DAVID WILLCOCKS MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 802631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support of musical causes

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUSICAL TRAINING OF YOUNG MUSICIANS AND CHORISTERS; 2. THE PROMOTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUTH EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND IN PARTICULAR CHORAL AND CATHEDRAL MUSIC; 3. THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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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Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£70k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets increased from £81,951.16 to £136,200.42 during the year, resulting in a net increase in reserves of £50,249.26. The charity holds its reserves as cash deposits and aims to maintain sufficient funds to fulfill ongoing commitments. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JONATHAN WILLCOCKSchair · trustee of 4 other charities
ANNE URSULA WILLCOCKS
Charlie Willcocks
Joanna Clare Tomlinson
SARAH ELIZABETH SHUCKBURGH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£70k	£15k
31/12/2024	£14k	£11k
31/12/2023	£12k	£11k
31/12/2022	£8k	£6k
31/12/2021	£10k	£14k

Common questions

Is DAVID WILLCOCKS MUSIC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets increased from £81,951.16 to £136,200.42 during the year, resulting in a net increase in reserves of £50,249.26. The charity holds its reserves as cash deposits and aims to maintain sufficient funds to fulfill ongoing commitments. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DAVID MORGAN MUSIC TRUST.

THE DAVID MORGAN MUSIC TRUST income £31k
WILLIAMSON TRUST income £727k
ST EDMUNDSBURY MALE VOICE CHOIR income £42k
WOODCOCK CHARITABLE TRUST income £315k
THE DAVID WEBSTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £13k
THE WOODCOCK TRUST income £64k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAVID WILLCOCKS MUSIC TRUST	£70k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAVID MORGAN MUSIC TRUST FY2025	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAMSON TRUST FY2025	£727k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST EDMUNDSBURY MALE VOICE CHOIR FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODCOCK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£315k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAVID WEBSTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£13k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.