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the london symphony orchestra endowment trust

The charity supports children and young people, other charities or voluntary bodies, and other defined groups. The London Symphony Orchestra Endowment Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in London.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The general purpose of the charity is to support the objects of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and these are to promote, maintain and advance education, particularly musical education and to encourage the arts including the arts of music, drama, mime, dancing and singing. Specifically the Trust actively supports musical education in the form of the LSO's education programme, LSO Discovery.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£2,705,888
Latest Expenditure
£1,535,129

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 27.3%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 92.7%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 8.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £4,568,325
Charitable Activities £4,027
Other Trading £0
Investments £633,536
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,422,736
Raising Funds £112,393
Governance £16,607
Grants to Institutions £1,406,129
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£2,705,888£1,535,129£1,422,736£28,306,296£110,0000 / 0
2024£726,050£402,417£309,730£24,044,320£870,2500 / 0
2023£1,098,452£637,573£618,398£22,199,410£466,5220 / 0
2022£1,930,790£294,274£195,373£22,474,052£269,4470 / 0
2021£2,312,131£748,975£658,801£20,720,426£1,009,2400 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers