SOUTH WESSEX ORGAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 1173820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the Public Benefit to promote the education and training of organists in the South West of England, to promote the appreciation of the organ and its part in the musical repertoire to organists,those considering taking up the organ and to audiences, both by providing educational events and courses and by offering assistance and encouragement for liturgically or for secular entertainment

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF ORGAN MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF:A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR ORGANISTS;B) CONCERTS COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS AND LECTURES;C) ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO USE THE ORGAN LITURGICALLY OR FOR SECULAR ENTERTAINMENT WITH A VIEW TO ADVANCING THE PUBLIC’S EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC

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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Registered contact address: East Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£9k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
2017

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Hampshire · Plymouth City · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£9k£10k
31/12/2024£8k£10k
31/12/2023£10k£8k
31/12/2022£8k£7k
31/12/2021£3k£2k

Common questions

Who funds SOUTH WESSEX ORGAN SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH WESSEX ORGAN SOCIETY as a grant recipient include G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kDonations
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k