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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-244533 .
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Description

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.

Also known as

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited
  • Rpo
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd

CCEW Charity number

244533

Company number

00763836

Registered

Postcode

EC1R 0QT

Website

rpo.co.uk

Domain

rpo.co.uk

Latest income

£11,218,519 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Romania
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United States

Registered Office in the UK

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Performing and visual arts A11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Arts AR
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Choirs AR301
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Dance AR302
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Music AR303
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Orchestra AR306
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Theatre AR307
  • Education ED

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1966-12-29 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 6,227,975 6,023,253
2005-03-31 6,196,920 6,117,538
2006-03-31 6,549,269 6,348,947
2007-03-31 6,814,030 6,489,915
2008-03-31 7,845,085 7,845,546
2009-03-31 7,683,006 7,384,940
2010-03-31 8,745,687 8,131,674
2011-03-31 10,049,327 8,895,826
2012-03-31 9,222,872 9,250,576
2013-03-31 8,000,860 8,034,191
2014-03-31 9,012,530 8,966,422
2015-03-31 8,911,704 8,628,348
2016-03-31 8,386,517 8,959,619
2017-03-31 10,329,393 10,144,866
2018-03-31 11,396,888 10,849,256
2019-03-31 9,657,305 9,488,650
2020-03-31 9,974,745 9,777,223
2021-03-31 3,201,372 3,579,518
2022-03-31 8,603,157 8,314,116
2023-03-31 11,218,519 10,397,627
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 30 27
Employees paid more than £60,000 4 5
Volunteers - 5
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 2.2 2.6
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 2.2 2.6
Income from charitable activities 7.8 5.4
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.0 0.0
Other income 1.2 0.6
Total 11.2 8.6
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 0.4 0.4
Spending on raising funds 0.4 0.4
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 10.0 7.9
Charitable activities 10.0 7.9
Other spending - -
Total 10.4 8.3
Net income / (expenditure) 0.8 0.3

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.2 0.2
Investment assets 0.2 0.2
0.3 0.4
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 3.9 3.9
Other current assets 1.8 1.2
5.7 5.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (1.6) (1.8)
Net current assets 4.2 3.3
Total assets less current liabilities 4.5 3.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 4.5 3.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 0.4 0.2
Unrestricted funds 4.1 3.5
4.5 3.7

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 970,461 1,560,866
Government grants as % of total income 8.7% 18.1%
Number of government grants 2 3

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Grants received

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Received 18 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations
£963,808 National Portfolio Organisations
The Dunhill Medical Trust
COVID Response Fund
£2,500
8 months
Music Therapy (Stroke)
Jun 2021 to Feb 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
£498,000 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
£996,702 RPO CRF Application
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
ALB - Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisations
£963,808 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
Suffolk Community Foundation
Scarecrow Fund
£1,836
3 months
The Lullaby Project
Sep 2019 to Dec 2019
John Lyon's Charity
Main Grant
£78,500
2 years
Main grant to Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
Jul 2019 to Jul 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
ALB - Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisations
£946,394 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
The Rayne Foundation £10,000
1 year
Grant to Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited
Arts Council England £7,835 The Hoe Down: A Berkshire Special Schools Project

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

GB-CHC-244533

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-01

Open Government Licence v2.0 | Access data | Download data (zip)

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