# PIPE UP FOR PIPE ORGANS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1199597
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 8, 2022
- **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=1199597


## Contact

- **Address:** 66 PREBEND STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 8PS
- **Phone:** 02073594625
- **Email:** info@pipe-up.org.uk
- **Website:** www.pipe-up.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MUSIC WITH THE FOCUS ON THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE PIPE ORGAN AS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF INTEREST IN ALL ASPECTS OF PIPE ORGAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-A) THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF PIPE ORGANS;B) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRAFTSMEN AND OTHERS IN RELATION TO THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF PIPE ORGANS;C) THE PROVISION OF TEACHING OF ORGAN PLAYING AND ORGAN MUSIC;D) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ORGAN RECITALS, VISITS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PERFORMANCES;E) MAKING PIPE ORGANS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDING BY ACQUIRING (WHETHER BY PURCHASE, GIFT OR LOAN OR OTHERWISE) PIPE ORGANS AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE BY WAY OF SALE OR LOAN OR OTHERWISE;F) UNDERTAKING OR COMMISSIONING OR MAKING GRANTS TOWARDS THE STUDY OF, AND RESEARCH INTO, PIPE ORGANS, PIPE ORGAN MUSIC AND THE CONSERVATION OF PIPE ORGANS IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY RESEARCH; ANDG) COMMISSIONING NEW MUSICAL WORKS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND S.2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

**Activities:** The charity promotes all aspects of the playing and appreciation of organ music, as well as the maintenance of neglected organs and the saving and re-homing of organs threatened with destruction.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £17547 | £8851 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £9155 | £13653 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £11169 | £1978 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **George Edwin Allan** (Chair) — appointed July 8, 2022
- Andrea Testa — appointed Aug. 5, 2025
- Lewis Keith Levi Hannaby — appointed Feb. 11, 2025
- Martin John Renshaw MA — appointed July 8, 2022
- Matthew Alan Smith — appointed July 8, 2022
- Richard Barnes — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Stephen Richard Wilcox — appointed Feb. 11, 2025