# HARPS NORTH WEST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093441
- **Other names:** THE CLARSACH SOCIETY, THE CUMBRIA BRANCH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 15, 2002
- **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=1093441


## Contact

- **Address:** Coach House, High Borrans, WINDERMERE
- **Postcode:** LA23 1JS
- **Phone:** 01539444587
- **Email:** convenor@harpsnorthwest.org.uk
- **Website:** www.harpsnorthwest.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND APPRECIATION OF THE HARP AND ITS ASSOCIATED MUSIC AND HISTORY. THIS WILL BE DONE BY ENCOURAGING THE PLAYING AND TEACHING OF THE HARP, IN PARTICULAR THE LEVER HARP AND BY PROMOTING PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

**Activities:** To encourage the teaching and playing of the harp, especially the clarsach or lever harp, to and by people of all ages.To educate the public to appreciate the harp, its music & history.To promote public performances of the harp.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria
- Lancashire
- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £14088 | £9527 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £10572 | £10764 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £11897 | £19868 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £17091 | £9322 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £5716 | £6619 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Susan Lambert** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 27, 2015
- Ann Woolley — appointed Sept. 10, 2017
- Anne Elizabeth Gilbert — appointed Sept. 3, 2024
- Cathrine Livesey — appointed Sept. 27, 2015
- Cathryn Ruth Binns — appointed Nov. 24, 2025
- Christine Valerie Pollington — appointed Sept. 11, 2021
- Gillian Salter-Smith — appointed Jan. 1, 2018
- Irene Linda Taylor — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- Miranda Louise Christobel Bartlett — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- Peter James Coldwell — appointed Sept. 14, 2024
- Rosemary Patricia Scholes — appointed Sept. 3, 2024
- Veronica Mary Wilkie — appointed Sept. 10, 2023