THE PARKHOUSE AWARD

Registered charity 1014284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity organises and promotes The Parkhouse Award. The Parkhouse Award is a biennial International Chamber Music Competition for piano based ensembles from duos to piano quartets.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS, TO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE OF CHAMBER MUSIC AND THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRICIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY SELECTING FOR AWARDS GROUPS OF PERFORMERS OF HIGH QUALITY AND PROVIDING FOR THEM VALUABLE EXPERIENCE BY PROVIDING OR PROCURING FOR THEM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CHAMBER MUSIC: PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO THE CONTRARY THE GROUP OR GROUPS OF PERFORMERS SO SELECTED SHALL BE SUCH AS INTEND TO PERFORM QUARTETS, TRIOS OR DUOS WHICH INCLUDE THE PIANOFORTE AS ONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS THEREIN.

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: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £109,560 to £85,989 due to a net expenditure of £23,571 against incoming resources of £29,246. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory for meeting commitments, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity is unincorporated and relies on donations and investment income.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Tertis Foundation — “The Parkhouse Award is supported by The Tertis Foundation and The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust.” (source page)
• The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust — “The Parkhouse Award is supported by The Tertis Foundation and The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bruce Gordon Smith
• JANET UNWIN
• John Graham Hobson
• NICHOLAS PARKHOUSE
• PETER WILLAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD PARKHOUSE
• Robert Cohen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 Leeds International Piano Competition.

• Leeds International Piano Competition income £960k
• THE PARLIAMENT CHOIR income £135k
• PARK HILL TRUST income £48k
• THE PARKER AND ASHCOMBE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £31k
• BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST income £39k
• THE CHARTERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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