Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING. MAINTAINING SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRAS AND PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND PARTICIPATING IN CONCERTS, ENRICHING PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, REACHING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE IN THE CONCERT HALL AND THE COMMUNITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£11,219£10,398£821£379£4,538£4,0884.7300
31/03/22£8,603£8,314£289£368£3,729£3,4955275
31/03/21£3,201£3,580£-378£205£3,449£3,20610.7290
31/03/20£9,975£9,777£198£255£3,827£3,6324.5330
31/03/19£9,657£9,489£169£237£3,629£3,4514.4320
31/03/18£11,397£10,849£548£257£3,460£3,3343.7300
31/03/17£10,329£10,145£185£265£2,913£2,7933.3270
31/03/16£8,387£8,960£-573£228£2,728£2,3633.2260
31/03/15£8,912£8,628£283£284£3,301£3,0594.3240
31/03/14£9,013£8,966£46£268£3,018£2,7673.7240
31/03/13£8,001£8,034£-33£247£2,972£2,8284.2230
31/03/12£9,223£9,251£-28£165£3,005£2,8043.6220
31/03/11£10,049£8,896£1,154£160£3,033£2,8303.8210
31/03/10£8,746£8,132£614£148£1,880£1,6872.5220
31/03/09£7,683£7,385£298£146£1,265£1,0671.7210
31/03/08£7,845£7,846£0£134£967£7641.2190
31/03/07£6,814£6,490£324£134£968£7471.4180
31/03/06*£6,549£6,349£200n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£6,197£6,118£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£6,228£6,023£205n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(61 years as a company)

www.rpo.co.uk

info@rpo.co.uk

02076088800

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Germany, Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Throughout England, United Arab Emirates, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dunhill Medical Trust - Music Therapy (Stroke)
£2,500 30/09/2020
8
COVID Response award to support CPG1711/131 To enhance stroke recovery for patients and their carers using group creative music-making alongside professional musicians
DCMS - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
£963,808 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more
DCMS - RPO CRF Application
£996,702 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
£498,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
£78,500 14/06/2019
24
Brent Ensemble Explosion (BEE)
DCMS - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
£946,394 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited
£10,000 13/02/2019
12
Towards a pioneering collaborative programme, STROKESTRA, designed to enhance stroke recovery for patients and their carers using group creative music-making alongside professional musicians.
Youth Music - The Hoe Down: A Berkshire Special Schools Project
£7,835 20/11/2018
The Hoe Down: A Berkshire Special Schools Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000 18/04/2018
36
STROKESTRA
DCMS - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
£946,394 01/04/2018
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
DCMS - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
£236,599 01/04/2018
To support Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
Dunhill Medical Trust - Music Therapy (Stroke)
£39,510 11/12/2017
36
To enhance stroke recovery for patients and their carers using group creative music-making alongside professional musicians
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-73
  • ANDREW JEFFREY STOREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Musician
  • BENJAMIN KEITH HULME Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Musician
  • ELIZABETH CASE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Finance Director
  • ELISABETH ANNE VARLOW Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Musician
  • JOSHUA NATHANAEL CIRTINA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Musician
  • LORD PAUL YAW BOATENG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Peer Of The Realm, Lawyer,
  • PATRICK JOHN FLANAGHAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Musician
  • PHILIP HENRY KELLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • SALI-WYN RYAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Musician
  • SARAH BARDWELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SONIA KATE SIELAFF Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Musician
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/12/1966, number: 244533
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1963, number: 00763836
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

THE COMPANY SECRETARY
16 CLERKENWELL GREEN
LONDON
EC1R 0QT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULAR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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