BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD
Registered charity 291245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED, EAST ANGLIAN ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Britten Sinfonia is an orchestra.The objectives of the charity are:To be the international benchmark for the chamber orchestra.To inspire people with fresh and exciting performances of great music from Albinoni to Zappa.To appeal to diverse cultural groups, both through the work it presents and the way it is presented.To promote the appreciation of music.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £220,700 for the year, resulting in a decline in total unrestricted reserves from £567,970 to £346,646. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are expected to reduce further to approximately three to four months of core operating overheads by March 2028, though they maintain that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure (£349,833) (held: £347k)
“The trustees’ aim has been to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to six months of operating expenditure (£349,833).” — page 11
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“During the year 2 Trustees made personal donations to the charity totalling £3,140 (2025 - 4 Trustees £4,116). No benefits were received as a result of these donations.” — page 42
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Shoël Stadlen — Marketing and Communications Director (source)
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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SABBEN-CLARE, Matthew James — director, appointed 17/04/2026not on trustee list
- DE VILE, Rosamond Anne — director, appointed 25/03/2025not on trustee list
- ZEMAN, Natalya Rebecca Valerie — director, appointed 09/12/2024on trustee list
- TUS, Andrew George Philip — director, appointed 15/02/2024not on trustee list
- PARRIS, Emily Anne Nsemere — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
- JEFFRIES, Richard Mark — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
- TRUMPER, Rebecca Rozanne — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
- NEDUNGADI, Sreeja — director, appointed 23/09/2021on trustee list
- BOWEN, Meurig — secretary, appointed 01/08/2020
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)
Cost of raising funds
£185k
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew George Philip Tusachair
- Emily Anne Nsemere Parris
- Matthew James Sabben-Clare
- Natalya Zeman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rebecca Rozanne Trumper
- Richard Mark Jeffries
- Rosamond Anne De Vile
- Sreeja Nedungadi
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £220,700 for the year, resulting in a decline in total unrestricted reserves from £567,970 to £346,646. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are expected to reduce further to approximately three to four months of core operating overheads by March 2028, though they maintain that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
Who funds BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD as a grant recipient include THE MARCHUS TRUST, THE MILA CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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