THE BLISS TRUST

Registered charity 297956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of music and educational awards and grants

Objects

THE PROMOTION IN ENGLAND AND ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSICAL WORKS OF SIR ARTHUR EDWARD DRUMMOND BLISS WHO DIED ON 27TH MARCH 1975. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH A PREFERENCE FOR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND WITH A FURTHER PREFERENCE WITHIN THE SAME FOR EDUCATION OF BRITISH STUDENTS OF COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG BRITISH COMPOSERS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust is in a very healthy financial state with unrestricted reserves of £64,791 as of 5 April 2026. The Trustees believe current finances are sufficient to continue activities and do not plan specific fundraising exercises. Reserves are maintained at a level to guarantee the continuation of activities despite unexpected shortfalls in income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• George Dannatt Trust — “The header artwork next to the logo is Symphony of Four Colours by George Dannatt, reproduced by kind permission of the George Dannatt Trust” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW DAVID HAITLY BURNchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANNA PENSAERT
• Caroline Secombe
• Helen Jane Kotz · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN SANDERSON
• LIAM TAYLOR WEST
• Margaret Elizabeth Pooley · trustee of 2 other charities
• RICHARD MICHAEL ANDREWES · trustee of 1 other charity
• RONALD LEWIS EDMUND FOREMAN

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

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

Income and spending

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