THE HANDEL INSTITUTE

Registered charity 296615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of the study and appreciation of the music and life of George Frideric Handel, research into the music of Handel and his contemporaries, and the publication of such research.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSIC AND THE LIFE OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE MUSIC OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ALL ITS ASPECTS. (D) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OR PURPOSES BEING CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 total funds increased to £982,741, driven by significant legacies and investment gains. The trustees report that reserves are well above their stated policy target of seven years' unrestricted expenditure, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR DONALD BURROWSchair
• DR ANDREW JONES
• Dr RUTH SMITH
• LADY LINDA DAVIES
• LAURENCE CUMMINGS
• PROF COLIN RONALD TIMMS
• PROFESSOR JOHN DEATHRIDGE
• Peter Smaill
• SIR CURTIS PRICE KBE
• Simon Patrick Keefe · 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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