Registered charity · West Sussex
The Serse Trust
The Serse Trust is a registered charity (number 1153972) based in West Sussex, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Christopher Paul Victor Silvester since 2013. Latest income £90k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £90k (2024)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- City Of Westminster
- Website
- www.thesersetrust.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£90k£105k
- 2023£9k£12k
- 2022£77k£73k
Earlier years
- 2021£30k£28k
- 2020£13k£18k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART OF MUSIC IN PARTICULAR NEGLECTED 18TH CENTURY OPERAS AND OTHER MUSICAL WORKS OF THAT PERIOD BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Christopher Paul Victor Silvester Chair since 2013
- Dr Alan King since 2019
- Edward John Willougby Houghton since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Paul Victor Silvester Chair since 2013
- Dr Alan King since 2019
- Edward John Willougby Houghton since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher Paul Victor Silvester Chair since 2013
- Dr Alan King since 2019
- Edward John Willougby Houghton since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153972
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18/12/2012AS AMENDED ON 18/09/2013
- Contact on the register
- 07789 988911 · john.allen.911@mac.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 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.
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