Registered charity · Congleton
Clonter Farm Music Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £659k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.clonter.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Clonter Farm Music Trust
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£659k£599k
- 2023£532k£566k
- 2022£472k£478k
Earlier years
- 2021£352k£324k
- 2020£348k£232k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF PERFORMING PUBLICLY FOR PERSONS EMBARKING ON PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL CAREERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO THIS END (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO ESTABLISH SUCH COURSES OF TRAINING AND TUITION AND SUCH PUBLIC CONCERT STAGE AND OTHER PERFORMANCES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT2) TO PAY ALL OR PART OF THE EXPENSES OF PERSONS INCURRED IN ATTENDING SUCH COURSES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE 3.1 (INCLUDING TRAVEL EXPENSES)3) TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES IN THE APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF OPERA4) TO ARRANGE FOR TOURING COMPANIES OF OPERA SINGERS TO VISIT SCHOOLS COLLEGES SOCIAL CLUBS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING OPERAS OR EXTRACTS THEREFROM5) TO PAY ALL OR PART OF THE FEES OF STUDENTS OF MUSIC IN RESPECT OF MUSICAL OR EDUCATIONAL COURSES AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEAGUES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OR MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM6) TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE MEMBERS BEING NOT LESS THAN THREE IN NUMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME UNANIMOUSLY DECLARE7) TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE MEMBERS BEING NOT LESS THAN THREE IN NUMBER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE
Grants received
12 grants · £145,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- CHK Foundation · £110,000 (5 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £15,500 (6 grants)
Most recent
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Darren John Billings since 2020
- David Brewin since 2025
- Eliza-Jane Blood since 2012
- Jonathan Meadmore since 2012
- Keith Anthony Chapman since 2025
- Richard Nicholas Mathias since 2015
- Sarah Patricia Farmer
- Sally Victoria Hepton since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Darren John Billings since 2020
- Eliza-Jane Blood since 2012
- Jonathan Meadmore since 2012
- Richard Nicholas Mathias since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Darren John Billings since 2020
- David Brewin since 2025
- Eliza-Jane Blood since 2012
- Jonathan Meadmore since 2012
- Keith Anthony Chapman since 2025
- Richard Nicholas Mathias since 2015
- Sarah Patricia Farmer
- Sally Victoria Hepton since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1083903
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 AUGUST 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 AUGUST 2000 AND 27 JUNE 2001
- Companies House
- Company number 04056093 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01260224638 · clonter@clonter.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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