The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society

Registered charity 230538 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 14Professional services 2Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.4 in 2021

306 from 251 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.liverpoolphil.com
Emailaccounts@liverpoolphil.com
Phone01512102895
AddressROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC, SOCIETY, PHILHARMONIC HALL, HOPE STREET, LIVERPOOL, L1 9BP

Finances

£12,640,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,486,000£7,965,000
2022£10,255,000£10,608,000
2023£12,039,000£13,972,000
2024£12,613,000£14,867,000
2025£12,640,000£14,758,000

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE AND SINGING AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31/03/1906 REDRAWN 28/03/1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 20/11/1985, 04/09/1986, 20/07/1987, 24/07/1989, 15/07/1991, 8/07/1993, 3/8/2000, 25/10/2004 AND 03/11/2014

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society(the) · 00088235 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/03/1906

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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