THE RYE WURLITZER ACADEMY

Registered charity 1161821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rye Wurlitzer Academy is the only project in the world with an ethos of teaching students how to play the theatre organ through providing them with regular lessons on a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ and giving them an electronic organ for home practise, all for FREE! The Rye Wurlitzer Academy relies solely upon donations, sponsorships and staging of fund-raising events to continue its work

Objects

TO PROVIDE TUITION IN THE ART OF THEATRE ORGAN PLAYING AND PRESENTATION TO YOUNG SCHOLARS FREE AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY.TO EDUCATE YOUNG SCHOLARS IN THE ART OF THEATRICAL PRESENTATION AND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN GENERAL.TO TEACH YOUNG SCHOLARS THE ART AT MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVING THEATRE ORGANS AS A PART OF OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS THROUGH INTERACTION WITH OTHER LIKEMINDED GROUPS.TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL NETWORK OF SIMILAR ACADEMIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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 the charity reported a surplus for the year, with income increasing by 193% to £42.7k against expenditure of £28.1k. The closing bank balance rose to £15,168.03, reflecting a net increase of £14.6k from the previous year. The trustees attribute this financial stability to substantial donations and successful fundraising events.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD FREDERICK MOOREchair
• CAROL ELDRIDGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jamyma Hanson
• Timothy John Wardley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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