Brighton and Hove Philharmonic Society Limited

Registered charity 250921 Registered since 1967

Operates: 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.

8 trustees on the board

4.9y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrea Theresa Cifelli Chair since 2017
Norman George Jacobs since 2017
Robert Edmund Cook since 2019

14.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

company-linked trustees

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 6Tech and media 2Hospitality 1

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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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£505k 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.

26.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 57.4 in 2021

3 from 1 in 2022

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

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The Musical Theatre Academy London Similar size; both Arts and culture
London Children's Ballet Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.brightonphil.org.uk
Email	mail@brightonphil.org.uk
Phone	01273234801
Address	Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3XG

Finances

£505,303 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£351,339	£126,722
2022	£651,621	£327,107
2023	£508,702	£360,780
2024	£548,557	£560,118
2025	£505,303	£689,245

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE STUDY, PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, AND GENERALLY TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF MUSIC. (FOR FULLER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 9 DECEMBER 1941 AS REVISED 27 JUNE 1945, 17 MARCH 1954, 26 SEPTEMBER 1989, 6 SEPTEMBER 1991, 25 OCTOBER 1998, 10 OCTOBER 1999 AND 20 NOVEMBER 2005 as amended on 28 Mar 2021 as amended on 06 Nov 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees

60median age

2aged 70+

Andrea Theresa Cifelliage band 60-64 Chair since 2017
Caroline Susan Harrisonage band 60-64 since 2023
Jessica Helen Blackstoneage band 40-44 since 2025
John Gill since 2024
Jonathan Andrew Brigdenage band 50-54 since 2022
Laurie Beth Cearleyage band 55-59 since 2022
Norman George Jacobsage band 55-59 since 2017
Robert Edmund Cookage band 70-74 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society Limited · 00371316 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/12/1941

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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