Registered charity · London
Young Classical Artists Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £815k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alastair Dunbar StoreyChair · since 2021
- Akhil ShahTrustee · since 2020
- Jonathan VaughanTrustee · since 2018
- Julie Elizabeth WebbTrustee · since 2020
- Kirsty Joan MacdonaldTrustee · since 2025
- Michael David Gladman HorridgeTrustee · since 2018
- Nicholas Charles Francis SandersonTrustee · since 2026
- Rachel Van WalsumTrustee · since 2022
Show all 9 trustees
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend RobeyTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.ycat.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Young Classical Artists Trust
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£815k£634k
- 2024£539k£501k
- 2023£531k£467k
Earlier years
- 2022£419k£462k
- 2021£525k£413k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING YOUNG MUSICIANS BEING PERSONS OF MODERATE OR LIMITED MEANS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.)
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Alastair Dunbar Storey Chair since 2021
- Akhil Shah since 2020
- Jonathan Vaughan since 2018
- Julie Elizabeth Webb since 2020
- Kirsty Joan Macdonald since 2025
- Michael David Gladman Horridge since 2018
- Nicholas Charles Francis Sanderson since 2026
- Rachel Van Walsum since 2022
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Vaughan since 2018
- Michael David Gladman Horridge since 2018
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alastair Dunbar Storey Chair since 2021
- Akhil Shah since 2020
- Jonathan Vaughan since 2018
- Julie Elizabeth Webb since 2020
- Michael David Gladman Horridge since 2018
- Nicholas Charles Francis Sanderson since 2026
- Rachel Van Walsum since 2022
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Kirsty Joan Macdonald since 2025
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 326490
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/12/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/07/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 01783007 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073798477 · info@ycat.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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