Common questions about The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society a good charity? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society scores 56 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 70% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society as a registered charity (charity number 230538). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=230538&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's charity number? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's charity number is 230538. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's charity rating? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society scores 56 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 70% of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 30% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 34% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society receive? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society reported £13m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-06). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society based? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's registered contact address is in Liverpool (L1 9BP). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's money come from? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £7.8m (48%), charitable activities £4.5m (28%), trading and fundraising events £3.7m (23%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £149k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society? +
The register records The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's trustees paid? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society registered as a charity? +
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society was entered on the register on 14 October 1963. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00088235).
How does CharityCompare score The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.