The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Drake Music

Registered charity 1034374 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 9Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 1

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£522k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.4 in 2021

8 from 12 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.drakemusic.org
Emailinfo@drakemusic.org
Phone02077395444
AddressRICH MIX, 35-47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, LONDON, E1 6LA

Finances

£522,026 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£720,337£571,668
2022£714,864£744,364
2023£717,101£649,535
2024£416,237£685,070
2025£522,026£570,147

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 03 NOVEMBER 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 3 JUNE 1994, 20 JANUARY 2005, 28 JULY 2008, 10 NOVEMBER 2008 AND 18 MARCH 2009

Trustees (9)

9trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Drake Music · 02868675 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/11/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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