THE MILLS WILLIAMS FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1129407
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The trustees hold the income and such part of the capital as they determine for such charitable objects and to make donations to such charitable objects as they decide. Charitable objects include annual prizes to students at the Royal College of Music and the Purcell School, funding for the annual Rod Williams Memorial Concert, and other purposes as the trustees may from time to time decide.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2025

Total income: £40,645
Total expenditure: £92,451

People

4 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:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Other Finance
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 May 2009: 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:
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NIGEL LEONARD WOOLNER Chair
None on record
Riina Luha Trustee 18 March 2026
None on record
MAKSIM STSURA Trustee 06 March 2017
None on record
ALEX WOOLNER Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024 05/04/2025
Total gross income £28.76k £30.90k £35.46k £38.05k £40.65k
Total expenditure £39.37k £80.08k £113.95k £85.11k £92.45k
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 2025 10 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2025 10 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2024 11 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 11 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 05 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 05 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 29 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 29 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 04 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 05 January 2022 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.

WILL EXECUTED 10 FEBRUARY 2002 PROVED BY GRANT OF PROBATE 25 JANUARY 2007 as amended on 22 Dec 2025

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 1 THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL PRIZE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MILLS WILLIAMS JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP TO BE AWARDED TO THE MOST DESERVING STUDENT AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC FOR COMPOSITION, INSTRUMENTAL PROWESS, CONDUCTING AND VOCAL TALENT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES 2 THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL PRIZE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MILLS WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP TO BE AWARDED TO A STUDENT AT THE PURCELL SCHOOL 3 FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AN ANNUAL CONCERT TO BE KNOWN AS THE ROD WILLIAMS MEMORIAL CONCERT TO BE HELD AT AND AS A POTENTIAL PROMOTIONAL INITIATIVE FOR THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN MEMORY OF ROD WILLIAMS WHOSE DEDICATION TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE I WAS PROUD TO SHARE AND AM COMMITTED TO PERPETUATING

Area of benefit

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

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Contact information

Address:
BISHOP & SEWELL LLP
59-60 RUSSELL SQUARE
LONDON
WC1B 4HP
Phone:
020 7631 4141
Email:
omeekin@bishopandsewell.co.uk
Website:

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