EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Amateur orchestra promoting usually five main concerts a year and participating in other events
Objects
"TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME."
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the orchestra met its aims by promoting four public concerts and a joint event at the Royal Albert Hall. The filing notes that members' donations covered most of the cost for a specific commission, resulting in a much lower impact on orchestral funds than initially budgeted. No financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions are provided in the text.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- Jo Boswellchair
- Alvaro Jose Rebon
- David James Russell Smith
- Gary Walker
- Jennifer May Arundell
- Martyn Jonathan Humphreys
- Nelson Falco Cordes
- PAUL MICHAEL GRIGG
- Paul Darling
- Richard Kenneth Partridge
- Richard Owen Davies
- Veronica Alice Colyer
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £129k | £115k |
| 31/08/2024 | £64k | £59k |
| 31/08/2023 | £47k | £42k |
| 31/08/2022 | £50k | £54k |
| 31/08/2021 | £23k | £17k |
Common questions
Is EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the orchestra met its aims by promoting four public concerts and a joint event at the Royal Albert Hall. The filing notes that members' donations covered most of the cost for a specific commission, resulting in a much lower impact on orchestral funds than initially budgeted. No financial figures, reserves, or audit opinions are provided in the text.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MARCHUS TRUST | 3 | £13k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £75k |
| THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £70k |
| THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £20k |
| THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST | 1 | £18k |
| THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £15k |
| THE CLORE DUFFIELD FOUNDATION | 1 | £15k |
| THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £9k |
Charities like this
- THE MARIAN CONSORT
- EALING YOUTH ORCHESTRA
- Bath Philharmonic Orchestra
- THE YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- THE NOTTINGHAM HARMONIC SOCIETY
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EALING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | £129k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE MARIAN CONSORT | £209k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| EALING YOUTH ORCHESTRA | £119k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Bath Philharmonic Orchestra | £407k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | £256k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KENSINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | £104k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |