Registered charity · Worcester
The Elgar Foundation
- 6 trustees
- Income £208k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Linked company
- The Elgar Foundation
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£208k£43k
- 2024£55k£59k
- 2023£106k£80k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£71k
- 2021£444£57k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE SIR EDWARD ELGAR. 2. TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE, OR ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD ELGAR AT LOWER BROADHEATH WORCESTERSHIRE AND ANY OTHER PROPERTY OF NATIONAL INTEREST CONNECTED WITH SIR EDWARD ELGAR AND ACQUIRED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION.
Grants received
5 grants · £390,830 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £390,830 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Andrew John Jowett
- Ann Elizabeth Vernau since 2026
- John Frederick Norris since 2022
- Jules Grafton Knight since 2024
- Michael Messenger OBE
- William Hugh Carslake since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- William Hugh Carslake since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Andrew John Jowett
- Ann Elizabeth Vernau since 2026
- John Frederick Norris since 2022
- Jules Grafton Knight since 2024
- Michael Messenger OBE
- William Hugh Carslake since 2011
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.
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
- 266849
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 SEPTEMBER 1973 AS AMENDED 8/3/1974, 14/5/1975,19/6/1977, 6/10/1988, 10/1/1995 AND 19/4/2000.
- Companies House
- Company number 01147282 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07495480534
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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.
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