London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund

Analysis

London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund reported income of £50k and spending of £17k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £34k to £50k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sethington Ltd (£50k), Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton (£50k) and Swineshead Benevolent Foundation (£50k).