DR MARTIN CLARKE YOUNG ORGAN SCHOLARS' TRUST

Registered charity 1163480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Dr Martin Clarke YOST aims to train the next generation of organists, preserving the UK's rich cultural heritage of church music. We do this by paying for excellent teaching for our scholars, under the overall supervision of our Director, and providing opportunities for them to gain practical experience playing in churches.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 18 TO SUPPORT CHURCH MUSIC IN GENERAL AND ORGAN MUSIC IN PARTICULAR.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £12,635 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £35,526 and total expenditure of £22,891. The closing balance on 31 August 2025 was £29,292, represented entirely by cash at bank. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

• DAVID SAINTchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Ann Elise Smoot
• Carl Anthony Jackson MVO · trustee of 8 other charities
• Dr MARTIN CLARKE
• Hugh Morris
• Jason Kelly
• Jill Rintoul Sherratt
• Katherine Dienes-Williams
• Matthew Foster
• Michael Nicholas
• Philip Moore
• Simon Williams
• Terence Duffy

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• Carl Anthony Jackson MVO — trustee here and at THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST

Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA.

• NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA income £186k
• ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN'S LIMITED income £337k
• THE ORCHESTRA OF THE CITY income £28k
• ORGANISTS CHARITABLE TRUST income £18k
• YORKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS income £363k
• YORCHESTRA TRUST income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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