## **London Firebird Orchestra** Company Registration No. 8392959 Registered Charity Number: 1151014 ## Report of Activities for the year ending 28 February 2023 This period is the first full fiscal year since the pandemic that was not impacted by any covid restrictions. The costs of seven largescale orchestral concerts fell within the period. These account for the rise in turnover and expenses. Concerts took place in in March 2022, two concerts in June 2022, a further Firebird for Schools concert in June 2022, September 2022, October 2022 and early February 2023. Music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Grieg, Dvorak, Ravel, Prokofiev, Avro Pärt and Yury Revich was performed. Firebird’s two Principal Guest Conductors, George Jackson and Michael Thrift, conducted the concerts. The orchestra collaborated with a stunning range of fantastic soloists including Emmanuel Bach, George Harliono, Yury Revich, Maciej Kulakowski and Firebird’s Artistic Director, Marc Corbett-Weaver. A further Firebird for Schools concert was presented by Ian Hislop and attended by over 300 children from seven different schools. Plans for a new Firebird Chamber Platform were also formed and the first chamber concerts scheduled. Audience numbers increased substantially from the covid years reaching capacities of between 200-300 attendees. The increased number of concerts and their increased capacity naturally led to a substantial increase in concert income. Income from donations rose steadily too. The high reserves at the end of the previous period were spent on concert activities. Well over half of expenses were payments to performing artists. This high level of expenditure naturally resulted in a deficit, while income levels strengthened since the complications of covid, enabling the orchestra to return to full strength. The Board was also able to increase the level of support it offers performing artists too, which also accounted for the rise in expenditure in this area. November 2023 David Baty _(Chairman)_ , Marc Corbett-Weaver _(Artistic Director)_ , Michael Manning Clark, Roderick Graham, Philip Rowley Trustees of London Firebird Orchestra For further information about London Firebird Orchestra please visit: www.LondonFirebird.com ## **London Firebird Orchestra** Company Registration No. 8392959 Registered Charity Number: 1151014 ## Financial Statements for the year ending 28 February 2023 |Notes
**Income**
1
Concert income
2
Engagement fees
3
Voluntary income
4
Gift Aid
**Total Income**
**Expenses**
5
Payments to performing artists
6
Concert expenses
7
Recordings
8
Promotion
9
Insurance
10
Bank charges
**Total Expenses**
**Surplus / (Deficit) for the year**|**Year to 28 Feb ’23**
**£**
**16,929**
**3,345**
**40,057**
**10,072**
**70,403**
**44,118**
**29,966**
**1,885**
**2,220**
**1,400**
**134**
**79,723**
**(9,320)**|Year to 28 Feb ‘22
£
5,043
1,017
38,591
12,127
56,798
29,450
22,469
1,425
2,220
1,379
82
57,025
(227)| |---|---|---| ## **Notes** - 1 Ticket sales and other income generated by the orchestra’s own productions. - 2 Fees paid by external promoters in respect of the orchestra’s performances. 3 Gifts donated to support the orchestra’s work. - 6 Venue hire, hire of percussion equipment and other musical instruments, hire or purchase of sheet music, catering and ancillary expenses, management and production costs ## **London Firebird Orchestra** Company Registration No. 8392959 Registered Charity Number: 1151014 ## **Balance Sheet as at 28 February 2023** |**ASSETS**
Fixed Assets
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Current liabilities
Total current liabilities
**Net Assets**
**CAPITAL & RESERVES**
Reserves brought forward
Surplus / (Deficit) for year
**Total Reserves**|**Year to 28 Feb ’23**
**£**
**0**
**18,061**
**18,061**
**0**
**0**
**18,061**
**27,381**
**(9,320)**
**18,061**|Year to 28 Feb ’22
£
0
27,381
27,381
0
0
27,381
27,608
(227)
27,381| |---|---|---|