The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments

Registered charity 1003343 Registered since 1991

Operates: Oxfordshire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

11.3y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/friends-of-bate
Phone01865559900
AddressWENN TOWNSEND, 30 ST. GILES, OXFORD, OX1 3LE

Finances

£11,196 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,165£13,799
2022£8,534£4,958
2023£11,017£7,259
2024£11,027£6,200
2025£11,196£2,264

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTANCE TO AND THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BATE COLLECTION, AS PART OF THE FACULTY OF MUSIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10/06/1990AS AMENDED ON 05/05/1991AS AMENDED ON 21/04/2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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