01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 2 May 1985
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01486893
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £1,632,562
- Latest expenditure
- £1,853,262
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Compass House, 80 Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8DZ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.brittensinfonia.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Britten Sinfonia is an orchestra.The objectives of the charity are:To be the international benchmark for the chamber orchestra.To inspire people with fresh and exciting performances of great music from Albinoni to Zappa.To appeal to diverse cultural groups, both through the work it presents and the way it is presented.To promote the appreciation of music.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,632,562
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,853,262
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,157,543
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,177,378
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,844,470
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,730,455
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,728,933
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,518,788
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,181,369
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,243,371
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 7 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,632,562
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,853,262
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,157,543
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,177,378
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £97,523
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,844,470
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,730,455
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,728,933
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,518,788
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 4
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,181,369
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,243,371
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £10,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 6
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Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 7 September 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 603578
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1028697
- Income Investments
- 287
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1632562
- Income Legacies
- 105127
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £184,969
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,647,739
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1832708
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 20554
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 336058
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 16072
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £346,646
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25592
- Assets Own Use
- 25592
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £768,792
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £321,457
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £472,927
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 321457
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £246,814
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 346646
- Funds Restricted
- 126281
- Funds Total
- 472927
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 716898
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1158011
- Income Investments
- 10222
- Income Other
- 272412
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2157543
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £177,625
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,999,753
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2177378
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 18000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 318687
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13426
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £567,970
- Assets Total Fixed
- 27439
- Assets Own Use
- 27439
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £942,481
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £276,293
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £693,627
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 274549
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1744
- Assets Cash
- £446,582
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 567970
- Funds Restricted
- 125657
- Funds Total
- 693627
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 27400
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 203777
- Income Charitable Activities
- 927403
- Income Investments
- 8099
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1166679
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £194,388
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,536,067
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1730455
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 283408
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 19537
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £704,562
- Assets Total Fixed
- 42159
- Assets Own Use
- 42159
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £862,733
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £191,430
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £713,462
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 179233
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 12197
- Assets Cash
- £400,882
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 704562
- Funds Restricted
- 8900
- Funds Total
- 713462
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 944026
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 631677
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 153230
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1728933
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £184,107
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,334,681
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1518788
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 226745
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 14464
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £599,447
- Assets Total Fixed
- 45246
- Assets Own Use
- 45246
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £707,777
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £153,576
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £599,447
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 131182
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 22394
- Assets Cash
- £448,895
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 599447
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 599447
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 698626
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 359262
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 123481
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1181369
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £189,315
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,054,056
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1243371
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 207466
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13455
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £383,702
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25069
- Assets Own Use
- 25069
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £585,837
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £221,604
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £389,302
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 189644
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 31960
- Assets Cash
- £393,675
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 383702
- Funds Restricted
- 5600
- Funds Total
- 389302
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Norfolk
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cambridgeshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 116
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Recreation
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1985-05-02T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 MARCH 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 25 MARCH 1983, 9 JULY 1990, 14 MARCH 1996 AND 15 SEPTEMBER 2005.
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OR SCIENCE OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PERFORMING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC CONCERT RECITALS AND LECTURES, AND BY PROVIDING EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
- Area Of Benefit
- CAMBRIDGE AREA AND IN EAST ANGLIA
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 77299
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- EAST ANGLIAN ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 77278
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures