Registered charity · London
Forest Philharmonic Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £48k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Matthew John KellyChair · since 2021
- Caroline ANN AshleyTrustee · since 2007
- Dr Robert Callum Lankester Pearce-HigginsTrustee · since 2024
- Jane Clare LeeTrustee · since 2021
- Janice TwiseltonTrustee · since 2024
- Laura Beatrice TomlinsonTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Daniel ElsonTrustee · since 2017
- Rachel Elizabeth SimnettTrustee · since 2021
- Sylvia April PoulsenTrustee · since 1990
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Waltham Forest
- Website
- www.forestphilharmonic.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Forest Philharmonic Society
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£48k£47k
- 2024£55k£48k
- 2023£36k£40k
Earlier years
- 2022£34k£31k
- 2021£15k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE MAIMTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO IMPROVE THE PUBLICS KNOWLEDGE OF AND EDUCATE THE PUBLICS TASTE FOR MUSIC
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Matthew John Kelly Chair since 2021
- Caroline ANN Ashley since 2007
- Dr Robert Callum Lankester Pearce-Higgins since 2024
- Jane Clare Lee since 2021
- Janice Twiselton since 2024
- Laura Beatrice Tomlinson since 2021
- Professor Daniel Elson since 2017
- Rachel Elizabeth Simnett since 2021
- Sylvia April Poulsen since 1990
Trustees past 6 years
- Caroline ANN Ashley since 2007
- Professor Daniel Elson since 2017
- Sylvia April Poulsen since 1990
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Matthew John Kelly Chair since 2021
- Caroline ANN Ashley since 2007
- Dr Robert Callum Lankester Pearce-Higgins since 2024
- Jane Clare Lee since 2021
- Professor Daniel Elson since 2017
- Rachel Elizabeth Simnett since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Janice Twiselton since 2024
- Laura Beatrice Tomlinson since 2021
- Sylvia April Poulsen since 1990
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1026792
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/04/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 01539958 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07562 985600 · orchestra@forestphilharmonic.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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