The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Incorporated Association of Organists Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 216533 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Isle Of Man, Scotland

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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

8y
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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.iaobf.com
Emailrichard.m.allen@btinternet.com
Phone01 225 42 11 54
Address2 Winifreds Dale, Cavendish Road, BATH, BA1 2UD

Finances

£10,718 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,239£10,872
2022£9,120£9,495
2023£12,719£9,424
2024£19,628£9,044
2025£10,718£8,868

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

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.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 16 JAN 1930AS AMENDED ON 05 MAY 2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 13 MAY 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
77median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (7)

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