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NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 803026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA

To advance education and in particular to advance the education and training in music and orchestral playing of children and young persons

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by £328,634 to £1,672,179, primarily due to a large legacy gift received in the prior year. Expenditure increased by £124,826 to £1,694,890, resulting in a net deficit for the year, while unrestricted reserves remained above the stated policy target of £700,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership fees (50% of income)
“Membership Fees £662,119”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: 1 Trustee, L Stott, was paid £450 for services as a tutor.
“During the year 1 Trustee, L Stott, was paid a total of £450 (2024: £313) for services as a tutor.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee paid for services
“During the year 1 Trustee, L Stott, was paid a total of £450 (2024: £313) for services as a tutor. The fees paid were in line with those paid to other tutors and freelancers providing similar services to the Charity.” — page 76
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£126k
Reserves (reported)
£700k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.7m£1.7m
31/12/2024£2.0m£1.6m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2022£1.3m£1.4m
31/12/2021£742k£736k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased by £328,634 to £1,672,179, primarily due to a large legacy gift received in the prior year. Expenditure increased by £124,826 to £1,694,890, resulting in a net deficit for the year, while unrestricted reserves remained above the stated policy target of £700,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN as a grant recipient include UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION, HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATIONFY2022£65kBursaries
UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATIONFY2024£65kBursaries
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£38kBursaries/Scholarships
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONFY2023£25kPromotion and Performance of the Arts
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kPromotion and Performance of the Arts
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kCulture and the environment
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£20kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£17kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£9kPromotion and Performance of the Arts
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6kSupport 5 young musicians from Wales.
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kSubsidise places of four young musicians from Wales
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4kBursaries/Scholarships
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2kBursaries/Scholarships
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£500
THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSICFY2025£10Music Education / Sponsorship

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST4£17k
THE MARCHUS TRUST3£15k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£178k
THE REED FOUNDATION2£105k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST2£80k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT2£35k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST2£19k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST2£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN£1.7m——above—no doubt
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£5.2m——unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£333k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2025£8.6m——above—no doubt
THE YOUNG MUSICIANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2025£256k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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