Registered charity · Oxford
The Friends of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
The Friends of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments is a registered charity (number 1003343) based in Oxford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Sarah Montagu since 2012. Latest income £11k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as The Friends of the Bate Collection (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.bate.ox.ac.uk/friends-of-bate (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£2k
- 2024£11k£6k
- 2023£11k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£5k
- 2021£9k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
Board analysis
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
- Sarah Montagu Chair since 2012
- Alice Little since 2016
- JO Fearnley
- Michael Bardsley since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Sarah Montagu Chair since 2012
- Alice Little since 2016
- Michael Bardsley since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alice Little since 2016
- JO Fearnley
- Michael Bardsley since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Sarah Montagu Chair since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1003343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10/06/1990AS AMENDED ON 05/05/1991AS AMENDED ON 21/04/2015
- Contact on the register
- 01865559900
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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