THE CVC MUSIC FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1208149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity promotes public appreciation of, and advance education in, the art of music, for the public benefit, primarily through the provision of grants to support musical performances at the Chamonix Valley Classics music festival

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, THE ART OF MUSIC, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AT THE CHAMONIX VALLEY CLASSICS MUSIC FESTIVAL AND MASTERCLASSES GIVEN BY HIGHLY ACCLAIMED MUSICIANS AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,535 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds of £6,632. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of six months of operating expenses, noting that current retained reserves are below this target. The charity does not currently employ any staff and relies on voluntary trustee time and donations to fund its charitable grants.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DENISE NICOLE JOSEPHchair · trustee of 6 other charities
• David Philip Joseph QC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Adam Laurence
• Sioban Healy

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

Operates in: France · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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