# THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 216533
- **Other names:** ORGANISTS BENEVOLENT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 11, 1963
- **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=216533


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Winifreds Dale, Cavendish Road, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 2UD
- **Phone:** 01 225 42 11 54
- **Email:** richard.m.allen@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.iaobf.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ASSIST ORGANISTS, WHETHER ACTIVE OR RETIRED, OR THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS, CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS, WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED.  TO QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE, THE ORGANIST MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FOR AN AGGREGATE OF TWO YEARS A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER OF ONE OF THE ORGANISTS’ ASSOCIATION OR SOCIETIES AFFILIATED TO THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISTS (‘THE IAO’).  THE ASSISTANCE MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A SINGLE OR REGULAR PAYMENTS AND/OR BONUSES OF AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES OR, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, OF GRANTS TOWARDS THE COST OF ORGAN TUITION AND/OR EXAMINATION FEE FOR DEPENDANTS WHO, AT THE TIME OF THE AWARD HAVE NOT PASSED THEIR TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY.

**Activities:** To help members and former members of the Incorporated Association of Organists or their dependents who have fallen on hard times.Grants to dependents of members or former members of the IAO to assist with course or examination fees in respect of tuition on the pipe-organ.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Isle Of Man
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £19628 | £9044 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £12719 | £9424 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £9120 | £9495 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £9239 | £10872 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £11419 | £14682 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Peter Wright** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 16, 2019
- Alan Taylor — appointed Nov. 16, 2019
- Andrew Thomas Seager Millington — appointed May 13, 2017
- CHRISTOPHER PETER STOKES BMUS FRCO
- DAVID SAINT — appointed Nov. 16, 2019
- JAMES PARSONS
- Richard Martin Allen — appointed June 19, 2021
- Rosemary Field — appointed May 9, 2016
- The Ven Andrew Edgar Ballard — appointed May 9, 2016