THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ORGAN STUDIES

Registered charity 283936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4970119 · Wikipedia · also known as B I O S, BIOS

The British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) exists to encourage and promote the study of the pipe organ, its history and design, and to increase appreciation and understanding of its music by both organists and the general public. The society serves effectively as the amenity society for the British organ and lobbies Governmentand other national bodies on behalf of the instrument.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGAN AND ITS MUSIC IN ALL ASPECTS AND, IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGAN AND ITS MUSIC IN BRITAIN AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY RESEARCH. TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORIC ORGANS IN BRITAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

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.

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

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £194,175 following two exceptional legacies totaling £160,043. The charity reports that membership numbers remained steady and other costs were broadly in line with the norm, resulting in a net increase in total net assets from £168,936 to £282,554. The trustees believe the current reserves are prudent against their policy target of a three-year moving average of annual subscription income.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
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• 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 policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 26/03/2024, 147 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Good Causes — “National Lottery Good Causes There is a current Dept. of Culture Media & Sport consultation on the future of National Lottery good cause fun…” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr William Richard McVicker BA PhDchair
• Adrian Charles Mumford
• DR KATHARINE FRANCES PARDEE DMA
• Dr David Ernest George Shuker BSc MA PhD
• Dr Leonard Sanderman PhD MA
• MARK VENNING MA FRCO
• MELVIN DAVID HUGHES MA ARCO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Anthony Stark MA ARCO
• Owen Francis Woods MA Cantab
• Paul Martin Tindall BMus
• Peta Melanie Plumley BSc ATCL
• RICHARD NEVILLE HOBSON MA OXON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ORGAN BUILDING.

• THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ORGAN BUILDING income £69k
• THEATRE PIPE ORGAN PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £29k
• THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS income £23k
• THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION income £220k
• THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS income £523k
• THE INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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