## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 July 2024 **To** 30 June 2025 Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Herbert Howells Trust **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 1121065 **Charity's principal address** St John’s College Cambridge **Postcode CB2 1TP** ~~—~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the 1 College of St John the Evangelist in the University of ~~fy~~ Cambridge **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ~~———~~ **Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address** Mills & Reeve LLP Botanic House 100 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1PH **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~oo~~ **TAR** 1 March **2012** March **2012** **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) - How the charity is constituted Trust Deed Trust - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by the will of Ursula Mary Lysbeth Pelissier, daughter of Trustee selection methods Herbert Howells - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; Following the death in October 2005 of Herbert Howells’ daughter, Ursula, and in accordance with her wishes, the Herbert Howells Trust has been set up to be administered by St John’s College, Cambridge where Dr Howells was Organist during the Second World War. - The Trustees are the Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge. Acting through the College Council, they have appointed a Committee to review applications and approve grants from the Trust. - The Committee consult the Herbert Howells Society in line with the requirements in the Trust deed. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The Trust receives all royalties and performing rights dues previously received by Ursula Howells. The Trust (which will consult the Herbert Howells Society (set up at her instigation in 1987)), exists to promote Howells’ works, by supporting performances, publications, recordings, archives at the Royal College of Music and other means. It also exists to give financial support for the music of the College Chapel, including the Choir, organ, and the musical education of the Choristers. March **2012** **TAR** 2 Provision of grants to Applicants to support research, recording, performance and publication of the works of Herbert Howells Financial support to the Royal College of Music for the Herbert Howells archive Financial support for the music of St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The Trustees confirm that they have had regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The Trust will, so far as is possible, make grants to projects where the benefits have widest circulation. These will principally be for: - The publication of unpublished Howells manuscripts (both major orchestral pieces and smaller orchestral, choral, chamber and other works); You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - Audio/video recordings of Howells works which have not previously been recorded, or for all-Howells recordings; Very occasionally, grants will be given for concerts where first performances or performances of lesser known works are to be given. - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 1 grant of £1,672.03 to the Royal College of Music to assist with the preservation of the Howells archive 1 grant of £15,698.76 to St John’s College, Cambridge, for the support of Choir activities 1 grant of £1,575 to The Nottingham Harmonic Choir to support a performance of _Hymnus Paradisi_ 1 grant of £5,000 to Matthew Schellhorn to support a third CD recording of piano works 1 grant of £6,000 to the Ikon Singers to support a recording of Howells' secular choral works 1 grant of £2,000 to the Goldsmiths Choral Union to support a performance of _Hymnus Paradisi_ 1 grant of £5,000 to Tom Edney for support for recording of Howells' secular choral works 1 grant of £1,000 to Eric McElroy and Chu-Yu Yang for support for a recording of _Violin sonata_ 1 grant of £2,500 to the English Music Festival for support for the 2025 Festival 1 grant of £1,500 to Contiuum Choir for support for an album recording including _Even such in time_ 1 grant of £500 to The Dessdoff Choirs for support for performance of _Requiem_ 1 grant of £10,000 to the Three Choirs Festival Association for support for one Evensong, one talk, and one concert during the 2025 Festival 1 grant of £1,500 to Excalibur Voices for support for a recording of English song March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** The Charity intends to maintain a minimum balance of £10,000 in **charity’s policy on reserves** reserves at any time. This will enable the Charity to continue to make grants while allowing for fluctuations in the income from royalties. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The Charity’s principal source of funding is from royalties and performing additional information, where rights dues payable on the literary works of the late Herbert Howells relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Christopher Francis Ewbank Christopher Mark Gray **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Senior Bursar Director of Music and **etc)** St John’s College, Cambridge Chair, Grants Committee Herbert Howells Trust **Date** March **2012** **TAR** 5 **Charity Name No (if any) The Herbert Howells Trust 1121065 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To** — ~~SS=n~~ **from** 1-Jul-24 30-Jun-25 **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts** Royalty Income **38,202 38,202 -** Bank Interest **-** Rebates **-** Other income **-** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **38,202 38,202 -** ~~=—=====~~ **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **- -** _**Total receipts**_ **38,202 - 38,202 -** ~~———_———~~ **A3 Payments** Grants **53,946 53,946 -** Admin Costs **700 700 -** Advertising **-** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] 54,646 54,646 - A4 Asset and investment** ~~=== ===~~ **purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~—_————~~ **54,646 - 54,646 -** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **- 16,444 - 16,444 - A5 Transfers between funds - - A6 Cash funds last year end - 36,525 36,525 -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **20,081 20,081 -** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/11/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
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approval| |||||||| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/11/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ~~ee~~ **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name Herbert Howells Trust 30 June 2025 **On accounts for the year ended** **Charity no (if any)** 1121065 ## **Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act - have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** **Date:** 1 **March 2012** **IER** **Name:** **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **March 2012** **IER**