PHILHARMONIA LTD
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The charitable objectives are the advancement of public education through the promotion and support of the art of music, particularly by the promotion and encouragement of orchestral music and the relief of povertyand distress amongst playing members of any symphony orchestra for the time being maintained by the Charity. We achieve this by maintaining a symphony orchestra of the highest quality.
Latest income
£11.1m
Expenditure
£10.7m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £12.9m | £7.8m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £8.7m | £8.4m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £8.8m | £9.1m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £10.2m | £10.3m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £11.1m | £10.7m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £3.0m |
| Charitable activities | £5.9m |
| Trading | £141k |
| Investment income | £102k |
| Total income | £11.1m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £10.1m |
| Raising funds | £640k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £61k |
| Total expenditure | £10.7m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £4.7m |
| Total funds | £8.8m |
| — restricted | £433k |
| — unrestricted | £4.7m |
| — endowment | £3.7m |
| Total assets | £8.8m |
| Cash | £1.5m |
People
| Employees | 40 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
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.