# ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 213693
- **Other names:** THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY PRIZE FUND, THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY PRIZES FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 7, 1964
- **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=213693


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, 48 Great Marlborough Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1F 7BB
- **Phone:** 02072870019
- **Email:** admin@philharmonicsociety.uk
- **Website:** www.royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE AN APPRECIATION BY THE PUBLIC OF THE ART OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR TO DO SO THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN SOCIETY AND THROUGH ACTIVITIES WHICH FALL WITHIN THE CONCEPTS OF PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC, ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY IN MUSIC AND GIVING RECOGNITION TO EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

**Activities:** The RPS seeks to create a future for music through the encouragement of creativity, the recognition of excellence and the promotion of understanding. Artistic activities focus on composers and young musicians and through a series of awards and discussion it seeks to raise the public consciousness of the finest music making today and create a forum for debate about the direction of classical music.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £293583 | £458624 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £840690 | £524607 | £2170322 | 4 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £391766 | £537281 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £775256 | £614666 | £2143111 | 3 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £503919 | £444323 | £1731408 | 3 |



## Trustees

- Angela Christine Dixon MBE — appointed May 6, 2020
- JO BUCKLEY — appointed Oct. 18, 2023
- Joseph Middleton — appointed April 23, 2026
- Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE — appointed Jan. 23, 2026
- Lady Victoria Susan Hull Robey CBE — appointed Nov. 29, 2017
- RIKESH SHAH — appointed May 4, 2021
- SARAH ANNE BRODIE GEE — appointed March 16, 2017