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Registered charity · London

The Handel House Trust Limited

The Handel House Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 1006009) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £982k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Handel House Museum (Charity Commission)

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...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £982k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.handelhendrix.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Handel House Trust Limited
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£982k£1.8m
  • 2023£982k£1.2m
  • 2022£960k£657k
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.4m£570k
  • 2020£789k£552k

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

8 grants · £2,465,254 total

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Board analysis

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
15.9y
average years in governance
7
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 7Professional services 3Health and social care 2

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1006009
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 02653428 · Active
Contact on the register
02074951685 · mail@handelhendrix.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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