# THE BRITISH DOUBLE REED SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1080461
- **Other names:** B D R S
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 27, 2000
- **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=1080461


## Contact

- **Address:** Apartment 302, Albion House, 6-7 Benjamin Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1M 5QL
- **Phone:** 07958521372
- **Email:** secretary@bdrs.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bdrs.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND FOSTER INTEREST, EDUCATION, STUDY, DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND MUSIC MAKING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS INVOLVING DOUBLE REED WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE OBOE AND BASSOON FAMILIES.

**Activities:** Fosters the arts and science of double reed musical instruments - most particularly the oboe and the bassoon. It assists in running workshops/courses and holds an annual event with international artists. It provides a thrice-yearly magazine for members and offers discounts with some traders in the field.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £27544 | £23443 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £75501 | £24757 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £25343 | £23326 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £24387 | £20856 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £24971 | £20353 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **James William Turnbull** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 12, 2021
- Aliki Papaioannou-Georgiou — appointed Nov. 16, 2025
- Alison Jean Wathey — appointed Dec. 1, 2019
- Caron de Burgh — appointed Dec. 12, 2021
- Donal Flynn — appointed Dec. 1, 2019
- Elizabeth Frazer Woods — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Esther Sarah Ruth Williams — appointed March 10, 2021
- Helen Ruth Nakhwal — appointed Nov. 16, 2025
- Liam David Fleet — appointed Nov. 20, 2022
- Philip George Naniewski — appointed Nov. 16, 2025
- Philip Stephen Eric Haworth — appointed Dec. 1, 2019
- Stephen Fuller — appointed Oct. 29, 2017