ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL

Registered charity 295178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST GEORGE'S MUSIC TRUST LIMITED, ST GEORGES BRISTOL

Concert hall, recording studio and events facility

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL AND NEIGHBOURING AREA THE ART OF MUSIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE SAID ART AND ITS STUDY AND PRACTICE.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BRISTOL AND NEIGHBOURING AREA

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational loss of £20k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net increase in total funds of £127k. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £239k are held, which is below the stated policy target of £300k (equivalent to three months of artists' fees and staff salaries). The independent auditors have confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that 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 audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (41% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Douglas John Bott MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Anna Louise Farthing
• IAN OXLEY
• Jonathan Brecknell
• Katherine Branch
• Madeline Toy
• Maria Crayton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Kenyon
• SALLIE BLANKSNASH
• Simon Cook · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Effiong Udoh

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S HALL.

• ST GEORGE'S HALL income £40k
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• BRISTOL CATHEDRAL income £2.3m
• ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
• ST GABRIEL'S PARISH HOUSE income £300k

Side by side with its peers

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