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ESTA STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 266193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E S T A

The aims of the charity are:- to promote the highest artistic and pedagogic standards among teachers and students- to promote lifelong high quality learning of stringed instruments open to all, regardless of social or economic background

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC AND PEDAGOGICAL STANDARDS IN STRINGED INSTRUMENTS TEACHING IN PARTICULAR BY SPONSORING RESEARCH AND STUDY OF ALL PHASES OF STRING PLAYING AND STRING TEACHING AND PEDAGOGY; TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND COLLEGE LEVELS TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN STRING PERFORMANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £52,365 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds improving from a deficit to a surplus of £746. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 06/09/2024, 38 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 03/10/2023, 65 days after the 30/07/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ESTA String Teachers Association Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£263k£230k
30/09/2024£277k£259k
30/09/2023£339k£359k
30/09/2022£370k£219k
30/09/2021£162k£174k

Common questions

Is ESTA STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £52,365 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds improving from a deficit to a surplus of £746. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION1£300k
THE APAX FOUNDATION1£81k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£10k
YOUNG EALING FOUNDATION1£7k
WILLIAM WALTON AND LA MORTELLA TRUST1£5k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EPTA - EUROPEAN PIANO TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ESTA STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED£263k—0unclear—no doubt
EPTA - EUROPEAN PIANO TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025£95k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER TRAINERS FY2025£719k——unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA FY2025£186k——unclear—no doubt
THE TILLETT TRUST FY2025£241k—0above—no doubt
ENTHUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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