# THE BLISS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 297956
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 1987
- **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=297956


## Contact

- **Address:** Copse House, Moorside, STURMINSTER NEWTON, Dorset
- **Postcode:** DT10 1HJ
- **Phone:** 01258820024
- **Email:** enquiries@blisstrust.org
- **Website:** www.blisstrust.org



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Promotion of music and educational awards and grants

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## 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



## Areas of operation

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



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £29756 | £46317 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £22555 | £27426 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £17611 | £14479 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £19362 | £15941 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £77030 | £14038 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW DAVID HAITLY BURN** (Chair)
- ANNA PENSAERT — appointed July 3, 2013
- Caroline Secombe — appointed April 22, 2021
- Helen Jane Kotz — appointed Sept. 21, 2017
- IAN SANDERSON — appointed Sept. 15, 2022
- LIAM TAYLOR WEST — appointed Sept. 15, 2022
- Margaret Elizabeth Pooley — appointed Feb. 27, 2020
- RICHARD MICHAEL ANDREWES
- RONALD LEWIS EDMUND FOREMAN — appointed Jan. 21, 2012