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Registered charity · London

The Performing Right Society Foundation

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £5.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.prsfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Performing Right Society Foundation
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£5.1m£4.8m
  • 2023£4.2m£4.2m
  • 2022£4.0m£4.2m
Earlier years
  • 2021£4.2m£4.1m
  • 2020£3.9m£3.9m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC AND THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE INCLUDING:-(1) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING THE COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW MUSIC OF HIGH QUALITY (2) THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PRACTITIONER OF MUSIC BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS BY ESTABLISHING EDUCATIONAL AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES (INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS) (3) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH QUALITY BY THE HOLDING OF CONCERTS RECITALS FESTIVALS EXHIBITIONS COMPETITIONS MEETINGS LECTURES SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES AND ANY OTHER EVENT/PROJECT/ASSIGNMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE OBJECTS.

Grants received

10 grants · £1,354,750 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £684,750 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £630,000 (3 grants)
  • Department for International Trade · £40,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £300,0002024-03-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £30,0002024-03-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £300,0002024-03-01
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £15,2502023-01-18
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £197,5002022-05-16
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.

12 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
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 12Education/training 1

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

Tech and media 66Arts and leisure 34Other services 23

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.1m latest income
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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

14 from 9 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
1080837
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH JANUARY 2000, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2ND MAY 2000, 10TH APRIL 2002, 12 JUNE 2007 AND 9 FEBRUARY 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 APR 2016
Companies House
Company number 03901665 · Active
Contact on the register
02037414233 · info@prsfoundation.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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