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Registered charity · London

Longplayer Trust

Longplayer Trust is a registered charity (number 1087243) based in London, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Sam Kinchin Smith since 2024. Latest income £65k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £65k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.longplayer.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£65k£51k
  • 2024£47k£25k
  • 2023£29k£34k
Earlier years
  • 2022£19k£32k
  • 2021£31k£28k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

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.

13 trustees on the board

6.3y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

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

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£65k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1087243
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20TH DECEMBER 2000, AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 18TH JUNE 2001
Contact on the register
07931503725 · info@longplayer.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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