GRAYSHOTT CONCERTS

Registered charity 1205668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grayshott Concerts promotes top-quality classical music concerts with internationally recognised performers in an intimate, acoustically-perfect village setting on the Hampshire/Surrey borders. GC also helps to nurture exceptionally talented young musicians in the early stages of their professional career with grants and performance opportunities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PROVISION, PRIMARILY IN GRAYSHOTT, OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE; AND(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS AND SINGERS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, AWARDS, DONATIONS AND SUCH OTHER FINANCIAL OR OTHER SUPPORT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £1,718 for the year, increasing its total net assets to £45,126. The trustees have established a reserves policy requiring a minimum of £35,000 in general funds to maintain operational cashflow and act as a contingency, against which the actual unrestricted general funds of £40,126 are held. The charity is exempt from audit and relies on an independent examination, with no material uncertainties or governance issues disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES MILESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW CROCKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Victoria Brown
• Bernard Christopher Stephen Georgii
• Hilary Kay Douglas CB
• Jan Tadeusz de Walden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Graham Shorthose · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sally Jane Shorthose · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

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