The Sickle Foundation

THE SICKLE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE ENJOYMENT, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS. WE SEEK TO HELP YOUNG MUSICIANS ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL TOWARDS SECURING CAREERS AS PERFORMERS E.G. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE COST OF STUDIES AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF OUTSTANDING POSTGRADUATE OR POST-DIPLOMA STUDENTS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice, National.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £10 and spent £6,503.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 99%, from £727 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £10 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 65,030% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 4 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

4 trustees run the charity.

• David HardenChair
• Bettina Clare Lascelles Harden MBE
• Edward Richard HardenAppointed 1 January 2012
• Matilda Clare Harden

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1139438

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

22 December 2010

Governing document

TRUST DEED MADE 09 SEPTEMBER 2010

Website

www.sicklefoundation.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Gwynedd

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Gwynedd Council's meetings and decisions
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• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn