THE CINEMA ORGAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 1189263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity acquires, maintains and enhances theatre organs; holds concerts, silent film presentations, conventions, workshops, and talks; builds, maintains and makes available an archive of printed and recorded material; provides financial assistance towards registration and/or travel for people aged 25 or less to attend a convention or workshop.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS BY THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEATRE/CINEMA ORGAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BY:(A)ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THEATRE ORGANS;(B)BUILDING, MAINTAINING AND MAKING AVAILABLE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AN ARCHIVE OF PRINTED AND RECORDED MATERIAL ON THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE ORGAN, ITS TECHNICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND ITS MUSIC; (C)HOLDING CONCERTS, SILENT FILM PRESENTATIONS, CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND TALKS FOCUSING ON THE HISTORY, MUSICAL USE, AND PLAYING OF THE THEATRE ORGAN; AND(D)PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 25 OR LESS WISHING TO ATTEND A CONVENTION OR WORKSHOP WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO DO SO, BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST OF REGISTRATION AND/OR TRAVEL.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £10,027 for the year, resulting in a decrease in accumulated funds from £581,496 to £571,469. However, the trustees report a healthy bank balance of £360,227, which they state will allow the charity to progress its charitable objects over the next year. The financial review notes that generous legacies offset losses on public concerts, enabling continued maintenance of the organs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID WARNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Ian Lowe
• David John Schuster
• Gordon Leslie Whitehouse
• JOHN LEEMING
• MALCOLM PHILLIPS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Carter
• Nigel John Laflin
• RICHARD STEPHENSON
• Robert Pearsall
• SIMON GLEDHILL
• STEPHEN NICHOLSON
• Simon Roderick Field · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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