THE RACHEL PODGER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1196181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Rachel Podger Foundation are to advance the education, appreciation, and knowledge of the public in the art of classical music, through the promotion of classical music and live performance in general ,and principally, but not exclusively, music of the Baroque era, for the public benefit in the UK and other countries around the world.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, APPRECIATION, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND LIVE PERFORMANCE IN GENERAL AND PRINCIPALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE ERA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity carried forward £30,701 at the end of the period, with £5,000 held as free reserves against a policy target of £5,000. The trustees report that sufficient funds were raised to support all planned activities and consider the primary risk to be fundraising, for which clear systems are in place.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2025) → no going-concern doubt (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEFAN PAETKEchair
• Katherine Gedge
• Lord Terence Burns
• Robert Ayling CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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