Skip to content
Governance Register

Registered charity · Stockport

The Douglas Steele Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £3k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3k£2k
  • 2023£2k£850
  • 2022£2k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2021£1k£2k
  • 2020£1k£800
Charitable objects

TO PAY AND APPLY BOTH THE CAPITAL AND THE INCOME THEREOF IN PERPETUITY IN THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC (WITHIN THE LIMITS PERMISSIBLE TO CHARITY) IN SUCH MANNER AS MY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND I EXPRESS THE FOLLOWING EARNEST REQUESTS (BUT WITHOUT IMPOSING AND TRUST OR CREATING ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION): (1) THAT THE FUND HEREBY CONSTITUTED SHALL BE KNOWN AS "THE DOUGLAS STEELE FOUNDATION". (2) THAT MY TRUSTEES SHALL PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SUPPORT CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS AT CHETHAM'S SCHOOL AND STOCKPORT GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND SHALL ENDOW OR SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS AND/OR PRIZES AT BOTH SUCH SCHOOLS. (3) THAT GRANTS FROM THE CAPITAL AND/OR INCOME OF MY RESIDUARY ESTATE SHALL BE REGULARLY MADE TO ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION O RECITALS CONCERTS RECORDINGS AND OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS THE COMMISSIONING OF NEW COMPOSITIONS AND THE PROVISION OF AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MUSICALLY TALENTED PUPILS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

0
trustees past 6 years
0y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 3Education/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.

Education 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1082971
Status
Registered
Governing document
WILL PROVED AT THE DISTRICT PROBATE REGISTRY AT MANCHESTER ON 17 MARCH 2000.
Contact on the register
01614324682
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data