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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Running an International Pipe Organ Competition and Festival every other year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£321£337£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£171£160£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21*£213£223£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£106£72£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£244£257£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18*£125£90£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£253£303£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£115£107£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15*£393£359£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£87£91£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£250£277£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£77£90£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£250£270£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£117£78£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09£224£238£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/08£60£65£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£217£234£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£71£70£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£211£201£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£60£57£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

organfestival.com

info@organfestival.com

01727844765

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 28/04/2023
towards the core costs of delivering 60th anniversary festival
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 31/05/2017
St Albans International Organ Festival 2017

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-80
  • COLIN CHARLES HAMLING Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Engineer
  • DAVID MICHAEL TITTERINGTON Appointed: 2007, Occupation: University Prof
  • HEATHER FRANCES SMITH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Livery Clerk
  • JAMES MURRAY BLAKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive
  • JONATHAN NICOLAS PENNY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MICHAEL JOHN HURFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • PROF. CHRISTOPHER BARRY WOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Doctor
  • ROGERS HENRY LEWIS COVEY-CRUMP Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Musician - Singer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/1991, number: 1006151
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/09/1991, number: 02644149
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 11 days late, AR18: 69 days late, AR15: 74 days late,
Main office

17 HILL STREET
ST. ALBANS
AL3 4QS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE APPRECIATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORGAN AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORGAN MUSIC AND ITS PERFORMANCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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