# ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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
- **Company number:** [00186522](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00186522)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=213693


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, 48 Great Marlborough Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1F 7BB
- **Phone:** 020 7287 0019
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- ROYAL PHILHARMONIC VIOLIN PRIZE (213693-1)
- JULIUS ISSERLIS SCHOLARSHIP (213693-2)
- KATHLEEN FERRIER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND (213693-3)
- EMILY ANDERSON PRIZE FOR VIOLIN PLAYING (213693-4)
- ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY COMPOSITION PRIZE FUND (213693-5)
- SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (213693-6)



