VIVA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LTD

Registered charity 291046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Sinfonia Viva, VIVA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA LIMITED

MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ORCHESTRA. THE PROMOTION OF CONCERTS ON ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND WITH LOCAL PROMOTERS AND THE PRESENTATION OF EDUCATION PROJECTS.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £141,987 at the end of the financial year, which exceeds the charity's stated policy target of £90,000 to £111,000. The trustees report that the organization has sufficient resources for the next twelve months, citing confirmed funding from Arts Council England and Rolls-Royce PLC, and therefore prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Steven William Hallschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Beverley Dawn Crighton
• Carl Lars Muldal
• Cllr Gerald Desmond Potter
• Dr Gail Allsopp
• Helen Garrigan
• Helen Stewart Geary · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kieran Spiers
• Margaret Cookhorn
• Warrick Nathan Matthews

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Nottinghamshire · Rutland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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