THE FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 296632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

To advance and promote public education in and the appreciation of music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals in conjunction with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra and smaller groups of the playing members of the orchestra.

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY TE PRESENTAION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND SMALLER GROUPS OF THE PLAYING MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had available funds of £38,469 at the end of the 2024-2025 financial year, derived from cash funds of £41,269 less ring-fenced donations of £2,800. The document presents a simple receipts and payments format without disclosing unrestricted reserves, net assets, or a reserves policy, making a broader assessment of financial health based on reserves impossible from the text provided.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Shirin Ketley
• Andrew Muir
• John Barry Richardson
• Jonathan Peter Cann
• Neil Scott Cumming · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

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