## **London Firebird Orchestra** Company Registration No. 8392959 Registered Charity Number: 1151014 ## Report of Activities for the year ending 28 February 2025 During the period five orchestral concerts, one chamber concert and one Firebird for Schools concert, took place. Music by Hadyn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Dvorak, Grieg, Massenet, Bizet, Sibelius, Ravel, Prokofiev, Gershwin and Yury Revich was performed by the orchestra. Firebird’s two Principal Guest Conductors, George Jackson and Michael Thrift, conducted the concerts and a new conductor Thomas Payne joined once too. The orchestra collaborated with an excellent range of soloists including Martin James Bartlett, Edoardo Grieco, Amiri Harewood, Benji Lock, Francesco Massimino, Lorenzo Nguyen, Yury Revich and Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux. Two student pianists performed piano concertos at a private concert. A chamber ensemble – Trio Concept - gave a recital. All performances took place at St George’s Hanover Square. An audience of 200 schoolchildren from five central London state schools enjoyed a tailor-made concert for children narrated by the actor Robert Bathurst. Income was maintained at similar levels to that of the previous period. One concert took place at just before the start of the period, the costs for which were expended during the period and income for which arrived in the previous period. The number of performers, and the level of support offered to them, rose during the period. Concert expenses increased slightly. It became possible to create audiovisual recordings more regularly too. A small deficit was incurred at the year-end contrasting with the surplus in the previous period. Once again players took part in a Christmas charity event at a London hotel. The creation of audio-visual recordings at concerts returned to being a regular activity, after a lull during the previous period when it had been harder to secure an engineer on a regular basis. Future plans include developing the orchestra’s chamber platform to feature a larger ensemble and involved a narrated concert, a concert in Oxford, a collaboration with the London Chamber Music Society, a collaboration with Yury Revich’s Festival Nights series and further schools concerts. November 2025 David Baty _(Chairman)_ , Marc Corbett-Weaver _(Artistic Director)_ , Michael Manning Clark, Roderick Graham, Philip Rowley, James Saunders, Stephen Wilson 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 2025 |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 ’25**
**£**
**18,350**
**1,850**
**51,593**
**12,111**
**83,904**
**56,763**
**27,177**
**1,332**
**2,767**
**1,590**
**166**
**89,795**
**(5,891)**|Year to 29 Feb ‘24
£
18,276
1,850
51,149
12,395
83,670
42,073
26,945
315
2,203
1,469
133
73,138
10,531| |---|---|---| ## **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 2025** |**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 ’25**
**£**
**0**
**22,701**
**22,701**
**0**
**0**
**22,701**
**28,592**
**(5,891)**
**22,701**|Year to 29 Feb ‘24
£
0
28,592
28,592
0
0
28,592
18,061
10,531
28,592| |---|---|---|