ERIC THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ORGANISTS AND ORGAN MUSIC

Charity number: 1026344
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Trust aims to provide grants to help aspiring professional organists. Preference will be given to students seeking assistance towards special projects, rather than continuing academic tuition. The Flentrop scholarship awarded annually allows a student to spend two weeks in Holland with Flentrop, organ builders. The ETT Annual Award funds a candidate in a project related to the organ.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £10,717
Total expenditure: £50,247

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from 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
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 September 1993: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE ERIC THOMPSON TRUST (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Social media 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey CMG CBE Trustee 06 February 2024
THE QUEEN'S OWN DORSET YEOMANRY AND DORSET GARRISON CHARITY
Received: On time
Peter Joseph Holder Trustee 10 June 2022
None on record
Howard Angus March Baskerville Trustee 20 January 2021
None on record
David Graham Trustee 13 January 2015
None on record
DAME GLYNNE EVANS DBE CMG Trustee
None on record
DAVID TITTERINGTON Trustee
None on record
COLIN HAMLING Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £10.38k £260.12k £6.59k £48.67k £10.72k
Total expenditure £13.35k £23.23k £32.88k £34.10k £50.25k
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 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 27 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 27 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 20 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 20 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 22 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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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.

TRUST DEED DATED 4TH MARCH 1993

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING 2 TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF ORGAN MUSIC

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE UK AND OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
17 HILL STREET
ST. ALBANS
AL3 4QS
Phone:
07860362173
Email:
info@organtrust.org
Website:

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