Registered charity · London
Aurora Orchestra
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew Romain HochhauserTrustee · since 2022
- Christophe KasolowskyTrustee · since 2025
- Dame Liz ForganTrustee · since 2019
- Ian KaretTrustee · since 2025
- James Cameron Fitzgerald Seymour LawrieTrustee · since 2024
- Jillian BarkerTrustee · since 2025
- Michael Alan LavenTrustee · since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth MortimerTrustee · since 2018
- Suzanne SzczetnikowiczTrustee · since 2017
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
- France, Germany, Throughout England, Netherlands and more
- Website
- www.auroraorchestra.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Aurora Orchestra
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£2.1m
- 2024£1.7m£1.8m
- 2023£1.8m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£946k£904k
- 2021£917k£634k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS.
Grants received
8 grants · £715,429 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £245,410 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £166,019 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £150,000
- John Ellerman Foundation · £96,000
- The Goldsmiths' Foundation · £35,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Andrew Romain Hochhauser since 2022
- Christophe Kasolowsky since 2025
- Dame Liz Forgan since 2019
- Ian Karet since 2025
- James Cameron Fitzgerald Seymour Lawrie since 2024
- Jillian Barker since 2025
- Michael Alan Laven since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Mortimer since 2018
- Suzanne Szczetnikowicz since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dame Liz Forgan since 2019
- Michael Alan Laven since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Mortimer since 2018
- Suzanne Szczetnikowicz since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dame Liz Forgan since 2019
- Ian Karet since 2025
- Michael Alan Laven since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Mortimer since 2018
- Suzanne Szczetnikowicz since 2017
Portfolio (4)
- Andrew Romain Hochhauser since 2022
- Christophe Kasolowsky since 2025
- James Cameron Fitzgerald Seymour Lawrie since 2024
- Jillian Barker since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155738
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 MAY 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 FEB 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 08523283 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02070142834 · info@auroraorchestra.com
- 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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