Quartet of Peace Trust (UK)
What it does
QUARTET OF PEACE IS A REGISTERED CHARITY AND 100% OF THE PROFITS FROM THIS EVENT GO TO EDUCATING AND TRAINING GIFTED MUSICIANS WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THEIR STUDIES.
Its charitable purposes
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION, THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY, THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS BY SUPPORTING THE "SOUTH AFRICAN PEACE QUARTET TRUST" (THE SAPQT), A PUBLIC BENEFIT ORGANISATION AND REGISTERED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA WITH TRUST NUMBER IT1588/2012, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVING FOUR STRING INSTRUMENTS, COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE QUARTET OF PEACE, EACH OF WHICH IS DEDICATED TO SOUTH AFRICA'S FOUR NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES: VIOLIN - "FREEDOM" DEDICATED TO ALBERT LUTHULI; VIOLIN - "PEACE" DEDICATED TO DESMOND TUTU; VIOLA - "RECONCILIATION" DEDICATED TO F W DE KLERK; AND CELLO - "HOPE" DEDICATED TO NELSON MANDELA; AND2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE SAPQT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, INSTRUMENT MAKING AND INSTRUMENT REPAIR BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, AWARDS AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Human rights, equality and diversity
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
- South Africa
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £24,378 and spent £29,389.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £24,378 | £29,389 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,888 | £9,369 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £719 | £14,167 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £16,094 | £40,877 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £12,036 | £28,282 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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
- Up 103%, from £12,036 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £24,378 in the year to 30 September 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 121% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 September 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Dr Louise Lansdown
- Lauren Sandra Jacobson
- Penelope Silva
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | 30 July 2026 | Received 27 July 2026, 3 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 10 January 2025, 21 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 30 January 2023, 1 day early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 27 January 2022, 4 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1151479
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 2 April 2013
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 11/03/2013AS AMENDED ON 18/09/2014
- Website
- quartetofpeace.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- 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.