Registered charity · London
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sickness and Benevolent Fund
- 6 trustees
- Income £26k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.rposbf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26k£33k
- 2024£49k£22k
- 2023£4k£33k
Earlier years
- 2022£57k£21k
- 2021£41k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM IN MAKING AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION GRANTS TO OR FOR THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF SUCH OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHO SHALL AT ANY TIME BE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN NEED OF CHARITABLE RELIEF AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AT SUCH TIMES ON SUCH CONDITIONS ( IF ANY ) AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND ANY SUCH GRANT MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION BE MADE BY PAYMENT OF SUCH BENEFICIARY AND IN THE LATTER CASE THE TRUSTEES SHALL BE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SEE TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY MONEY SO PAID.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- David Richard Hirschman Chair
- Chantal Louise Woodhouse since 2025
- David Gordon
- Joanna Louise Marsh since 2016
- Richard Huxtable
- Stephen Niall Payne since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanna Louise Marsh since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Chantal Louise Woodhouse since 2025
- David Gordon
- Joanna Louise Marsh since 2016
- Richard Huxtable
- Stephen Niall Payne since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- David Richard Hirschman Chair
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1120462
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 11T JULY 2007
- Contact on the register
- 020 7608 8800 · sbf@rpo.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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