
Thank you
As we reflect on the achievements and milestones of Britten Pears Arts, we are profoundly grateful for the unwavering support received from our valued community of individual donors, members, trusts and foundations, and corporate partners. Your generosity and commitment have been instrumental in the success of our endeavours, enabling us to continue our mission of fostering creativity and preserving the legacy of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
This dedicated thank you page serves as a heartfelt expression of our appreciation for your pivotal role in advancing the arts and enriching lives. Together, we have created a lasting impact, and we look forward to continuing this inspiring journey with you.
Thank you for being an indispensable part of the Britten Pears Arts family.
Trusts & Foundations
- 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
- AIM Museum Fundamentals funded by the Pilgrim Trust and The Julia Rausing Trust
- The Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust
- The Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust
- Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
- Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust
- The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement
- Chapman Charitable Trust
- The Chivers Trust
- CHK Foundation
- Clore Duffield Foundation
- The Cuddigan Oliver Trust
- The Du Plessis Family Foundation
- East Suffolk Community Partnerships
- East Suffolk Council
- Fidelio Charitable Trust
- The Foyle Foundation
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- The Haskel Family Foundation
- The Holst Foundation
- Jerwood Foundation
- John and Penelope Lebus Trust
- The Le Roux Trust
- The Leverhulme Trust
- The Limbourne Trust
- The Linbury Trust
- The Marchus Trust
- Maria Björnson Memorial Fund
- The Michael Guest Charitable Foundation
- The Mila Charitable Organisation
- The Nichol Young Foundation
- Old Possum's Practical Trust
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- PPL
- The Rainbow Dickinson Trust
- Scops Arts Trust
- Skyrme Hart Charitable Trust
- Sorkin Family Charitable Trust
- The Wood and Steven Charitable Trust
- Wolfson Foundation
Corporate Partners


The Aldeburgh Club
Thank you to all of the Aldeburgh business supporting our programming in the 76th Aldeburgh Festival. With special thanks to The Aldeburgh Club.
















Individuals
Chairman’s Circle
The Britten Family; David Clasen; The Daunt Family; In memory of Stefan T Edlis; Sir Vernon Ellis; Matthew Greenburgh & Helen Payne; Diana Hiddleston; Thomas & Juliet Hughes-Hallett; Professor Sir Barry Ife; Jane Jewell; Ralph Kanza; Peter & Veronica Lofthouse; Lawrence & Doe Mallinson; Grant & Caroline Masom; Garth & Lucy Pollard; David Robbie & Fred Goetzen; Simon & Victoria Robey; Lindy & Mark O’Hare; Clive & Eileen Schlee; Alex & Sonia Scott-Barrett; Robert Swannell; Alan Swerdlow & Jeremy Greenwood; Stephen & Victoria Swift; Lindsay & Sarah Tomlinson, and anonymous donors.
Benefactor Circle
Kirstene Baillie; Lizzie & Tim Fargher; Nick & Fiona Green; Matthew & Charlotte Gregory; Patty Hopkins; Tony & Criona Mackintosh; The Lord Morse of Aldeburgh and Lady Morse; The Tregear Family; The Younger Family; Paul & Sybella Zisman, and anonymous donors.
Signature Circle
Zain Alatas & Christopher Goulder; Kay & Jim Ashton; Ariane Bankes; Stephen Barnard & Jane Maxim; Philip Britton & Tom Southern; Lord Robert Carnwath; John & Lindi Carrington; Richard Chaplin; Stephen & Billy Clark; Andrew Comben; Katherine Douglas; John Driffill; Geoffrey & Inga Dunn; Chris Ellins; Leanda Englander; Keith & Frances Griffiths; Felicity Guinness; William & Miranda Kendall; Jane Mackay; Fiona MacKenzie; 'Anthony and Barbadee Meyer Song Bursary'; Eric and Maxine Reynolds; Sally Simon, Jane Caplan & Charlotte Caplan; Peter & Nicola Smith; Chris Tooth, in memory of Waltheof Tooth; Simon Roberts & Laura Wade-Gery, and anonymous donors.
Patron Circle
Sir Richard Arnold & Mary Elford; Rodney & Gail Baker-Bates; Anthony Biddle; Henrietta Bowden-Jones; Christina & Humphrey Burton; Charles & Angela Chadwyck-Healey; Annabel & Colin Chamberlain; Cobra Mist; Ruth Common; Adam & Rachel Cooke; Michelle Crowe Hernandez; Angela & John Crowther; Lewis & Nancy Dann; Spencer & Lucy de Grey; Robert & Susan Elliott; Sarah Faulder; Catherine & Alan Forsdike; Hugh & Caroline Gathorne Hardy; Andreas Hofmann; Guy & Lucinda Heald; Jenny Hodgson; Keith Jacobsen; Sir Christopher & Lady Howes; Penny Jonas in memory of JMB / JJG; Nathan-Karet Charitable Trust; Jenny Kennedy; Valerie Lee; Nigel & Jacki Maslin; Robert & Nicola McFarland; Julie McNiff; Richard & Penelope Murley; Kevin & Helen Murphy; Anthony & Jenny Newhouse; John Nottage; Dawn Oliver; Nigel & Chris Parker; Kathrin Peters & Alan Martin; Christine Quinn & Paul Richards; Alex & Elinor Sainsbury; Steve Saltaire & Alex Darkes; Fiona & David Sanderson; Peter & Cherill Scott; Suzanne Selvi in memory of Selman; John & Debbie Shepherd; Anthony Smoker; Peter Southgate; Peter & Prilla Stott; Emily Stubbs & Stephen McCrum; Michael Suggate; Andrew & Ro Tusa; Janis Susskind; George & Nicola Vestey; Julia Waite; Sally Walton; Ian Webster; Christopher Wheeler & Asim Aftab; Emmeline & James Winterbotham; Joanna & Peter Wolton, and anonymous donors.
Platinum Friends
Kiaran Asthana; Ben Baglio & Richard Wilson; Sally Balcombe; Gill Bracey and in memory of Tony Gelsthorpe; Kieran Cooper; Alan & Jane Crookes; Robert Felgate; Graeme & Anita Ferrero; Charlotte Fox; Christine Hansen; Sally Irvine; Sarah & Andrew Kemp; Margaret McAlpine & Toby Simon; Susan Mensforth; Peggy Meredith; Alexander Nicoll; Jolyon Oxley; James Pyke; Adrian Slaney; Lady Wade-Gery; David Worrall & Georgina Locke, and anonymous donors.
Gold FriendsÂ
Richard Aikens; Daniel Alexander; Alison Andrews; Stewart & Catherine Ashurst; April Astley Birtwistle; Richard Barber; Stephen & Alyson Barter; Sara Beamish; Penny Brown; Cathy Burnstone; Tom Butler; Richard & Jane Calnan; Alexandra Carey; Sally Carr; Mary Clarke; Rosemary Close-Brooks; Philippa Collett; David & Laura Cox; Sue Culley; Janice Daniels; Liz de Planta; Victoria Dickie & Jim Peers; Celia Edey; Richard & Elizabeth Edmunds; Graham Eklund; Mr & Mrs Everest; Harriet Farrell; Madelaine Fielden; Brian & Maria Fitzpatrick; Liz Fivet; Margaret Ford; Nicholas French; Elizabeth Fuller; Keith Gallon; Edward Garnier; Euan & Sue Geddes; David Gee & Steve Whittle; Sir John & Lady Gieve; Fiona Gilmore; Sarah Gilmore; Miranda Glossop; Paul Greenwood; Simon & Gilly Groom; Judith Groves; David Grugeon; Mark Harris; James Hawthorne; Andrew Head; Joan Hester; Professor Chris Higgins; Patricia Hewitt; Nicholas Hubbard; Lucy Hughes-Hallett; Margaret Hyde; David Inman; Ronnie Ireland; Chris Ive; Dick Jeffery; Frank Jeffs; Juliet Johnson; Nicola Johnson; Mike Jones; Julia Keeling; Liam Kennedy; Rita Krishna; Robin Leggate; Derek & Louise Lewis; David Loades; Simon & Irène Loftus; Alan Lord; Nigel Lubbock; Nicola Manby; John & Kate Martin; Jamie Monck-Mason; Margaret McAlpine & Toby Simon; Alan McLean; James McNeill; Stephen Mead; Patrick Meehan; Christine Michaelides; Jane Mitchell; Peter & Judy Moorhouse; Charles & Rachel Morris; Ivan & Mary Moseley; Sian & Michael New; Judi Newman; Rachel O'Daly; Alison Oliphant; Linda Orr; Timothy Oxbrow; Nick & Gill Parfitt; Gill Parrott; Felicia Kirk & John Patterson; Nancy Payne; John & Terry Pearson; Susan Pettman; Tam Pollard; Sam & Philippa Price; Vanessa Raison; Hugh Rayment-Pickard; Graham Read; Philip Reed & Harriet Wybor; Caroline Reekie; Linda Ripley; Christopher Roberts; Josephine Roger; Stephen & Tracy Rogers; Janette Ruocco; Patrick Russell; Naomi Russell; Amanda & Paul Salmon; Michael & Judith Shallow; Ruth & Paul Simmons; Brian Smith; Tessa Solomon; Nic & Jill Stuchfield; Christine Taylor; Charles Taylor; Stephen Terry; Lizzi Thistlethwayte; Calum & Jane Thomson; Michael & Rosemary Tonge; Clive & Tessa Tulloch; Michael & Diana Turner; Gill & David Twissell; Jaap & Auguste van Poelgeest Glastra; Sara Viney; Jeremy & Elizabeth Wagener; Peter Wakefield; Catherine Walker; Helen Ward; Frances & David Waters; Nicholas Webb; Martin Webster & Hilary De Lyon; Stephen Wells; Julie Winyard; Liz Wood; Jonathan & Candida Woolley, and anonymous donors.
Opera Circle
The Lord Morse of Aldeburgh & Lady Morse; Peter & Judy Moorhouse, and anonymous donors.
Commissioning Circle
The Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust; The Cuddigan Oliver Trust; Matthew Greenburgh & Helen Payne; Grant & Caroline Masom, and anonymous donors.
We would also like to extend our thanks to those who support us in so many different ways, including our Friends, Associate Members, Life Members, Associates of Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, and all others who so kindly support our work through the year.Â
We are also extremely grateful to the Vernon Ellis Foundation and its match funding appeal for generously supporting our community work.








