The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

B:Music LTD

Registered charity 1053937 Registered since 1996

Operates: Birmingham City

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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.

13 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 13Education/training 1

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

Business services 17Health and social care 7Arts and leisure 6

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£13.6m latest income
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.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.9 in 2021

247 from 250 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bmusic.co.uk
EmailNICK.LOVELAND@BMUSIC.CO.UK
Phone01212002000
AddressB:Music Ltd, Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA

Finances

£13,610,832 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,565,000£5,214,000
2022£10,864,000£10,567,000
2023£12,153,130£12,831,299
2024£12,370,476£12,907,452
2025£13,610,832£13,432,406

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING, FOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC. 2. TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG PERSONS IN THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPOSITION OF MUSIC AND MUSIC DRAMA AND TO PROMOTE THE RECOGNITION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 MARCH 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 07 FEBRUARY 1997, 12 OCTOBER 1999, 25 NOVEMBER 2004, 29 JUNE 2006, 02 JUNE 2008 AND 01 SEPTEMBER 2011. 05/03/1996 as amended on 31 Mar 2021

Trustees (13)

13trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

B:Music LTD · 03169600 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/03/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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