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Registered charity · Bath

The Incorporated Association of Organists Benevolent Fund

The Incorporated Association of Organists Benevolent Fund is a registered charity (number 216533) based in Bath, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Peter Wright since 2019. Latest income £11k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Organists Benevolent Fund (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £11k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Isle Of Man, Scotland
Website
www.iaobf.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11k£9k
  • 2024£20k£9k
  • 2023£13k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£9k£9k
  • 2021£9k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST ORGANISTS, WHETHER ACTIVE OR RETIRED, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS, WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED. TO QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE, THE ORGANIST MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FOR AN AGGREGATE OF TWO YEARS A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER OF ONE OF THE ORGANISTS’ ASSOCIATION OR SOCIETIES AFFILIATED TO THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS (‘THE IAO’). THE ASSISTANCE MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A SINGLE OR REGULAR PAYMENTS AND/OR BONUSES OF AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES OR, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, OF GRANTS TOWARDS THE COST OF ORGAN TUITION AND/OR EXAMINATION FEE FOR DEPENDANTS WHO, AT THE TIME OF THE AWARD HAVE NOT PASSED THEIR TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY.

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.

7.9y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

2
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 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£20k 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
216533
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 16 JAN 1930AS AMENDED ON 05 MAY 2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 13 MAY 2017
Contact on the register
01 225 42 11 54 · richard.m.allen@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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