# ERIC THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ORGANISTS AND ORGAN MUSIC

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1026344
- **Other names:** THE ERIC THOMPSON TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1026344


## Contact

- **Address:** 17 HILL STREET, ST. ALBANS
- **Postcode:** AL3 4QS
- **Phone:** 07860362173
- **Email:** info@organtrust.org
- **Website:** www.organtrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1  TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING    2  TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF ORGAN MUSIC

**Activities:** The Trust aims to provide grants to help aspiring professional organists. Preference will be given to students seeking assistance towards special projects, rather than continuing academic tuition. The Flentrop scholarship awarded annually allows a student to spend two weeks in Holland with Flentrop, organ builders.  The ETT Annual Award funds a candidate in a  project related to the organ.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE UK AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £62089 | £37272 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £10717 | £50247 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £48667 | £34103 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £6592 | £32880 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £260123 | £23231 | — | — |



## Trustees

- COLIN HAMLING
- DAME GLYNNE EVANS DBE CMG
- DAVID TITTERINGTON
- David Graham — appointed Jan. 13, 2015
- Howard Angus March Baskerville — appointed Jan. 20, 2021
- Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey CMG CBE — appointed Feb. 6, 2024
- Peter Joseph Holder — appointed June 10, 2022


