THE SOCIETY OF THE GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 803751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The mission of the orchestra is give the playing member the opportunity to learn and engage with great pieces of music, develop their musical and personal skills as a collective group to perform these works, create performances that will entertain and educate the public, and encourage and inspire young players and performing artists.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; AND (B) IN PARTICULAR, IN ORDER TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN THE COMMUNITY, TO MAINTAIN THE GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ("THE ORCHESTRA") FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND WORKS AND THE GIVING OF PUBLIC CONCERTS OF SUCH MUSIC AND WORKS.

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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Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £3,116 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves to £54,444. Despite this deterioration in performance, the Trustees report the charity remains in a strong financial position, citing sufficient reserves to cover administration for six to twelve months and potential support from the Friends of the Orchestra.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 09/05/2024, 9 days after the 30/04/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Making Music — “Brought to you by Making Music” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN JOHN THORPE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Abigail Claire Fairhurst
• Andrew John Turner
• Felicity Merryl Howgate
• KATHERINE ATKINSON
• Sarah Winterbotham
• TIMOTHY CHARLES JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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