Registered charity (CIO) · London
The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
- 5 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.strangeandancientinstruments.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£0
- 2024£0£2k
- 2023£193£72
Earlier years
- 2022£13k£19k
- 2021£19k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, LECTURE RECITALS AND WORKSHOPS, INFORMATION, A FORUM AND OTHER FACILITIES IN RESPECT OF UNUSUAL HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS, TO AS WIDE AN AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE.
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 trustees on the board
- Aidan Samuel Hendrickse since 2023
- Emilia Anne Benjamin since 2023
- Jan Paul Hendrickse since 2023
- Jean Kelly since 2024
- Mark John Fell since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Aidan Samuel Hendrickse since 2023
- Emilia Anne Benjamin since 2023
- Jan Paul Hendrickse since 2023
- Jean Kelly since 2024
- Mark John Fell since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163847
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Oct 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07767407043 · denisemellion@aol.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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