Registered charity · London
City of London Sinfonia Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John SingerChair
- Alan MorganTrustee
- Countess Sarah Thun-HohensteinTrustee
- Joanna LiveseyTrustee · since 2014
- Julian Dominic SchildTrustee · since 2018
- Michael Mark RedmanTrustee · since 2020
- Patricia MillettTrustee · since 2016
- Richard SpiegelbergTrustee
- Sally DavisTrustee · since 2013
- Teruko IwanagaTrustee
- William David John SpurginTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.cls.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- City of London Sinfonia Limited
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.3m
- 2024£1.2m£1.1m
- 2023£1.1m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£1.2m
- 2021£713k£679k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION. TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA,MIME,AND DANCE AND TO FORMULATE PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES, PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.
Grants received
21 grants · £821,008 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- John Ellerman Foundation · £165,000 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £160,326 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £150,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £90,000
- City Bridge Trust · £85,700
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
11 trustees on the board
- John Singer Chair
- Alan Morgan
- Countess Sarah Thun-Hohenstein
- Joanna Livesey since 2014
- Julian Dominic Schild since 2018
- Michael Mark Redman since 2020
- Patricia Millett since 2016
- Richard Spiegelberg
- Sally Davis since 2013
- Teruko Iwanaga
- William David John Spurgin since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanna Livesey since 2014
- Julian Dominic Schild since 2018
- Patricia Millett since 2016
- Sally Davis since 2013
- William David John Spurgin since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- John Singer Chair
- Countess Sarah Thun-Hohenstein
- Joanna Livesey since 2014
- Julian Dominic Schild since 2018
- Michael Mark Redman since 2020
- Patricia Millett since 2016
- Richard Spiegelberg
- Sally Davis since 2013
- Teruko Iwanaga
- William David John Spurgin since 2016
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 286818
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH JANUARY 1983.
- Companies House
- Company number 01692341 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076212800 · info@cls.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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