Stephen Lyttelton son of the musician, started the trust on 25 April 2010 with A Celebration Concert at the HMV Apollo, London.
[1] The concert included the Humphrey Lyttelton Band with Wally Fawkes (clarinet), Eddie Taylor (drums), Karen Sharp (saxophone), John Barnes (tenor saxophone), John Picard (trombone), and Eddie Harvey (piano).
[2] Guest singers and musicians included Elkie Brooks, Jools Holland, Stacey Kent, Jim Tomlinson, Charlie Watts, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Tina May, Louise Parker, Annie Whitehead, Sue Richardson, Ben Waters, and Axel Zwingelberger.
[3] The show presented comedy by Jack Dee, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Rob Brydon, Jeremy Hardy, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton, and Colin Sell from the BBC panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
Trumpeter Tom Walsh was the inaugural recipient of The Humph Award and began The Celebration Concert with his quartet playing "Song for My Father" by Horace Silver.