Pipe Organ Preservation Trust

The Trust was founded in 2001 as a charitable body and is accepted as a charity by the Inland Revenue under reference XR50318.

Aims & Objectives

The Trust was founded to further and preserve the pipe organ in the United Kingdom for public benefit and the advancement of education and religion.

Activities

The Trust is involved in supporting and encouraging the following activities:

• The rescue, preservation in situ, or rehousing of endangered pipe organs
• The restoration or rebuilding of extant pipe organs
• The replacement of inferior or unsuitable organs
• The alterations to the fabric of a building in connection with installation or modifications to an organ

Precedence is given to pipe organs of historic or musical interest particularly in places of historical or architectural interest which are open to the public or places of religious worship, in particular where compromise would otherwise be taken due to funding restrictions.

Help fund, organise and promote exhibitions, workshops, concerts, recitals and any activity which will publicise the pipe organ.

Help fund and work with local societies or bodies whose ideals include furthering and preserving the pipe organ.

Grants

The Trust awards grants to each case on its merits. Applications are invited from any body who can show interest in any of the above mentioned activities.

Grants can be applied for and distributed through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) see below for details.

Strict conditions apply to all grants awarded by or through the Trust:

• There must be a viable plan to provide the remainder of the funds.
• Contracts must be approved and carried out in a competent manner
• Recipients must demonstrate that the results will be readily accessible to the public and of benefit to the community

Landfill Communities Fund (LCF)

The Pipe Organ Preservation Trust is registered as an approved environmental body (EB) with Entrust who regulate the LCF. This innovative tax credit scheme encourages and enables operators of landfill sites to contribute money to approved EBs to carry out projects that meet the environmental objects of the Landfill Tax Regulations.

Landfill operators (LOs) can reclaim only 90% of the contribution they make to EBs as a tax credit. It means they bear the remaining 10% themselves. Alternatively, an independent third party can quite legitimately contribute some or all of this 10% funding, instead of the LO.

The Trust is enrolled for projects under the "Objects E" category which include restoring and repairing buildings which are for religious worship, or of architectural or historical interest.

For the Trust to apply for grants through the LCF, the building where the organ is located must be (1) a place of religious worship or a building of historical or architectural interest (2) open to the public, and (3) situated in the vicinity of a registered landfill site (usually 10 miles)

last updated: 23 June 2008