THE INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1006151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL AT ST ALBANS

Running an International Pipe Organ Competition and Festival every other year.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: St Albans, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £4,748 for the year ended 30 September 2025, bringing total funds to £39,236. The trustees acknowledge that the society is dependent on the continued support of donors and face challenges from a turbulent economy, but remain satisfied that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future. General unrestricted reserves stood at £30,286, which is below the stated policy target of four months' running costs plus the net cost of a major festival.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 10/08/2022, 11 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Alan Brentnall Charitable Trust — “The Alan Brentnall Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Champniss Foundation — “The Champniss Foundation” (source page)
• Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists — “Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists” (source page)
• Gretna Charitable Trust — “Gretna Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Sir Henry Angest Foundation — “Sir Henry Angest Foundation” (source page)
• The Kirby Laing Foundation — “The Kirby Laing Foundation” (source page)
• The Williams Church Music Trust — “The Williams Church Music Trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prof. Christopher Barry Woodchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN CHARLES HAMLING
• DAVID MICHAEL TITTERINGTON
• Heather Frances Smith
• Jonathan Nicolas Penny
• Michael John Hurford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert George Dixon

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THEATRE PIPE ORGAN PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

• THEATRE PIPE ORGAN PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £29k
• THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ORGAN BUILDING income £69k
• HATFIELD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA income £45k
• THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k
• CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA income £38k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £17k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.