Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -5

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS

To promote and advance the arts and practice of organ playing and choral directing and related activities to the highest standards of competence and artistry; To set and maintain proper standards in such arts for the benefit of the public;To educate musicians in such arts and practices;To promote study and research in such arts and practices

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
30/06/23	£473	£657	£-185	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/22	£426	£555	£-129	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21	£671	£501	£170	£32	£3,853	£2,151	51.5	5
30/06/20	£554	£564	£-10	£36	£3,093	£1,783	38	6
30/06/19	£490	£550	£-60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	£646	£540	£106	£42	£3,358	£1,996	44.3	5
30/06/17	£615	£516	£98	£25	£3,111	£1,827	42.4	5
30/06/16	£489	£526	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/15	£518	£493	£25	£40	£2,399	£1,416	34.4	4
30/06/14	£747	£534	£213	£39	£2,292	£1,342	30.2	4
30/06/13	£468	£480	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/12	£614	£503	£111	£58	£1,743	£1,256	30	5
30/06/11	£686	£453	£233	£44	£1,680	£1,380	36.6	7
30/06/10	£372	£427	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/09	£495	£403	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/08	£575	£359	£215	£42	£1,315	£974	32.5	3
30/06/07	£512	£340	£172	£44	£1,221	£887	31.3	3
30/06/06	£351	£569	£-218	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/05	£727	£1,567	£-840	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/04	£901	£752	£149	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 58 years

www.rco.org.uk

admin@rco.org.uk

02038656998

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Professional associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	09/04/2021	Leading the future of organ music in the UK

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 14/15 persons

THE LORD LISVANE ROBERT JAMES ROGERS Appointed: 2020

CARL JACKSON Appointed: 2021

CHARLES THOMAS WINPENNY Appointed: 2018

GERARD BROOKS Appointed: 2018

GHISLAINE REECE-TRAPP Appointed: 2022

KATHARINE PARDEE Appointed: 2017

ROBERT SHARPE Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN KING Appointed: 2013

ANDREW JOHN GILLETT Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED GUILDS SERVICE,

CHRISTOPHER JULIAN MORRIS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS,

DAVID HILL Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE BURNEY FUND (ICW CHETHAM'S LIBRARY), THE NICHOLLS HOSPITAL TRUST, CHETHAM'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY,

PHILIP JOHN MOORE BMUS Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: ORGANISTS CHARITABLE TRUST,

PETER WRIGHT Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS BENEVOLENT FUND,

SARA ELIZABETH BENBOW Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: THE SCHOOL OF ST HELEN AND ST KATHARINE TRUST, THE GORING AND STREATLEY CONCERT BAND,

KATHERINE FRANCIS MARIA DIENES-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Cathedral Organist, Other trusteeship: ORGANISTS CHARITABLE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/1966, number: 312847

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

PO Box 7328
New Milton
Hampshire
BH25 9DU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ART OF ORGAN-PLAYING AND CHOIR-TRAINING, TO IMPROVE AND ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION BY MEANS OF LECTURES, RECITALS MASTER-CLASSES AND MEETINGS IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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