01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 11 December 2006
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 05988211
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £1,131,363
- Latest expenditure
- £1,073,339
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LEEDS, LS1 3AD
Website recorded by the regulator: www.orchestraslive.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Orchestras Live believes orchestras are for everyone. We are a national producer and create projects where music and creativity can thrive. We work to ensure communities across the country have access to world-class orchestral experiences.
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
- 6 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,131,363
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,073,339
- 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
- 17 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,142,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,088,768
- 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
- 13 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,134,424
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,103,832
- 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
- 21 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £857,389
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £973,640
- 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
- 14 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £832,759
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,041,468
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
- 6 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,131,363
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,073,339
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 9
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Contracts
- 47356
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,000
- 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 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- 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
- 17 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,142,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,088,768
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 14
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Contracts
- 109366
- Income From Government Grants
- £82,786
- 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
- 2
- 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
- 13 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,134,424
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,103,832
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 15
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Contracts
- 164736
- Income From Government Grants
- £37,416
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- 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
- 21 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £857,389
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £973,640
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 17
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Contracts
- 141310
- Income From Government Grants
- £13,350
- 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
- 2
- 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
- 14 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £832,759
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,041,468
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 19
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Income From Government Contracts
- 117886
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
05 Official extract
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
- 6 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 919344
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 126142
- Income Investments
- 85877
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1131363
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £73,329
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,000,010
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1073339
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 232859
- Expenditure Governance
- 11737
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 308382
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 97000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £212,147
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £749,798
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £175,102
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £574,696
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 175102
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £327,610
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 549632
- Funds Restricted
- 25064
- Funds Total
- 574696
- Count Employees
- 15
- 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
- 17 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 873670
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 199001
- Income Investments
- 69496
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1142167
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £71,928
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,016,840
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1088768
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 260911
- Expenditure Governance
- 13352
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 293891
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -58000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £178,738
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £745,898
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £132,226
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £613,672
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 132226
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £367,739
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 566309
- Funds Restricted
- 47363
- Funds Total
- 613672
- Count Employees
- 15
- 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
- 13 December 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 868734
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 210136
- Income Investments
- 55554
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1134424
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £70,642
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,033,190
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1103832
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 323715
- Expenditure Governance
- 11830
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 295410
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -48000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £186,379
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £773,471
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £155,198
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £618,273
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 155198
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £401,295
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 591576
- Funds Restricted
- 26697
- Funds Total
- 618273
- Count Employees
- 13
- 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
- 21 December 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 633452
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 215993
- Income Investments
- 7944
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 857389
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £70,127
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £903,513
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 973640
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 274196
- Expenditure Governance
- 10886
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 310788
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 731000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £197,274
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 602000
- Assets Other Assets
- £880,532
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £244,851
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,237,681
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 244851
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £642,354
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1185227
- Funds Restricted
- 52454
- Funds Total
- 1237681
- Count Employees
- 11
- 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
- 14 December 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 661977
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 168224
- Income Investments
- 2558
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 832759
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £54,917
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £986,551
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1041468
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 294031
- Expenditure Governance
- 5243
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 285109
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 200000
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £233,373
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -66000
- Assets Other Assets
- £831,121
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £142,189
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £622,932
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 142189
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £724,544
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 574410
- Funds Restricted
- 48522
- Funds Total
- 622932
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ORCHESTRAS LIVE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2006-12-11T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 NOVEMBER 2006
- Charitable Objects
- A) PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND MUSICAL ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY:I) ORGANISING, MANAGING AND PROVIDING ORCHESTRAS, ORCHESTRAL, INSTRUMENTAL, VOCAL AND CROSS-ARTFORM PERFORMANCES AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; ANDII) ASSISTING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, FESTIVALS, CONCERT PROMOTERS AND OTHER BODIES IN ORGANISING, MANAGING AND PROVIDING ORCHESTRAS, ORCHESTRAL, INSTRUMENTAL, VOCAL AND CROSS-ARTFORM PERFORMANCES AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; ANDB) CARRY OUT ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries