The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

North Music Trust

Registered charity 1087445 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

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 12Education/training 12Recreation 12

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 13Finance 13Professional services 9

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£17.0m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.9 in 2021

405 from 508 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.theglasshouseicm.org
Emailboxoffice@theglasshouseicm.org
Phone0191 443 4661
AddressThe Glasshouse, International Centre for Music, St Mary's Square, GATESHEAD, Tyne And Wear, NE8 2JR

Finances

£16,985,124 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,497,541£9,434,382
2022£11,255,297£10,108,306
2023£12,865,057£14,064,602
2024£15,829,848£16,255,129
2025£16,985,124£16,804,552

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS IN GENERAL PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, THROUGH THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SAGE GATESHEAD BUILDING, MUSICAL ENSEMBLES AND ORCHESTRAS, PROGRAMMES OF THE FOLK AND TRADITIONAL ARTS, CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 AUGUST 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 MAY 2001 AND 10 JUNE 2008. as amended on 20 Mar 2026

Trustees (12)

12trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

North Music Trust · 04044936 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/08/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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