THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS

Registered charity 269986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the art of music with special reference to liturgical and organ music, to help organists and choir trainers at all levels of competence to improve their standard of performance and to encourage non-players in the appreciation of the organ and its music.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LITURGICAL AND ORGAN MUSIC.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £128,177, which the trustees note have risen considerably above their policy target due to the pandemic. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00242823
• Trading subsidiary: IAO TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02651929

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.

• CRADOCK, Caroline Sarah — director, appointed 21/06/2025not on trustee list
• MILLER, Nicholas Richard — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• SHEPHERD, Eric Peter — director, appointed 21/09/2024on trustee list
• MORRIS, Christopher Julian — director, appointed 03/10/2020on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Clive Parry — director, appointed 03/10/2020on trustee list
• EVANS, Paul Richard — director, appointed 06/07/2019on trustee list
• EVANS, Angela Rosemary — director, appointed 30/07/2018on trustee list
• HOLDSWORTH, Nigel John — director, appointed 20/01/2018on trustee list
• SAINT, David, Professor — director, appointed 29/07/2015on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Daniel Alan — director, appointed 09/07/2013on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Daniel Alan — secretary, appointed 01/08/2017

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Julian Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clive Parry Roberts
• DAVID SAINT · trustee of 4 other charities
• Eric Peter Shepherd
• Miss Rosemary Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL PHILIP JAMES MORRIS
• Nicholas Richard Miller
• Nigel John Holdsworth
• PAUL EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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