Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY 

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's mission is to promote the love of music. Activities include: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir; Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Youth, Community and Gospel Choirs; CD label RLPOlive; an education and participation programme; and contemporary, jazz and world music alongside rock, pop, comedy and classic films in Philharmonic Hall.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £876,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 60 years
(118 years as a company)

www.liverpoolphil.com

accounts@liverpoolphil.com

01512102895

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Financial Data ?

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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£12,039£13,972£-1,933£3,657£14,833£3,8723.32550
31/03/22£10,255£10,608£-353£1,821£11,796£5720.62500
31/03/21£8,486£7,965£521£1,640£10,127£-1,466-2.22510
31/03/20£10,215£11,618£-1,403£2,592£10,730£-1,364-1.42660
31/03/19£11,578£12,217£-639£2,801£10,743£-1,600-1.62490
31/03/18£11,567£11,977£-410£329£9,464£-3,128-3.12470
31/03/17£10,251£10,698£-447£139£8,230£-4,247-4.82230
31/03/16£14,046£10,860£3,186£183£9,484£-2,742-32020
31/03/15£15,398£11,268£4,130£515£6,298£-2,294-2.42010
31/03/14£12,790£16,503£-3,713£346£2,168£1,0700.82270
31/03/13£10,488£10,859£-371£302£5,307£-1,562-1.72200
31/03/12£9,738£10,279£-541£278£7,831£7500.92210
31/03/11£11,412£11,596£-184£184£8,326£1,0301.12450
31/03/10£10,482£10,506£-24£173£5,588£-1,902-2.22430
31/03/09£11,071£12,266£-1,195£274£8,209£7130.72330
31/03/08£9,513£9,019£494£213£9,404£1,9452.61300
31/03/07£8,121£7,994£128£216£7,882£5370.81220
31/03/06£7,842£7,713£130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£5,719£5,688£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£7,285£7,361£-76£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 49.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 255 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£3,994,127
Garfield Weston Foundation£750,000
Esmee Fairbairn£330,000
The Foyle Foundation£190,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£150,000 28/11/2023
towards the replacement of the stage at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
£30,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£40,000 07/02/2023
towards the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music and Mental Health Programme as it expands across Liverpool City Region
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
£300,000 26/04/2022
48
Towards project costs for In Harmony Liverpool 2022-26: expanding 11+ provision in a long-term project to transform lives, restore communities and develop creativity and talent in Anfield & ....more
DCMS - In Harmony
£98,335 24/03/2022
In Harmony is a national programme that aims to inspire and transform the lives of children in deprived communities, using the power and disciplines of ensemble music-making.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£750,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£80,000 13/08/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Annual submission
£2,272,708 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - Liverpool Philharmonic Recovery
£748,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
£755,917 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - In Harmony (DfE)
£79,167 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - Liverpool Cultural Collaboration
£40,000 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Paul Hamlyn Club Programme additional support - dissemination
£5,000 11/05/2018
7
This grant will provide additional support for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society for the Paul Hamlyn Club programme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 14/02/2018
In Harmony Liverpool
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - In Harmony Liverpool
£329,000 25/04/2016
48
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s In Harmony Liverpool programme uses orchestral music making to improve the health, education and aspirations of young people aged 0-18 and their families in Everton. ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
£30,300 30/01/2014
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Celebrating 175 years of the original Liverpool sound
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Paul Hamlyn Club
£500,000 09/07/2013
A grant to Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society for Paul Hamlyn Club
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - 'In Harmony' West Everton
£120,000 04/02/2013
A further grant to continue our core support support of this programme.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - 'In Harmony' West Everton
£42,000 23/04/2012
Core-support for a 'Sistema-inspired' daily provision of music-making activities to children, families and residents of West Everton.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1963, number: 230538
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1906, number: 00088235
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 27 days late,
Main office

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY
PHILHARMONIC HALL
HOPE STREET
LIVERPOOL
L1 9BP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE AND SINGING AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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