Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -7

THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

The British Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra supports the orchestra's performances and the BBC Proms and other performances in the U.K.

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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/22		£8	£6	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/21		£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/20		£30	£34	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/19	*	£20	£76	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/18		£13	£0	£13	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0
31/07/17		£0	£31	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/16		£1	£6	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/15		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/14		£1	£3	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/13		£8	£11	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/12		£9	£17	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/11		£6	£10	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/10		£6	£0	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/09	*	£6	£1	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/08	*	£2	£6	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/07	*	£86	£0	£86	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

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07900163290

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Hungary, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ANDRAS SIMOR Appointed: 2019

DONNA CHEN Appointed: 2023

ALAN GEMES (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant, Other trusteeships: THE ENGLISH CONCERT, GABRIELI,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2006, number: 1115652

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR19: 330 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR08: 16 days late, AR07: 305 days late,

Main office

2 KEATS GROVE
LONDON
NW3 2RT

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA (THE 'ORCHESTRA') OR ANY SUCCESSOR ORCHESTRA THERETO WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HUNGARY OR ELSEWHERE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT:1 TO ENABLE THE ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM WORKS OF MUSIC;2 TO ENABLE THE ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM WITH GUEST ARTISTS;3 TO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION, RENTAL OR OTHER USE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SCORES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE ORCHESTRA;4 TO ENABLE THE ORCHESTRA TO CARRY OUT ITS ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR PROGRAMME;5 TO PROMOTE THE ORCHESTRA'S CHILDREN'S CONCERT PROGRAMMES;6 TO ENABLE THE ORCHESTRA (AND ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OR ANY OF THEM) TO UNDERTAKE TOURS AND PERFORM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS.

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