THE SERSE TRUST

Registered charity 1153972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OPERA, AND SUPPORTING YOUNG AND ASPIRING MUSICIANS IN THE PROCESS.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART OF MUSIC IN PARTICULAR NEGLECTED 18TH CENTURY OPERAS AND OTHER MUSICAL WORKS OF THAT PERIOD BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

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: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £15,397 in 2024, with total expenses of £105,030 against income of £89,633. Per the trustees' report, this shortfall was covered by drawing down on previous reserves, which reduced the carried-forward balance to £5,903. The filing notes that no independent review was required as income was under £10,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER PAUL VICTOR SILVESTERchair
• Dr Alan King
• EDWARD JOHN WILLOUGBY HOUGHTON

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HESED TRUST.

• HESED TRUST income £108k
• THE PERSE TRUST income £42k
• EYE MUSIC TRUST income £385k
• THE BELPER MUSICAL THEATRE income £38k
• EDITH BESSIE GIBSON TRUST income £233k
• Be The Mercy income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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