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The Bliss Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
297956
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 5, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Nov. 12, 1987
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Copse House
Moorside
Sturminster Newton
Dorset
DT10 1HJ

Activities

Promotion of music and educational awards and grants

Objects: The Promotion In England And Any Other Part Of The World Of The Public Understanding And Appreciation Of The Musical Works Of Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss Who Died On 27th March 1975. The Advancement Of Education With A Preference For Musical Education And With A Further Preference Within The Same For Education Of British Students Of Composition Of Music And Further Education Of Young British Composers.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
National And Overseas
Country
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
April 5, 2026 Aug. 5, 2026On time £35,787 £70,423
April 5, 2025 Sept. 2, 2025On time £29,756 £46,317
April 5, 2024 Aug. 2, 2024On time £22,555 £27,426
April 5, 2023 Oct. 5, 2023On time £17,611 £14,479
April 5, 2022 July 11, 2022On time £19,362 £15,941
April 5, 2021 Jan. 11, 2022 £77,030 £14,038

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew David Haitly Burn (Chair)
Anna Pensaert July 3, 2013
Caroline Secombe April 22, 2021
Helen Jane Kotz Sept. 21, 2017
Ian Sanderson Sept. 15, 2022
Liam Taylor West Sept. 15, 2022
Margaret Elizabeth Pooley Feb. 27, 2020
Richard Michael Andrewes
Ronald Lewis Edmund Foreman Jan. 21, 2012