London Handel Society Limited

Registered charity 269184 Registered since 1975

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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 trustees on the board

Aaron James Watkins since 2025
Andrew Packman since 2020
James Olley since 2023
Melissa Harriet Augusta Scott since 2017
Michael David Holley since 2017
Sabrina Lesley Shelford Rodriguez since 2025
Tanya Joseph since 2025

4.3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Packman since 2020
Melissa Harriet Augusta Scott since 2017
Michael David Holley since 2017

15.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Aaron James Watkins since 2025
Melissa Harriet Augusta Scott since 2017
Michael David Holley since 2017

Portfolio (4)

Andrew Packman since 2020
James Olley since 2023
Sabrina Lesley Shelford Rodriguez since 2025
Tanya Joseph since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Recreation 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 12Arts and leisure 6Professional services 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£579k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

1 from 1 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Open Spaces Society 1 shared trustee
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics 1 shared trustee
The Tenebrae Choir 1 shared trustee
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women 1 shared trustee
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain 1 shared trustee
Future Stages LTD 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.london-handel-festival.com
Email	gregory.batsleer@londonhandelfestival.org.uk
Phone	07763300655
Address	C/O MENZIES LLP, 4TH FLOOR 95 GRESHAM STREET, LONDON, EC2V 7AB

Finances

£579,104 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£286,000	£286,000
2021	£259,523	£219,479
2022	£376,233	£366,618
2023	£630,569	£549,325
2024	£579,104	£640,433

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC AND MUSICAL EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE WORKS OF GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH DECEMBER 1974 AMENDED 5TH JUNE 1974 AND 6TH MARCH 1991. as amended on 16 May 2016

Trustees (7)

7trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Aaron James Watkinsage band 45-49 since 2025
Andrew Packmanage band 60-64 since 2020
James Olleyage band 45-49 since 2023
Melissa Harriet Augusta Scottage band 65-69 since 2017
Michael David Holleyage band 60-64 since 2017
Sabrina Lesley Shelford Rodriguezage band 35-39 since 2025
Tanya Josephage band 60-64 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

London Handel Society Limited · 01193919 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/12/1974

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

National Youth Choirs of Great Britain 1 shared trustee
Future Stages LTD 1 shared trustee
The Open Spaces Society 1 shared trustee
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics 1 shared trustee
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women 1 shared trustee
1218296 1 shared trustee
The Tenebrae Choir 1 shared trustee
Ensemble Orquesta 1 shared trustee

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