The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Handel House Trust Limited

Registered charity 1006009 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.4y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 9Professional services 3Health and social care 2

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£982k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020

11 from 7 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.handelhendrix.org
Emailmail@handelhendrix.org
Phone02074951685
Address25 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HB

Finances

£982,079 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£788,802£552,384
2021£1,409,349£570,278
2022£959,684£657,481
2023£981,811£1,191,219
2025£982,079£1,769,647

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

The charity?s objects are, for the public benefit: 5.1. to promote, encourage, maintain, improve and advance education of the public in the life and works of George Frederic Handel and to establish and maintain the property located at 25 Brook Street, London W1 as a museum to house and preserve all articles having connection with the said George Frederic Handel; in particular by:i. the redevelopment, operation and maintenance of the property located at 25 Brook Street, London W1 known as the Handel House which was occupied by the composer George Frederic Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759; ii. to provide public access to the said premises for the purpose of promoting public awareness and appreciation of the historical nature and significance of the property; iii. to enhance public knowledge of Handel in general as well as his contributions to the field of classical music as a composer; and 5.2 to enhance public knowledge of the musical and cultural heritage of Brook Street, London W1 following Handel?s lifetime and in particular the music and culture of the 1960s (including the association with Jimi Hendrix) by maintaining all or part of 23 Brook Street to house and preserve the charity?s collections and other articles relating to such period and providing public access to such premises as an addition to the museum referred to in article 5.1 above.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/10/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/06/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/02/2014 as amended on 19 Feb 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Handel House Trust Limited · 02653428 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/10/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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