NATIONAL YOUTH HARP ORCHESTRA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1173047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL YOUTH HARP ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN, NYHO - NATIONAL YOUTH HARP ORCHESTRA

1. To advance education and to foster, promote and encourage the appreciation of harp music and the playing of the harp instrument and its history and heritage, through concerts, tuition and grants to aspiring harpists so they can develop their skills in harp playing; 2. to support such general charitable purposes as trustees deem appropriate by making donations to other charitable organisations

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF HARP MUSIC AND THE PLAYING OF THE HARP INSTRUMENT AND ITS HISTORY AND HERITAGE, THROUGH CONCERTS, TUITION AND GRANTS TO ASPIRING HARPISTS SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS IN HARP PLAYING; AND2.TO SUPPORT SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE BY MAKING DONATIONS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHOSE CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDE PROVIDING HEALTHCARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE SICK AND ELDERLY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £43,015, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet liabilities for a period of 12 months in the unlikely event of a temporary drop or cessation of income. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £4,157 for the year, with total receipts of £55,656 against payments of £51,499.

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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Youth Harp Orchestra Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£56k£51k
31/08/2024£74k£84k
31/08/2023£55k£48k
31/08/2022£42k£46k
31/08/2021£32k£24k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL YOUTH HARP ORCHESTRA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £43,015, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet liabilities for a period of 12 months in the unlikely event of a temporary drop or cessation of income. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £4,157 for the year, with total receipts of £55,656 against payments of £51,499. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.