EPTA - EUROPEAN PIANO TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 293698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EPTA (UK)

The promotion of the highest artistic and technical standards in the teaching of the piano, the promotion of the study of the piano and furthering musical education generally.

Objects

THE PROMOTION BY ALL MEANS LAWFULLY CHARITABLE OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS ON THE TEACHING OF THE PIANO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BY SPONSORING RESEARCH AND STUDY IN ALL ASPECTS OF PIANO PLAYING AND THE TEACHING AND TRAINING OF PIANO TEACHERS.

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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Latest income

£95k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £10,651 at year-end, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to 25% of that financial year's expenditure. Despite reporting a net expenditure for the year, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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 01945055

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.

HERON, Adam — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
FICHERT, Jakob — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
SCOLDING, Bethan — director, appointed 01/06/2025on trustee list
GASSER, Greta — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
VANE, Claire Louise — director, appointed 30/05/2024on trustee list
ROSKELL-GRIFFITHS, Penelope — director, appointed 01/12/2023on trustee list
WILLIAMS, Anthony John Adamson — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
LAM, Chi Ying — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
TOYKA-WILMSHURST, Beate — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
CHAPLINA, Yulia — director, appointed 20/07/2022on trustee list
FOGG, Angela Jean — director, appointed 04/06/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Heron
Angela Fogg
Anthony John Adamson Williams
Beate Toyka-Wilmshurst
Bethan Scolding
Chi Ying Lam
Claire Louise Vane
Dr Jakob Fichert
Greta Gasser
Ksenija Laskova
MURRAY ALEXANDER CHREE MCLACHLAN
Nadia Lasserson · trustee of 2 other charities
Penelope Roskell-Griffiths
Yulia Chaplina
Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£95k	£97k
31/03/2024	£86k	£85k
31/03/2023	£84k	£117k
31/03/2022	£89k	£92k
31/03/2021	£90k	£97k

Common questions

Is EPTA - EUROPEAN PIANO TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £10,651 at year-end, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to 25% of that financial year's expenditure. Despite reporting a net expenditure for the year, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.