Registered charity · Chester
Chester Music Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £87k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr David John TaylorTrustee
- Janet Elizabeth LeaTrustee · since 2025
- Joseph Jonathan PennTrustee · since 2019
- Michael ClarkeTrustee · since 2013
- Penelope Fay ClarkeTrustee · since 2017
- Susan Jane RussellTrustee · since 2019
- Susan Margaret TaylorTrustee · since 2016
- Thomas Francis Xavier CoxheadTrustee · since 2026
- Yvonne PreeceTrustee · since 2026
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
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chester Music Society
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£89k
- 2024£100k£93k
- 2023£90k£90k
Earlier years
- 2022£85k£67k
- 2021£5k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY FURTHERING THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF MUSIC.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dr David John Taylor
- Janet Elizabeth Lea since 2025
- Joseph Jonathan Penn since 2019
- Michael Clarke since 2013
- Penelope Fay Clarke since 2017
- Susan Margaret Taylor since 2016
- Susan Jane Russell since 2019
- Thomas Francis Xavier Coxhead since 2026
- Yvonne Preece since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Joseph Jonathan Penn since 2019
- Michael Clarke since 2013
- Penelope Fay Clarke since 2017
- Susan Margaret Taylor since 2016
- Susan Jane Russell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr David John Taylor
- Joseph Jonathan Penn since 2019
- Michael Clarke since 2013
- Penelope Fay Clarke since 2017
- Susan Jane Russell since 2019
- Thomas Francis Xavier Coxhead since 2026
- Yvonne Preece since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Janet Elizabeth Lea since 2025
- Susan Margaret Taylor since 2016
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
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099094
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 JUNE 2003 as amended on 23 Sep 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 04793760 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01244380291 · info@chestermusicsociety.org.uk
- 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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