THE OUSELEY CHURCH MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 527519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUSELEY TRUST

"To promote and maintain to a high standard the choral services of the Church of England, the Church in Wales or the Church of Ireland (whether simple or elaborate) in such way as the trustees see fit ... including the promotion of the religious, musical and secular education of pupils attending any school in which instruction in the doctrines of ... the said Churches is given ..."

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN TO A HIGH STANDARD THE CHORAL SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF WALES OR THE CHURH OF IRELAND. TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS MUSICAL AND SECULAR EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL IN WHICH INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINES OF ANY OF THE SAID CHURCHES IS GIVEN AND PERFORMANCE OF THEIR CHORAL LITURGY IS OBSERVED

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus for the year, with total incoming resources exceeding applied resources. The Balance Sheet indicates that the charity holds unrestricted net assets, suggesting adequate resources to continue its operations 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr STEPHEN MARK Darlington MBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Carl Anthony Jackson MVO · trustee of 8 other charities
• DR JO SPREADBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Lowe
• GILLIAN PERKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Francis Attwater · trustee of 5 other charities
• Paul Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON GEORGE MICHAEL HIRTZEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Bradburne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir JOHN MILFORD RUTTER CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS HAROLD DAGGETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Revd Canon Michael Hans Joachim Hampel · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Gibraltar · Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WHITEHALL CHOIR.

• THE WHITEHALL CHOIR income £40k
• THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC income £1.3m
• WEST SUSSEX PHILHARMONIC CHOIR income £32k
• DIVERSITY CHOIR income £37k
• ST MATTHEW'S AND ST OSWALD'S CHURCH AS A CHARITY income £442k
• HONLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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