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.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC AND ALLIED PERFORMING ARTS (INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS) AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION WITHOUT BEING LIABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXERCISE OF SUCH DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SURREY

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts audited by Nichols & Co (Accountancy) Ltd. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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

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

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