Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -1

ORGANISTS CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity offers financial support to Organists and their dependents, who for whatever reason, are unable to make financial provision for themselves. It also makes funds available to support organists in education with the cost of organ tuition.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22		£12	£12	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£12	£16	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£62	£37	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£11	£13	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£11	£5	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£11	£8	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£10	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£10	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£10	£9	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£10	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12	*	£12	£2	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£10	£6	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10	*	£11	£10	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/09		£15	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08		£12	£5	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/07		£9	£6	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£8	£8	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05		£8	£6	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£8	£10	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 61 years
(88 years as a company)

www.organistscharitabletrust.org

02083181471

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

JOHN FRANCIS WARDLE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Musician

JONATHAN RENNERT, Occupation: Organist St Michaels Cornhill, Other trusteeships: THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS OF GREAT BRITAIN, THE SIR GEORGE THALBEN-BALL MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARABESQUE TRUST,

PATRICK JOSEPH RUSSILL MA, Other trusteeships: THE NICHOLAS DANBY TRUST, CHURCH MUSIC SOCIETY,

PHILIP JOHN MOORE BMUS, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS,

TIMOTHY MILES ROGERSON BSC, FCA, Other trusteeship: THE MUSIC IN ROMSEY GROUP,

ALAN JOHN THURLOW (Chair) Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Cathedral Organist, Other trusteeships: THE PALLANT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ORGAN STUDIES, THE ON ORGAN FUND, BERNSTEIN IN CHICHESTER,

IAIN MACFARLANE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE BLACK PRINCE TRUST,

KATHERINE FRANCIS MARIA DIENES-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Cathedral Organist, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1963, number: 225326
Registered at Companies House on 11/12/1935, number: 00308028

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 3 days late, AR12: 26 days late, AR10: 285 days late,

Main office

26 FITZROY SQUARE
LONDON
W1T 6BT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE BY PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE ORGANISTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN DISTRESS THROUGH POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

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