THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR PIANISTS

Registered charity 1174674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Summer School for Pianists organises and runs a week of piano masterclasses and concerts each summer, thereby promoting, improving and advancing public music education.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC MUSIC EDUCATION, BY THE PROVISION OF PIANO MASTERCLASSES, CONCERTS AND IN OTHER SUCH WAYS AS THE CIO, THROUGH ITS TRUSTEES, SHALL DETERMINE.

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: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£74k

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £929 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank and cash) increasing to £55,043. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds are available to meet the expenditure required in order to host the event in any given year, and annual overheads, and retaining a surplus towards hosting the event in following years (reserves figure: £55k)

“The trustees have a policy of ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet the expenditure required in order to host the event in any given year, and annual overheads, and retaining a surplus towards hosting the event in following years.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 3

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM HYDE MA OXONchair
MARGARET JEAN PHILLIPS BA, ATCL
William Lewis Guy Mathers

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£74k	£73k
31/10/2024	£72k	£70k
31/10/2023	£69k	£64k
31/10/2022	£69k	£60k
31/10/2021	£57k	£39k

Common questions

Is THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR PIANISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £929 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank and cash) increasing to £55,043. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£20k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£10k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD.

CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD income £120k
THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £412k
MUSIC FOR PEOPLE (SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC) income £121k
MIDSUMMER MUSIC income £77k
NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION income £113k
YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR PIANISTS	£74k	—	above	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£412k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MUSIC FOR PEOPLE (SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC) FY2025	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MIDSUMMER MUSIC FY2025	£77k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.