Longplayer Trust
Registered charity 1087243 Registered since 2001
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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
- Sam Kinchin Smith Chair since 2024
- Ansuman Biswas since 2020
- Ella Finer since 2017
- Eric George Reynolds
- Edie Culshaw since 2019
- Gareth Evans since 2016
- Gavin Starks since 2016
- Jeremy Finer
- James Bulley since 2016
- Lois Elizabeth Keidan since 2022
- Mariam Zulfiqar since 2023
- Samuel Peter Collins since 2020
- Tadeo Lopez Sendon since 2024
6.3y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Ella Finer since 2017
- Edie Culshaw since 2019
- Gareth Evans since 2016
- Gavin Starks since 2016
- James Bulley since 2016
- Samuel Peter Collins since 2020
11.3y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Sam Kinchin Smith Chair since 2024
- Ella Finer since 2017
- Edie Culshaw since 2019
- Gareth Evans since 2016
- Gavin Starks since 2016
- Jeremy Finer
- James Bulley since 2016
- Mariam Zulfiqar since 2023
- Samuel Peter Collins since 2020
- Tadeo Lopez Sendon since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Ansuman Biswas since 2020
- Eric George Reynolds
- Lois Elizabeth Keidan since 2022
3
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 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.
Arts and leisure 13Property 4Education 3
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£65k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- The Campaign for Drawing 1 shared trustee
- Spill Festival LTD 1 shared trustee
- ST Bartholomew's Heritage 1 shared trustee
- SS Robin Trust 1 shared trustee
- Invisible Dust 1 shared trustee
- Save Britain's Heritage 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.longplayer.org |
| info@longplayer.org | |
| Phone | 07931503725 |
| Address | The Longplayer Trust, 31 Eyre Street Hill, LONDON, EC1R 5EW |
Finances
£65,415 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £31,087 | £27,619 |
| 2022 | £19,105 | £32,018 |
| 2023 | £29,415 | £34,401 |
| 2024 | £46,539 | £24,844 |
| 2025 | £65,415 | £51,311 |
What it does
What
Arts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PERFORMANCE, TRANSMISSION AND MAINTENANCE OF LONGPLAYER AND IN THE SCIENCE OF SUSTAINING THE SAID PERFORMANCE AND TRANSMISSION.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20TH DECEMBER 2000, AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 18TH JUNE 2001
Trustees (13)
13trustees
68median age
1aged 70+
- Sam Kinchin Smith Chair since 2024
- Ansuman Biswasage band 60-64 since 2020
- Ella Finer since 2017
- Eric George Reynoldsage band 80-84
- Edie Culshaw since 2019
- Gareth Evans since 2016
- Gavin Starks since 2016
- Jeremy Finer
- James Bulley since 2016
- Lois Elizabeth Keidanage band 65-69 since 2022
- Mariam Zulfiqar since 2023
- Samuel Peter Collins since 2020
- Tadeo Lopez Sendon since 2024
Connected charities (8)
- Invisible Dust 1 shared trustee
- SS Robin Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Campaign for Drawing 1 shared trustee
- ST Bartholomew's Heritage 1 shared trustee
- Mossbourne Charitable Trust CIO 1 shared trustee
- Save Britain's Heritage 1 shared trustee
- Spill Festival LTD 1 shared trustee
- The Greenwich Foundation for the OLD Royal Naval College 1 shared trustee
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