# KENSINGTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 283674
- **Other names:** KENSINGTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - K P O
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 20, 1981
- **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=283674


## Contact

- **Address:** 55 The Street, Manuden, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
- **Postcode:** CM23 1DH
- **Phone:** 07986308213
- **Email:** kpojoin@hotmail.co.uk
- **Website:** www.kpo.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS; AND2) TO ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR OF YOUNG MUSICIANS.

**Activities:** The charity runs an orchestra for advanced amateur players which rehearses and performs in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Three concerts are put on each year which are open to the public.

**Area of benefit:** GREATER LONDON AREA




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Kensington And Chelsea



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £17837 | £18236 | — | — |
| July 31, 2024 | £16215 | £17431 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £16540 | £17699 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £18430 | £16815 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £12037 | £10490 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **CHRISTOPHER JOHN THRESH** (Chair)
- Charles Stephen Dalglish — appointed April 12, 2021
- John Matthew Abramson — appointed April 12, 2021
- John Philip Clifford Rham — appointed April 12, 2021
- Ned MacGavern Dybvig — appointed April 12, 2021
- Rachel Ann Powell — appointed July 8, 2024