HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1062836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HR TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST

The main objective of the Trust is the 'advancement of public education in and the appreciation of the art and science of music'. It achieves this through funding a wide range of music related activities at state primary, secondary and tertiary levels and supporting the performance of live classical music by local (mainly amateur) music societies.

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Latest income

£638k

Latest spending

£646k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £12,515,696, supported by a reserves policy targeting £200,000 in cash. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £200,000 in interest bearing but readily realisable cash accounts (held: £528k)

“The Trustees reviewed the balance and nature of the Trust’s reserves in the light of the need to match income with variable commitments and decided to hold reserves of £200,000 in interest bearing but readily realisable cash accounts”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nichols & Co (Accountancy) Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£638k

Total spending

£646k

Cost of raising funds

£57k

Reserves (reported)

£12.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~232.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

COLIN JOHN EDGERTON OBEchair
IAN MICHAEL CATLING
Jonathan Michael Fortnam Malings
KATHERINE ANNE GOLDSMITH
MICHAEL STEFAN WOOD BEM
STEPHEN JOHN OLIVER

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

Operates in: Croydon · Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£638k	£646k
31/12/2024	£535k	£699k
31/12/2023	£527k	£526k
31/12/2022	£523k	£727k
31/12/2021	£712k	£531k

Common questions

Is HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £12,515,696, supported by a reserves policy targeting £200,000 in cash. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nichols & Co (Accountancy) Ltd.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST	1	£2.5m
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION	1	£1.6m
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£900k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO	1	£30k
THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND	1	£17k
SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION	1	£15k
NORTHERN CONSORTIUM	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST.

THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST income £1.1m
THE TILLETT TRUST income £241k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £336k
THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST income £1.1m
THE PREMISES MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME income £170k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST	£638k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST FY2026	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE TILLETT TRUST FY2025	£241k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.7m	more than £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£336k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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