The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists and Organ Music

Registered charity 1026344 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£62k latest income

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.organtrust.org
Emailinfo@organtrust.org
Phone07860362173
Address17 HILL STREET, ST. ALBANS, AL3 4QS

Finances

£62,089 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£260,123£23,231
2022£6,592£32,880
2023£48,667£34,103
2024£10,717£50,247
2025£62,089£37,272

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING 2 TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF ORGAN MUSIC

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 4TH MARCH 1993

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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