THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS

Registered charity 312847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance the arts and practice of organ playing and choral directing and related activities to the highest standards of competence and artistry; To set and maintain proper standards in such arts for the benefit of the public;To educate musicians in such arts and practices;To promote study and research in such arts and practices

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves at the end of the year were £12,345,678, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £1,234,567 for the year, indicating strong operational financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal College of Organists (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation ( RCO Foundation) )” (source page)
• Ouseley Trust — “Ouseley Trust ( RCO Academy )” (source page)
• PF Charitable Trust — “PF Charitable Trust ( RCO London Organ Forum )” (source page)
• Percy Whitlock Trust — “Percy Whitlock Trust ( RCO Academy Bursary Funding )” (source page)
• Gillett Charitable Trust — “Andrew Gillett/ Gillett Charitable Trust ( RCO London Organ Forum )” (source page)
• Ken Dodd Charitable Trust — “Ken Dodd Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Patricia Routledge Foundation — “The Patricia Routledge Foundation” (source page)
• Champniss Foundation — “Champniss Foundation” (source page)
• Charities Trust — “Charities Trust Donation” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~51.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Nethsingha
• Carl Anthony Jackson MVO · trustee of 8 other charities
• Christopher Julian Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Wood
• Dr Emma Gibbins
• Ghislaine Reece-Trapp
• PHILIP JOHN MOORE BMUS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Gobey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Tanner
• STEPHEN KING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sara Elizabeth Benbow · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah MacDonald
• Tansy Castledine
• The Lord Lisvane Robert James Rogers

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

• THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC income £41.1m
• ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £285k
• ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £11.8m
• THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC AWARDS FUND income £1.9m
• THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS income £53.7m
• THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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