Pipe Up for Pipe Organs
Registered Charity No. 1199597
ANNUAL REPORT and ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 30 June 2024
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Pipe Up for Pipe Organs
Index
Legal and administrative information
Annual Report
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
GOVERNANCE
FINANCE
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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Legal and administrative information
Name of the charity
The full name of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (the CIO) is Pipe Up for Pipe Organs. It is often
referred to in this report as 'Pipe Up"
The charity is registered with the Charity Commissioners of England and Wale5 and its registration number
is 1199597.
Principal office
The principal office of the charity is 66 Prebend Street, London, Nl 8PS.
Structure, governance and management
Trustees
The Trustees who held office during the year up to the date of approval of this report were..
George Edwin Allan
Robert Bowles
Marcus Gibson
lan Robert Giddons
Lewis Hannaby
Martin John Renshaw
Matthew Alan Smith
Stephen Richard Wilcox
Chair
(resigned Il, February 20251
(resigned I" January 20241
(appointed Il, February 20251
Treasurer
Treasurer
(appointed Il" February 20251

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Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024
The Trustees of Pipe Up for Pipe Organs present their report for the year ended 30 June 2024.
Objectives & Public Benefit
The charity's objectives 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.
As a registered charity we are required to report how our activities in furtherance of its charitable powers
provide public benefit, and the Trustees confirm that they have had regard to Charity Commission's
guidance in thi5 matter.
Activities and Achievements
Pipe Up's second year was an evenrful and fultilling one, which saw us make great strides in several
important areas, while taking stock of the challenges confronting us and coming to some important
conclusions about the way forward.
Our activities during the year can be grouped into five main areas, which are expanded on below:
11 Recovering organs at risk
21 Promoting Pipe Up
31 Promoting public appreciation of pipe organs,.
41 Seeking ways to keep organs maintained and in use
51 Advising churches and others on organ issues
l) Recovering Organs at Risk
We recovered three organs during the year, in Bowburn, Co Durham, Markyate in Hertfordshire and in
Dorset and removed them safely to two storage spaces to await re-homing. The recovery of the Kirkland
organ in Markyate was generously supported by 3 fundraising campaign on our behalf by many donors in
memory ofjan Macfarlane.
These were of course only a fraction of the unwanted pipe organ5 of which we were notified, all over the
UK. We also investigated many more candidates for recovery.
We now have two storage facilities, one of which is in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and is temporary.
The other is a former church near Redditch in Warwickshire, which has been generously made available to
us by its owner, the charity Friends of Friendless Churches. We have equipped this church with storage
equipment and basic facilities and are confident that it can receive a number of further recovered organs.
Although recovering unwanted organs will remain a core activity. a major factor holding us back is the
unwillingness of church headquarters to pay for or contribute to the cost of these operations, typically in
the low thousands of pounds, despite deriving large capital receipts from the sale of closed buildings.

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2) Promoting Pipe Up
Although these recoveries used a lot of our capacity, we were nevertheless able to do some much-needed
fundraising and marketing.
We redesigned our website and through it we were fortunate to recruit a significant number of subscribing
members and in parkncular, volunteers willing to help recover organs at risk. This has enabled us to recover
organs at a great saving in cost while providing valuable opportunities for training and giving many
volunteers the opportunity to play each instrument before its removal.
We also bought an exhibition stand kit and had leaflets printed, and deployed both at the Bloomsbury
Organ Day in early 2024.
3) Promoting Public Appreciation of Pipe Organs
'Henry" the 1880s organ we placed in London Bridge Station in July 2022, continued to astonish us
throughout the year with the intensity of his use, and the diversity of his players.
Henry was featured in September 2023 being played by Anna Lapwood, in a broadcast of the BBC's"Songs
of Praise" which considered the role of organ music in the life of churches, and included an interview with
Pipe Up Trustee Martin Renshaw.
Christmas 2023 saw Network Rail holding its annual Christmas Carol service at Henry, in the presence of its
chair, Peter Hendy, and the minister for railways, Huw Merriman. We were delighted that the Society of
Women Organists organized a whole-day organ-playing 'marathon" at Henry to mark International
Women's Day in March 2024. The Southwark "Make Music Day" was also celebrated in June 2024 with a
series of performances at Henry.
We successfully applied for a grant from the Chapman Charitable Trust to create organ "experiences" for
local schools, at Henry, which are due to start later in 2025.
In late 2023 we responded to a consultation by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on the
accession of the UK to the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Heritage. We pointed out that Britain's organ
building and organ music traditions were eminently suitable for inscription under the Convention, and that
Germany had already done so.
4) Seeking ways to keep organs maintained and in use
It has always been very clear to us that it is impossible to recover and re-home more than a tiny fraction of
the unwanted organs in Britain, particularly those in closed churches. We want instead to concentrate our
efforts on preventing organs becoming unplayable or at risk through neglect of basic care.
Too many organs go out of use as a result of trivial or easily-remediable faults, and then go into a
downward spiral as church communities lose familiarity with organ music, leading to a loss of motivation
towards keeping the instrument in use.
We have therefore devised a series of steps to address this. The first is to run hands-on workshops for our
volunteers, in which they are instructed in how to diagnose basic faults. make routine adjustments to

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mechanical actions and tune the pipes. The first of these workshops took place at St Philip's, Tottenham in
March 2024, and further workshops have since taken place.
A second initiative in the year was to devise a course aimed at churchwardens, organists and others
concerned with the maintenance of organs. This is now under discussion with two Church of England
Diocese5.
We have also realised the need for far better information on the condition of the nation's organs, and we
plan to mount a new initiative with the help of our growing network of "activists"
5) Advising churches and others on organ issues
A major part of our work has been to advise churches and other organ owners on the issues they face.
Most inquiries come from churches whose organs are either unwanted or facing the need for major
repairs. The issues can be complex, parhcularly if a church has an over-complex instrument with
deteriorating electronics. Some have not appointed their own consultant but have simply asked one or
more organ builders for estimates, with results often into six figures.
We have even had approaches for advice from the new owners of former churches and chapels,
concerning what to do with the organ they have inherited. Some new owners are community groups,
which embrace the opportunitie5 presented by having an organ, while other5 simply want to remove it and
re-use the space. We are aware of two organs which have been removed by community groups. We
published guidance for community groups on our web site.
We discovered through intensive research that the National Heritage Lottery Fund, while claiming to
"welcome" applications for organ repair projects, had nevertheless rejected 13 out of the last 15
applications, thus wasting the time and efforts of the volunteers involved as well as de-motivating them.
We took this up at a high level with the Fund. It does not deny this record but suggests that such projects
are likely to do better under its new 2024 strategy. We are monitoring this closely and we meanwhile
continue to advise churches not to bother applying to NLHF for funding.
Governance
We have no formal Trustee recruitment policy yet, but we have been able to appoint two volunteers with
appropriate and complementary skills as new Trustees.
Finance
Income
Our main income during was from donations, and the associated Gift Aid on those donations. We also
received some membership subscriptions and a very welcome grant.
Most of our funds continue to be raised as unrestricted funds. and in future we intend to focus as far as
possible on fundraising to unrestricted funds.

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During the year, we activated the membership scheme in our Constitution, but we have not yet mounted a
major membership recruitment campaign. We have been surprised and heartened by the number of
members who have nevertheless joined, many as volunteers and activists.
Our fundraising plans involve future approaches to major grant-giving foundations, many of which ask for
at least two years of successful operation before considering applications. We are also still formulating
proposals that we believe will secure such grants.
Expenditure
Our activities in the year incurred heavy expenditure on web design, promotional materials and storage
equipment. This largely contributed to the significant deficit in the year. Much of this expenditure was
non-recurring and will bring benefit to us in future years. Expenditure on all forms of digital
communication and media content is however likely to increase.
Reserves policy
The policy of the Trustees is to maintain a sufficient level of general free reserves to enable operating
activities to be maintained, taking account of potential risks that may arise from time to time. The Trustees
have determined that a free reserves target of 6 months of operating expenditure (defined as projected
recurrent expenditure excluding one-off items and restricted activities) is appropriate. At the time of
preparing these accounts, the free reserves exceed that target.
Risk management
The Trustees have drafted an initial risk register containing risks associated with governance, tinance,
operations, environmental and compliance. Additionally, each project has been subject to a Health and
Safety Risk Assessment.
Controls in place include a suite of financial controls, including dual sign-off of expense payments and
review of invoices before payment.
One of the new Trustees has a professional background in Risk Management, and is thoroughly reviewing
the risk register and associated controls and mitigations.

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Going Concern
The Trustees consider that lal there is a reasonable expectation that the CIO has adequate resources to
continue in operational existence- and Ibl there is no material uncertainty regarding the CIO'S ability to
continue as a going concern. The Trustees therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in
preparing these accounts.
Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities
The Trustees are required to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the
CIO'S financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing
accounts that give a true and fair view, the Trustees should follow best practice and select suitable
accounting policies and then apply them consistently,. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent,. and prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which both disclose with reasonable accuracy
and enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that
the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice on
Accounting and Reporting by Charities SORP IFRS1021.
The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the charity is responsible in law.
They are a150 responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps
for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The report of the Trustees and the Accounts were approved by the Trustees on 8April 2025, and signed on
their behalf by=
George Allan
Chair

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Pipe Up for Pipe Organs
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Pipe Up for Pipe Organs Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (the CIO) for the year ended 30 June 2024:
Responsibilities and basis of report
The charity Trustees of the CIO are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the Act, and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llbl of the Act.
Basis of independent examiner's report
An examination include5 a review of the accounting record5 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 explanation5 from you as member5 of the Trustee Board 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 5taternent
I have completed my examination.
I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that in anv
material respect..
11 accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
21 the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
31 the account5 did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of
accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent
examination.
I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Jonathan Hunt
Honorary Independent Examiner
London
15 April 2025

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Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 30 June 2024
Unrestrirted Restritted
Total funds
Note
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
Income
Donatiorbs, Grants and Memberships
6,546
2,609
9,155
11,169
Total Income
6.546
2.609
9,155
11,169
Expenditure
Charitable activities
7,491
7,491
1,247
Cost of generating funds
6,163
6,163
731
Total expenditure
13,653
13,653
1,978
Net movement in Funds
{7,1071
2,609 14,498)
9,191
Trarbsfers between funds
8alances brought forward
9,191
9,191
Balances carried forward
2.084
2.609
4,693
9.191
Note.. The 2023 comparative figures are for the period from 8 July 2022 Ithe date of Registration with the Charity
Commission) to 30 June 2023.
Notes I to 12 form part of these accounts.

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Balance Sheet
as at 30 June 2024
2024
2023
Note
Flxed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
Total Fixed Assets
841
841
Current Assets
Stock
Debtors
219
74
Cash at bank and in
hand
4,407
9,904
4,626
9,978
Liabilities
Creditors.. amounts falling due within one year
17741
17871
Net current assets
3,852
9,191
Total net assets
Charity Funds
Unrestricted funds
2,084
9,191
Restricted funds
2,609
4,693
9,191
Approved by the Trustees on 8 April 2025 and signed on their behalf by..
flfvDF
GE.A&
Stephen Wilcox, Treasurer
George Allan, Chair
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Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 30 June 2024
Accounting Policies
al Basis of Preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention on an accruals basis and in
compliance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities= Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to
charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102
"FRS 102,1 and the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements are being prepared some months after the end of the accounting period, so there
is limited uncertainty underlying the amounts recognised in the accounts.
b) Funds
Restricted funds are funds which can only be used for particular purposes as specified by the donor or
funds raised for parkncular restricted purposes.
General funds represent the funds of the charity that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use
and are available for application on the general purposes of the charity. Funds designated for a particular
purpose by the Trustees are also unrestricted. There are currently no designated funds.
c) Income
il Membership income and donations are recognised when received by the charity.
ill Income tax recoverable on covenants or gift aid donations is recognised when the income is
recognised.
iiil Grants are accounted for when the Trustees are notified of the charity's legal entitlement and the
amount due can be measured reliably and its receipt is more likely than not.
ivl Other income, particularly relating to Pipe Organs. is recognised as it is received.
dl Expenditure
Expenditure is included on an accruals basis, inclusive of VAT. which is not recoverable.
el Fixed assets
Fixed assets, in the form of storage equipment, have been capitalised and are to be written off over 5
years. Assets over £l.000 used to support charitable activities will be considered for capitalisation.
fj Current assets
Amounts owing to the Charity at 30 June 2024 in respect of Gift Aid recoverable and other items are shown
as debtors less provision for amounts that may prove uncollectible.
g) Stock
Donated organs that have been recovered for potential rehoming are valued at Net Realisable Value.
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h) Debtors
Amounts owing at 30 June 2024 in respect of Gift Aid recoverable and other items are shown as debtors,
less provision for amounts that might prove uncollectible.
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
Funds
Totsl
Funds
Income
2024
2023
Memberships
1,545
1,545
Donations
5,001
609
5,610
11,169
Grants
2,000
2,000
Legacies
Total Income
6,546
2,609
9,155
11,169
Income for 2023 wa5 received as unrestricted funds £11,169, restricted funds £nil.
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
Expenditure
2024
2023
Charltable actlvltles
7,491
7,491
1,247
Cost of generating funds
6,162
6,163
731
Total expenditure
13,653
13,653
1,978
During the financial year, Pipe Up invested £3,015 in its website, display and marketing materials. It also
invested £1,051 to fit out its new Spernall storage location and acquired equipment needed to store and
label recovered organ parts; the storage equipment has been capitalised. Most of these are non-recurring
expenses. Additionally, it spent about £6,500 on recovering 2 instruments, drawing on general funds to do
so. In future, Pipe Up intends to mount specific appeals for such moves.
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Fixed Assets
2024
2023
Storage equipment
Cost
Additions in the year
1,051
Depreciation
Depreciation in the year
2101
Net Book Value
Stock
2024
2023
Recovered organs
Recovered organs are valued at nil cost, as it is impractical to obtain a reliable valuation for them.
Debtors
2024
2023
Tax recoverable
159
74
Other debtors
60
219
74
Llabilitles: amounts falling due within one
year
2024
2023
Accruals
774
787
774
787
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Analysis of net assets by fund as at 30 June 2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Tangible fixed assets
841
841
Current assets - debtors
219
219
Current assets - cash at bank and in hand
1,798
2,609
4,407
Current liabilities
17741
17741
Fund balances
2,084
2,609
4,693
The charity currently has two restricted funds. One relates to a grant received from the Chapman
Charitable Trust. to provide educational opportunities to children. The other relates to a specific appeal to
save an organ.
Analysis of Fund Movements
l July
2023
30 June
2024
Income
Expenditure Transfers
Unrestricted Funds=
9,191
6,546
113.6531
2,084
Restricted Funds=
2.609
2,609
9,191
9,155
113,653)
4,693
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Loans and guarantees
No loans or guarantees have been secured against any of the charity's assets.
ii.
Contingent liabilities
There are no contingent liabilities.
12.
Related party transactions
None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an
employment with the charity.
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Donations of £48012023= £7,159) have been received from trustees without condition.
Three Trustees12023: four) have been reimbursed expenses totalling £9,80412023.' £9841. The expenses
relate to various travel, the purchase of storage equipment, IT and other administrative expenses incurred
on behalf of the charity.
There is a £60 debtor12023'. nil) on the balance sheet relating to an erroneous overpayment of expenses to
one Trustee.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered office and principal address
66 Prebend Street
London
N18PS
Web address
www.
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E-mail address
chair
.or
Bankers
Metro Bank plc
One Southampton Row
London WCIB SHA
Lloyds Bank plc (from December 20231
98 Victoria Street
London SWIE 5JL
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