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Martin Read Foundation

Mrfoundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1156661
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 2, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 11, 2014
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
7 Gladstone Street
Winchester
SO23 8TQ

Activities

To identify composition students age 14 - 19 who would benefit from the support the Foundation is able to offer. To enable selected composition students to access educational activities which are not generally available to them such as tutorial mentorships. To provide public performances of selected students' compositions, promoting these to reach a wide public audience.

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Are To Advance The Education Of The Public In The UK In The Subject Of The Composition Of Music In Particular, But Not Exclusively Through: (A) Undertaking A Selection Process To Identify Composition Students Who Are Preparing For Undergraduate Study Who Would Benefit From The Support The Foundation Is Able To Offer. (B) Providing Support To Selected Composition Students, Through Such Educational Activities Which Might Otherwise Not Be Available To Them, For Example Funding Towards The Cost Of Tutorial Mentorships. (C)providing Opportunities Where Possible For The Public Performance Of Compositions Through This Scheme.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals
What
Education/training
Who
Children/young People

Geography

Local Authority
City Of London, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire, Portsmouth City, Southampton City, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 Sept. 2, 2026On time £3,105 £2,415
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 17, 2025On time £4,205 £2,327
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 7, 2024On time £6,440 £5,111
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 18, 2023On time £3,289 £2,100
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 12, 2022On time £1,406 £653
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 24, 2021 £1,420 £1,685

Trustees

Name Appointed
Mrs Beccy Read (Chair) March 3, 2014
Alison Willis Sept. 1, 2016
Alexander Edward Ling Oct. 13, 2022
Frederick Ralph Dean Hodkin Oct. 14, 2020
Joseph Spooner June 5, 2026
Simon Speare Nov. 7, 2018