THE HOLST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 283668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promulgation of knowledge of the works of Gustav and Imogen Holst and support of music and the other arts generally

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSICAL WORKS OF GUSTAV HOLST BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.2) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING MUSIC, INSTRUMENTAL, VOICE AND OPERATIC ART, DRAMA, DANCING, MIME, THE VISUAL ARTS, LITERATURE AND POETRY AND TO EXTEND AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 recorded a net deficit of £50,892 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £253,112. The trustees have no stated reserves policy, instead seeking to ensure liabilities can be paid as they fall due. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting requirements.

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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Carter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Reed · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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