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Registered charity 326917, on the register since 28 August 1985. The 6,491st largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

The objects for which the Company is established are: To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the arts of orchestral, choral and other music by the organisation and/or presentation of concerts and recitals of high educational and artistic merit.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceGeneral Charitable Purposes

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

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Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

Figures are the latest the charity has reported to the Charity Commission, current to 27 September 2026. How this site works.