The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

London Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

Registered charity 238045 Registered since 1965

Operates: Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, East Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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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.

18 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (7)

16
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 18Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 27Professional services 12Retail and trade 10

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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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£14.6m latest income
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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.9 in 2021

40 from 40 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.

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Contact

Websitewww.lpo.org.uk
Emaildavid.burke@lpo.org.uk
Phone02078404200
AddressLONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LTD, CAMELFORD HOUSE, 87-90 ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON, SE1 7TP

Finances

£14,554,103 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,305,374£6,668,843
2022£10,575,632£10,145,897
2023£12,758,165£13,971,272
2024£12,736,854£11,885,064
2025£14,554,103£14,660,692

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, AND SINGING AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDED THAT THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE ONLY. AND, AS ANCILLARY TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS TO HOLD AND PARTICIPATE IN CONCERTS, AND TO PERFORM ORCHESTRAL AND INSTRUMENTAL WORKS, OPERAS, BALLETS AND ENTERTAINMENTS OF THIS KIND AND TO FORM AND MAINTAIN A SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA OF THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDING TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THIS AND OTHER MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ABROAD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/10/1939AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/12/1949AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/05/1993NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/05/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/06/2012

Trustees (18)

18trustees
53median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

London Philharmonic Orchestra Limited · 00357059 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 06/10/1939

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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