--- title: "Surrey Hills International Music Festival — charity 1171264 | CharityCompare" description: "Surrey Hills International Music Festival (charity 1171264): income £87,242 (2025). Registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/surrey-hills-international-music-festival retrieved: 2026-10-08T23:17:52.520Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1171264CIO SH # Surrey Hills International Music Festival Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data Surrey Hills International Music Festival is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include arts/culture/heritage/science. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](http://shimf.co.uk/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1171264&subId=0) Work at Surrey Hills International Music Festival? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=surrey-hills-international-music-festival&type=claim&name=Surrey%20Hills%20International%20Music%20Festival) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about Surrey Hills International Music Festival? Reported income · year ending 2025-09-30 £87,242 Reported spending · year ending 2025-09-30 £75,560 Registered charity number 1171264 Status in source extract Registered Charity type CIO Register contact address detail (not service area) Upper Street Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Yes Website [shimf.co.uk](http://shimf.co.uk/) Quick answer Surrey Hills International Music Festival (number 1171264) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation. ## What does Surrey Hills International Music Festival do? Organises, publicises, and delivers an annual classical music festival and other concerts.Provides performance opportunities for postgraduate music students from London conservatoires, other music students and young professional musicians.Supports a Music in Education (Strings Scheme) in Guildford-area primary schools. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Surrey Hills International Music Festival Answers Surrey Hills International Music Festival gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 September 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”. ### How much are Surrey Hills International Music Festival's highest-paid staff paid? Surrey Hills International Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report. ### Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid? The register records Surrey Hills International Music Festival as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. [Work out your Gift Aid](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/gift-aid-calculator) Surrey Hills International Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 24 January 2017 Previous names on the register Investec International Music Festival Where it says it operates Surrey ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** Children/young People; The General Public/mankind. **Reported activities:** Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations; Other Charitable Activities. Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area. ## What causes is Surrey Hills International Music Festival registered for? Arts/culture/heritage/science ## Why is there no Clarity Score for Surrey Hills International Music Festival yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Surrey Hills International Music Festival. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to Surrey Hills International Music Festival? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. A real charity number can be copied by someone impersonating the organisation. - Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. This profile reflects a dated extract. - Read the charity’s annual report for its work and results. An unrated profile means we lack a full assessment; it is not a negative rating. 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The register data used for this profile lists Surrey Hills International Music Festival as a registered charity (number 1171264) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating. What is Surrey Hills International Music Festival's charity number? Surrey Hills International Music Festival's charity number is 1171264. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate. How do I check charity number 1171264? Search 1171264 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does Surrey Hills International Music Festival do? Organises, publicises, and delivers an annual classical music festival and other concerts.Provides performance opportunities for postgraduate music students from London conservatoires, other music students and young professional musicians.Supports a Music in Education (Strings Scheme) in Guildford-area primary schools. Does Surrey Hills International Music Festival have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Surrey Hills International Music Festival. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How can I donate to Surrey Hills International Music Festival? Surrey Hills International Music Festival's website listed in our register data is http://shimf.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees. How much is Surrey Hills International Music Festival's chief executive paid? The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Surrey Hills International Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts. Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Surrey Hills International Music Festival? The register records Surrey Hills International Music Festival as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Are Surrey Hills International Music Festival's trustees paid? Surrey Hills International Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 September 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. What was Surrey Hills International Music Festival previously called? The register lists this previous name for Surrey Hills International Music Festival: Investec International Music Festival. When was Surrey Hills International Music Festival registered as a charity? Surrey Hills International Music Festival was entered on the register on 24 January 2017. Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1171264&subId=0).