THE ASPECT FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AND ARTS

Registered charity 1197785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASPECT FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AND ARTS

The Aspect Foundation for Music and Arts is a charity committed to the advancement and promotion of the arts, culture, heritage and science. In furtherance of its objectives, the charity arranges cultural and educational activities such as classical concerts, educational talks and meetings with musicians and artists.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:- THE ADVANCEMENT OF, AND EDUCATION IN, THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE AND, IN PARTICULAR, MUSIC AND THE VISUAL ARTS; AND- THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,486,764 at the year end, with the trustees noting they do not maintain a set reserves policy due to strong oversight of upcoming liabilities. The charity relies heavily on a long-term, interest-free loan of £18,425,763 from a related party to fund its operations and property refurbishment, which is expected to complete in 2027. Despite this significant liability, the trustees and auditors confirm the financial position is satisfactory and there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Whitley Stimpson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SEBASTIAN LENNOX JOHNSTONchair
• FELIX FRIEDMAN
• IRINA KNASTER

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASYMMETRY ART FOUNDATION.

• ASYMMETRY ART FOUNDATION income £6.2m
• ARTIS FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE income £133k
• THE ASPEX VISUAL ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £312k
• ASPECT LIVING FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• Autotelic Foundation income £502k

Side by side with its peers

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