Registered charity · Dorset
The Bliss Trust
The Bliss Trust is a registered charity (number 297956) based in Dorset, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Andrew David Haitly Burn. Latest income £36k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £36k (2026)
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Who leads it
- Andrew David Haitly BurnChair
- Anna PensaertTrustee · since 2013
- Caroline SecombeTrustee · since 2021
- Helen Jane KotzTrustee · since 2017
- IAN SandersonTrustee · since 2022
- Liam Taylor WestTrustee · since 2022
- Margaret Elizabeth PooleyTrustee · since 2020
- Richard Michael AndrewesTrustee
- Ronald Lewis Edmund ForemanTrustee · since 2012
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, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.blisstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£36k£70k
- 2025£30k£46k
- 2024£23k£27k
Earlier years
- 2023£18k£14k
- 2022£19k£16k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION IN ENGLAND AND ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE MUSICAL WORKS OF SIR ARTHUR EDWARD DRUMMOND BLISS WHO DIED ON 27TH MARCH 1975. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH A PREFERENCE FOR MUSICAL EDUCATION AND WITH A FURTHER PREFERENCE WITHIN THE SAME FOR EDUCATION OF BRITISH STUDENTS OF COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG BRITISH COMPOSERS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew David Haitly Burn Chair
- Anna Pensaert since 2013
- Caroline Secombe since 2021
- Helen Jane Kotz since 2017
- IAN Sanderson since 2022
- Liam Taylor West since 2022
- Margaret Elizabeth Pooley since 2020
- Richard Michael Andrewes
- Ronald Lewis Edmund Foreman since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Anna Pensaert since 2013
- Helen Jane Kotz since 2017
- Margaret Elizabeth Pooley since 2020
- Ronald Lewis Edmund Foreman since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anna Pensaert since 2013
- Caroline Secombe since 2021
- IAN Sanderson since 2022
- Liam Taylor West since 2022
- Ronald Lewis Edmund Foreman since 2012
Portfolio (4)
- Andrew David Haitly Burn Chair
- Helen Jane Kotz since 2017
- Margaret Elizabeth Pooley since 2020
- Richard Michael Andrewes
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
- 297956
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 13TH MAY 1986 DEED OF RELEASE DATED 7TH JULY 1987 SUPPLEMENT TRUST DEED 12TH OCTOBER 1987
- Contact on the register
- 01258820024 · enquiries@blisstrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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