Registered charity · London

Philharmonia Chorus Limited

12 trustees
Income £251k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Throughout London, Cambridgeshire, France
Website: www.philharmoniachorus.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Philharmonia Chorus Limited
Registered: 1966

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£251k£230k
2024£225k£120k
2023£180k£240k

Earlier years

2022£111k£117k
2021£31k£29k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC-DRAMA, BALLET ANDALL ART FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).

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.

12 trustees on the board

Richard Harding Chair since 2006
Benjamin William Owain Poore since 2024
Christopher Hollis since 2008
David Bryant since 2008
Emma Louise Jones since 2022
Helen Maree Cooper since 2018
Iveta Rozlapa since 2018
Jacqueline Leach since 2006
James Shirras since 2014
Richard Ashdown since 2014
Rosslyn Panatti since 2012
Sophia Shuk-Yee Cheung since 2018

12y median 12y

average tenure

20y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Richard Harding Chair since 2006
Christopher Hollis since 2008
David Bryant since 2008
Helen Maree Cooper since 2018
Iveta Rozlapa since 2018
Jacqueline Leach since 2006
James Shirras since 2014
Richard Ashdown since 2014
Rosslyn Panatti since 2012
Sophia Shuk-Yee Cheung since 2018

15y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Richard Harding Chair since 2006
Benjamin William Owain Poore since 2024
Christopher Hollis since 2008
David Bryant since 2008
Emma Louise Jones since 2022
Helen Maree Cooper since 2018
Iveta Rozlapa since 2018
Jacqueline Leach since 2006
Richard Ashdown since 2014
Rosslyn Panatti since 2012
Sophia Shuk-Yee Cheung since 2018

Portfolio (1)

James Shirras since 2014

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 12Disability 1Education/training 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 12Professional services 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£251k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 250495
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH APRIL 1965 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 24TH NOVEMBER 1966 AND 28TH SEPTEMBER 1977 as amended on 21 Mar 2024
Companies House: Company number 00844386 · Active
Contact on the register: 07766658900 · richard.harding@philharmoniachorus.co.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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