of the financial year, which exceeds its stated policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £399.90 for the year, with total income of £28,012.86 and total expenditure of £27,612.96.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• david peter bluntchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALEXANDER INNES
• Catherine Birch
• Emily English
• Lucy Higgs
• Norman Levy
• RICHARD MORCOM
• Rachel Susan Burbidge
• TERESA ELVIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• URSULA PUENTENER

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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