# YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 326490
- **Other names:** YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS TRUST, YCAT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 2, 1984
- **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=326490


## Contact

- **Address:** YCAT, WEST WING, SOMERSET HOUSE, STRAND, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC2R 1LA
- **Phone:** 02073798477
- **Email:** info@ycat.co.uk
- **Website:** www.ycat.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING YOUNG MUSICIANS BEING PERSONS OF MODERATE OR LIMITED MEANS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.)

**Activities:** YCAT was set up in 1984 to identify, nurture and promote outstanding young soloists and ensembles at the outset of their professional careers. As an artist management service YCAT liaises with promoters in the UK and abroad. YCAT also presents concerts to showcase the artists it represents. After three years of representation YCAT aims to introduce the artists to suitable commercial management.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £815424 | £633970 | £1151176 | 8 |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £538787 | £501302 | £946165 | 8 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £530528 | £467375 | £898475 | 8 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £418724 | £462330 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £525258 | £413470 | £894681 | 7 |



## Trustees

- **Lord Terence Burns** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Akhil Shah — appointed Oct. 14, 2020
- Alastair Dunbar Storey — appointed Dec. 13, 2021
- Jonathan Vaughan — appointed June 7, 2018
- Julie Elizabeth Webb — appointed Oct. 14, 2020
- Kirsty Joan MacDonald — appointed Jan. 20, 2025
- Michael David Gladman Horridge — appointed Dec. 6, 2018
- Rachel Van Walsum — appointed Sept. 26, 2022
- Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey — appointed March 7, 2019