THE BLISS TRUST

Charity number: 297956
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promotion of music and educational awards and grants

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £22,555
Total expenditure: £27,426

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 November 1987: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANDREW DAVID HAITLY BURN Chair
GERALD FINZI TRUST
Received: On time
LIAM TAYLOR WEST Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
IAN SANDERSON Trustee 15 September 2022
None on record
Caroline Secombe Trustee 22 April 2021
None on record
Margaret Elizabeth Pooley Trustee 27 February 2020
GERALD FINZI TRUST
Received: On time
BENJAMIN ARCHER FOUNDATION
Received: On time
Helen Jane Kotz Trustee 21 September 2017
EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED)
Received: On time
ANNA PENSAERT Trustee 03 July 2013
None on record
RONALD LEWIS EDMUND FOREMAN Trustee 21 January 2012
None on record
ELIZABETH HELEN TRAVIS Trustee 12 March 1987
NEIGHBOURCARE ST JOHN'S WOOD AND MAIDA VALE
Received: On time
RICHARD MICHAEL ANDREWES Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £27.09k £77.03k £19.36k £17.61k £22.56k
Total expenditure £32.76k £14.04k £15.94k £14.48k £27.43k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2024 02 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2023 05 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2022 11 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2021 11 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 11 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 20 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 20 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 13TH MAY 1986 DEED OF RELEASE DATED 7TH JULY 1987 SUPPLEMENT TRUST DEED 12TH OCTOBER 1987

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION IN ENGLAND AND ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSICAL WORKS OF SIR ARTHUR EDWARD DRUMMOND BLISS WHO DIED ON 27TH MARCH 1975. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH A PREFERENCE FOR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND WITH A FURTHER PREFERENCE WITHIN THE SAME FOR EDUCATION OF BRITISH STUDENTS OF COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG BRITISH COMPOSERS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
Copse House
Moorside
STURMINSTER NEWTON
Dorset
DT10 1HJ
Phone:
01258820024
Email:
enquiries@blisstrust.org
Website:

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