SERIOUS TRUST LIMITED

Charity Number: 1145535
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Serious Trust celebrates the potential of music to have a postive impact on lives. We instigate music-based learning and participation activities, professional development programmes for musicians and support the creation of new music. Our aims are achieved primarily by supporting (as a grant maker) Serious Events, highly respected producers of live jazz, international and contemporary music.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £16,290
Total expenditure: £65,254

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:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 January 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • SERIOUS TRUST (Working name)
Company number:
07883912 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
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
Joel Kibazo Chair 21 March 2019
THE MVULE TRUST
Received: On time
Child's i Foundation
Received: On time
Miranda Isobel Johnson Trustee 23 January 2024
None on record
Ian Peter Latham Trustee 23 January 2024
None on record
Rodrigo Amalfi Voss Trustee 25 April 2023
None on record
Froniga Lambert Trustee 24 January 2023
None on record
ANNA FEUCHTWANG Trustee 24 January 2023
NCB RIP
Recently registered
Vera Kwakofi Trustee 11 July 2017
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 £224.71k £125.09k £53.97k £71.49k £16.29k
Total expenditure £182.31k £168.78k £26.92k £49.02k £65.25k
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 02 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023

(These accounts
have been qualified)

29 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 12 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 24 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 24 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 25 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 25 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 DEC 2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/03/2012

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS, PROMOTING A KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC AND FOSTERING THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC ARTISTS. (2) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO AND PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC.

Contact information

Address:
Serious Ltd
Pill Box
Unit 503
115 Coventry Road
London
Phone:
02073241880
Email:
No information available
Website:

www.serious.org.uk Open in new window