HALLE CONCERTS SOCIETY
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The Halle Concerts Society maintains and manages the Halle Orchestra. It promotes concerts by the Orchestra and other artists and ensembles in Manchester; presents concerts throughout the UK and overseas in association with local promoters, produces recordings and radio and television broadcasts and undertakes a full programme of educational and outreach work.
Latest income
£10.8m
Expenditure
£11.2m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £7.7m | £6.7m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £9.3m | £8.8m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £9.7m | £10.2m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £10.9m | £11.2m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £10.8m | £11.2m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £4.1m |
| Charitable activities | £3.4m |
| Trading | £347k |
| Investment income | £324k |
| Total income | £10.8m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £10.3m |
| Raising funds | £353k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £102k |
| Total expenditure | £11.2m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £4.5m |
| Total funds | £11.8m |
| — restricted | £9.5m |
| — unrestricted | -£5.1m |
| — endowment | £7.4m |
| Total assets | £11.8m |
| Cash | £3.1m |
People
| Employees | 117 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Services
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.