THE CINEMA ORGAN SOCIETY

Charity Number: 1189263
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity acquires, maintains and enhances theatre organs; holds concerts, silent film presentations, conventions, workshops, and talks; builds, maintains and makes available an archive of printed and recorded material; provides financial assistance towards registration and/or travel for people aged 25 or less to attend a convention or workshop.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £52,418
Total expenditure: £54,477

People

13 Trustee(s)

26 Volunteer(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

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 Individuals
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 April 2020: CIO registration
  • 09 January 2025: Funds received from 1136958 THE TROCADERO WURLITZER TRUST
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Michael Carter Trustee 01 February 2025
None on record
David John Schuster Trustee 14 September 2024
None on record
Gordon Leslie Whitehouse Trustee 14 August 2021
None on record
STEPHEN NICHOLSON Trustee 09 November 2019
None on record
JOHN LEEMING Trustee 09 November 2019
None on record
Nigel John Laflin Trustee 09 November 2019
None on record
Simon Roderick Field Trustee 09 November 2019
THE SUSSEX THEATRE ORGAN TRUST
Received: On time
MALCOLM PHILLIPS Trustee 24 November 2018
THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST
Received: On time
THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST
Received: On time
SIMON GLEDHILL Trustee 24 November 2018
None on record
David Ian Lowe Trustee 24 November 2018
None on record
RICHARD STEPHENSON Trustee 14 November 2018
None on record
Robert Pearsall Trustee 18 November 2017
None on record
DAVID WARNER Trustee 18 November 2017
BEDS & HERTS ORGANISTS' ASSOCIATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £9.89k £26.45k £218.51k £52.42k
Total expenditure £4.91k £27.24k £57.86k £54.48k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 December 2023 24 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 24 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 21 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 21 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 15 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 15 September 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Apr 2020

Charitable objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS BY THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEATRE/CINEMA ORGAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BY: (A)ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THEATRE ORGANS; (B)BUILDING, MAINTAINING AND MAKING AVAILABLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AN ARCHIVE OF PRINTED AND RECORDED MATERIAL ON THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE ORGAN, ITS TECHNICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND ITS MUSIC; (C)HOLDING CONCERTS, SILENT FILM PRESENTATIONS, CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND TALKS FOCUSING ON THE HISTORY, MUSICAL USE, AND PLAYING OF THE THEATRE ORGAN; AND (D)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 25 OR LESS WISHING TO ATTEND A CONVENTION OR WORKSHOP WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO DO SO, BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST OF REGISTRATION AND/OR TRAVEL.

Contact information

Address:
7 LARCH WAY
SLEAFORD
NG34 7UG
Phone:
01529306737
Email:
malcolm.phillips@cinema-organs.org.uk
Website:

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