The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Academy of Ancient Music

Registered charity 1085485 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Scotland, Colombia

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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.

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

10
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 11Education/training 11Accommodation/housing 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.

Education 15Arts and leisure 4Finance 4

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£1.2m 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.

13.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.7 in 2021

7 from 7 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.aam.co.uk
Emailinfo@aam.co.uk
Phone01223301509
AddressCherry Trees Centre, St Matthew's Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LT

Finances

£1,150,572 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£756,655£570,113
2022£844,801£1,043,136
2023£992,002£1,005,711
2024£1,675,529£1,218,711
2025£1,150,572£1,197,441

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF BAROQUE AND EARLY CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ALLIED ARTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 25 FEBRUARY 2001 as amended on 05 Jun 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Academy of Ancient Music · 04109942 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/11/2000

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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