THE CITY OF YORK GUILDHALL ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 700863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILDHALL ORCHESTRA, YORK GUILDHALL ORCHESTRA

Classical music Orchestra, mainly amateur, providing concerts for the public and experience for enthusiastic players of any age. Engaging with local schools and children's musical organisations so as to bring music both to a wider audience and to children in particular.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £50,869 to £55,997, resulting in a net movement in funds of £5,128. The charity reported total income of £63,105 against total expenditure of £57,977, indicating a surplus for the year. Per the trustees' report, the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Margaret Greenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW CAVELL
• Alan Easterbrook
• Angelo Braganza
• FELICITY JONES
• GEOFFREY EGGINTON
• Joanna Small
• Lucy Charnock
• MICHAEL WILSON
• Nigel Malcolm Tooze · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rome Sigsworth
• SIMON WRIGHT

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

Operates in: City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORCHESTRA OF THE CITY.

• THE ORCHESTRA OF THE CITY income £28k
• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
• THE WHITEHALL CHOIR income £40k
• ISLE OF WIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY income £57k
• YORK MUSICAL SOCIETY income £69k
• WINCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £28k

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