THE GERALD COKE HANDEL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1058589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary aim of the charity is to ensure the maintenance, conservation and development of the Gerald Coke Handel Collection. The objects are to advance public education by providing research facilities in relation to Handel and his contemporaries.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROVIDING RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR ACADEMICS, MUSICOLOGISTS, MUSICIANS, STUDENTS, WRITERS, RESEARCHERS AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS CONCERNING AND IN RELATION TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, AND HIS ASSOCIATES AND CONTEMPORARIES; ALSO IN RELATION TO THE MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF HIS TIME, TO THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING OF MUSIC IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE 18TH CENTURY; AND ALL OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS OF STUDY.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £342,590, an increase from the previous year's £255,377. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £75,605, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income, though this was partially offset by investment gains. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR M J BURDEN · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Edward Coke
• Dr George Kennaway
• HELEN FAULKNER · trustee of 2 other charities
• PETER MENZIES SMAILL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rahul Prasad Narain Sinha
• Ronald Jay Gould
• SYLVIA RUTH LEVI
• Sarah Bardwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• WALTER RUDELOFF · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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