# THE GERALD COKE HANDEL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1058589
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 14, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1058589


## Contact

- **Address:** THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM, 40 BRUNSWICK SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 1AZ
- **Phone:** 02078413606
- **Email:** secretary.gchf@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROVIDING RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR ACADEMICS, MUSICOLOGISTS, MUSICIANS, STUDENTS, WRITERS, RESEARCHERS AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS CONCERNING AND IN RELATION TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL, AND HIS ASSOCIATES AND CONTEMPORARIES; ALSO IN RELATION TO THE MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF HIS TIME, TO THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING OF MUSIC IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE 18TH CENTURY; AND ALL OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS OF STUDY.

**Activities:** The primary aim of the charity is to ensure the maintenance, conservation and development of the Gerald Coke Handel Collection. The objects are to advance public education by providing research facilities in relation to Handel and his contemporaries.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £38736 | £176762 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £38962 | £207878 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £51212 | £188920 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £45763 | £185390 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £54774 | £159840 | — | — |



## Trustees

- DR M J BURDEN — appointed March 10, 2015
- David Edward Coke — appointed Oct. 31, 2024
- Dr George Kennaway — appointed March 7, 2024
- HELEN FAULKNER — appointed March 31, 2022
- PETER MENZIES SMAILL — appointed Nov. 5, 2020
- Rahul Prasad Narain Sinha — appointed Nov. 14, 2019
- Ronald Jay Gould — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- SYLVIA RUTH LEVI — appointed March 2, 2023
- Sarah Bardwell — appointed March 10, 2016
- WALTER RUDELOFF — appointed June 1, 2023