the choir trust

The Trust, established by Godfrey Searle more than 50 years ago, has the objects of maintaining a choir and educating the choristers. Godfrey Searle was a respected stockbroker who was choirmaster at St Mary's Church in Chart Lane, Reigate, and lived in “Sunnyside”, a fine early-Victorian mansion which is now the main school building.

He was a central figure in the merging of St Mary's Choir with the prep department of Reigate Grammar School to form Reigate St Mary's. He conveyed “Sunnyside” and its grounds to the Godfrey Searle Choir Trust and provided it with an endowment to finance choral scholarships.

The Godfrey Searle Choir Trust is a registered charity (Charity No. 305102).