THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST

Registered charity 290833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAYDN-MOZART SOCIETY, LONDON MOZART PLAYERS, THE HAYDN-MOZART SOCIETY

The orchestra performs music around the UK and Europe as well as at its home in Croydon. Central to the organisations mission is creating access to music for young people and for those whose ability to attend performances is limited physically or geographically.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £62,615 for the year, increasing total reserves to £333,180. The trustees report that the charity retains sufficient reserves to cover ongoing operational costs and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. The auditor confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received remuneration between £60,000 to £70,000 during the year (2024: 1).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received remuneration between £60,000 to £70,000 during the year (2024: 1).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: paid engagements (34% of income)
“Turnover in 2024/25 was £1.34m with the vast majority, over 65% being self-generated from paid engagements (34.3%), donations and fundraising events (20.9%) and ticket sales (9.7%).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to LMPO
“During the period, in the furtherance of its charitable objects, the company made grants to London Mozart Players Orchestra Limited totalling £nil (2024: £105,537) and made various loans to that company.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by CT Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Mozart Players Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£55k
Reserves (reported)
£165k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.3m£1.3m
30/06/2024£962k£987k
30/06/2023£470k£540k
30/06/2022£380k£499k
30/06/2021£377k£512k

Common questions

Is THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £62,615 for the year, increasing total reserves to £333,180. The trustees report that the charity retains sufficient reserves to cover ongoing operational costs and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. The auditor confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by CT Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1.7m
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£40k
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kCulture and Recreation
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kCulture and Recreation
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2025£3kDido & Aeneas
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government14/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£10kCommunity Building through Music
Greater London Authority16/10/2017£1kGrant to London Mozart Players

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 THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA FY2025£392k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025£28.8m——within—no doubt
EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION FY2025£137k—0within—no doubt
THE MOZARTISTS FY2025£689k£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt

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