Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra (a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital) Company registration number: 02805006 Registered charity number: 1053703 Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra ## **Trustee’s Report** The Trustees are pleased to present the annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025. ## **Trustees** The following served as directors during the course of the year: Dominic Nudd Adrian Wheeler Frank Burgum ## **Principal activity of the charity** The charity’s main objective is to enable musicians to perform, record and promote music and to promote musical education generally. ## **Result for the year** The result for the year is shown in the attached accounts. ## **Review of the year** The season commenced in September 2024, the orchestra gave four concerts at the orchestra’s regular venue, St. John’s Waterloo. The first concert on 19[th] October included Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto. The second concert. 14[th] December 2024, included Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. On 1[st] March 2025 the orchestra marked the fiftieth anniversary of Arthur performing his _Colour Symphony_ with Bernstein’s Suite _On the Waterfront_ . The final concert, 3[rd] May included Bruckner’s Symphony no. 9. The orchestras was engaged by the Islington Choral Society for two performances, 23[rd] November 2024 for Haydn’s _The Creation_ and 6[th] April 2025 for Elgar’s _The Kingdom_ . As usual, the Orchestra ended the season with a performance of light music at Langston’s Lakeside, Havering on 8[th] June 2024. Dominic Nudd **Director** Dated: 01-May 2026 [1] Registered charity number: 1053703 **Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra** ## **Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025** |**g**
_Notes_
**Current Assets**
**Prepayments and accrued income**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**Net current assets (liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets (liabilities)**
**Reserves**|_2025_
_2024_
_£_
_£_
15,236
17,451
889
28,695
0
(24,966)| |---|---| ||16,125
21,180| ||16,125
21,180| ||16,125
21,180| ||16,125
21,180| - - ## **Directors’ responsibilities** The Directors consider that the company is a small company under the provisions of Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and is therefore exempt from the statutory requirement to have an audit. The members of the company have not required the company, under Section 476 of the Companies Act to obtain an audit for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006, and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at 31 August 2025 and of its deficit for the year ended, in accordance with Section 396, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to the accounts, so far as they are applicable to the company. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and were approved by the board on 30[th] April 2025 . Dominic G R Nudd **Director** **[** 32 **]** Registered charity number: 1053703 Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra ## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025** ## **1) Accounting Policies** The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance - with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities. They include the results of all activities described in the director’s report. The company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No 1 from producing a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is a small company. - Income and expenditure are accounted for on an accruals basis so that any income received or expense incurred in advance is deferred until the relevant period. The Directors have not adopted the Income & Expenditure format prescribed by the Companies Act. The more detailed format adopted has been chosen by the Directors because it provides a fuller description of the company’s activities. ## **2) Directors and Employees** No payments are made to any Director of the company and the company has no employees. ## **3) Taxation** There is no charge to corporate taxation as the company is a registered charity and is not subject to Corporation Tax. Tax refunds on Gift Aid and Orchestra Tax Relief are accounted for in the period in which they are received. ## **4) Pension costs** The company has no employees and there are therefore no remuneration or pension costs. ## **5) Share capital** The company is limited by guarantee to the sum of £1 per member. There is no share capital and the company is controlled by the members and the appointed directors. [3] Registered charity number: 1053703 ## **Registered Number 02805006** ## **WESTMINSTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA** **Micro-entity Accounts** **31 August 2025** ## **WESTMINSTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA** ## **Registered Number 02805006** ## **Micro-entity Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025** |_Notes_
**Current Assets**
**Prepayments and accrued income**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**Net current assets (liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets (liabilities)**
**Reserves**|_2025_
_2024_
_£_
_£_
15,236
17,451
889
28,695
0
(24,966)| |---|---| ||15,236
21,180| ||15,236
21,180| ||15,236
21,180| ||15,236
21,180| - For the year ending 31 August 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. - The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. - The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. - The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. ## Approved by the Board on 30-April 2026 And signed on their behalf by: **D G R Nudd, Director** ## **WESTMINSTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Registered Number 02805006** |**Notes to the Micro-entity Accounts for the period ended 31 August 2025**||| |---|---|---| |**1. Employees**||| ||_2025_|_2024_| |Average number of employees during the period|0|0| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independenl Examiner's Reporl Report to Ihe trusleesldireetorsl members of westminst￿ Philharmonic Orchestra On accounts lor the year ended 31 August 2025 Charity no.: 1053703 Company no.: 02805006 Set out on pages I reFQrt lo ihe charity trustees on my axamination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 3110812025. Responsibilities and basls of report As the charivs truslees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the PUTP05es of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with Ihe requirements of the Companies Act 2006 {kn8 2006 Acri. Having satKsh'8d mys81f Ihat the accounls of the Company are not required to be audited for this year und8r Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examinatTron. I report in respecl of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Acl 2011 (￿he 2011 Acri. In carrying oul my examination. I have followed lh8 Directions given by the Charity Commissitin (under section 145151{bl ol the 2011 ACL Independent examiner's statement I have cc*npleled my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that dixlosed b81ow '} which gives me cause to believe that: ' accounling records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Acl 2006; or . the accounls (%) not accord VI￿1h such records. or . the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement Ihal the accounts give a true and fairf view which is nol a matter considered as part ol an independent examination: or •the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charilies SORP {FRS102). IER October 2018 I have no concems and have come across no othèr matters in connéclion with the examination lo whi¢h attention should be drawn in this report in order to enabl8 a proper understanding of the a¢counts to be reached. . Please delete Ihe words in Ihe brackets if they do not apply. Signed: 21 May 2026 Adam Grahamslaw Relevanl professional qualification(s) or body (il any): Addre88: 3 Bearnsley Cioft. MensIc￿. West Yorkshire, LS29 6FT Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the 8xamin8r n88ds to highlight material matters of conc8m Is88 CC32, Ind8pendenl examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for 8xaminers}. Glve here briel detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. I have nothing to disclose. IER October 2018