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.

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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.

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

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

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

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.