# City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096457
- **Other names:** CAMBRIDGE STRING PLAYERS, CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 11, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1096457


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 Cavendish Avenue, CAMBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** CB1 7US
- **Phone:** 07544841597
- **Email:** info@ccso-online.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ccso-online.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE (1)  THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF MUSIC, FOR EXAMPLE BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: BY HOLDING CONCERTS AND LECTURES ABOUT MUSIC TO WHICH THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ADMITTED WHETHER ON PAYMENT OR OTHERWISE; BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC BY AMATEUR PLAYERS OF STRING INSTRUMENTS; BY ISSUING PUBLICATIONS CONDUCTIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION; AND/OR BY UNDERTAKING AND EXECUTING ANY CHARITABLE TRUSTS ESTABLISHED OR CONSTITUTED WHOLLY FOR PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION, STUDY OR PRACTICE OF MUSIC: AND (2)  TO PROMOTE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING YOUNG MUSICIANS, BEING PERSONS OF MODERATE OR LIMITED MEANS, IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING.

**Activities:** City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra has around 60 playing members; holds rehearsals; performs six public concerts in West Road Concert Hall Cambridge in a normal season; publishes programmes and publicity materials in the Cambridge area and online.  Young soloists are engaged for most of the concerts, and a young conductor's competition has recently been held.

**Area of benefit:** CAMBRIDGE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £39739 | £34903 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £48154 | £37562 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £39200 | £38664 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £3731 | £3620 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £24946 | £28942 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **David William Bartlett** (Chair) — appointed June 19, 2018
- Dr Alexander William Nigel Reid — appointed May 10, 2022
- Dr John Roger Petter — appointed March 14, 2023
- Hugo Jonathan Verner Macey — appointed June 10, 2025
- SHEILA VON RIMSCHA — appointed May 22, 2012