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Registered charity · London

The Philharmonia Benevolent Fund

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £41k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£41k£72k
  • 2024£42k£54k
  • 2023£36k£51k
Earlier years
  • 2022£30k£14k
  • 2021£26k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF SUCH AND OR MORE OF THE PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME BEEN ORCHESTRAL MEMBERS OF PHILHARMONIA LIMITED (FORMERLY NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA LIMITED) AND THE DEPENDANTS OF ALL OR ANY SUCH PERSONS AS SHALL AT ANY TIME BE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN NEED OF CHARITABLE RELIEF.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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 4Tech and media 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£41k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
280370
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED THE 20/05/1980 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17 MARCH 2009
Contact on the register
02079213940
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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