CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA LIMITED

Registered charity 286818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal object of the charity is:to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in all aspects of the arts including music, drama, mime and dance; to contribute to the development of public appreciation of art through the presentation of public performances;to further the social and cultural welfare of communities of various London boroughs and UK communities.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £26,838, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £303,583. The trustees have designated £127,500 of these funds for investment, leaving £176,083 in general unrestricted reserves, which represents 3.5 months of operational expenditure. This level is above the charity's stated policy target of three months' operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Anstey Bond LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2023/24)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “City of London Sinfonia is supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation.” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN SINGERchair
• Alan Morgan · trustee of 2 other charities
• COUNTESS SARAH THUN-HOHENSTEIN
• Joanna Livesey
• Julian Dominic Schild
• Michael Mark Redman
• Patricia Millett
• RICHARD SPIEGELBERG
• SALLY DAVIS
• TERUKO IWANAGA
• William David John Spurgin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED.

• SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED income £183k
• CITY OF LONDON CHOIR income £176k
• THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA income £392k
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
• THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• DEAL MUSIC AND ARTS LIMITED income £242k

Side by side with its peers

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