The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Music Works (Charity)

Registered charity 1106979 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
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 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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 7Professional services 2Finance 1

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£2.1m 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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021

33 from 14 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.
28%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.themusicworks.org.uk
Emailinfo@themusicworks.org.uk
Phone07904052268
AddressKings House, 27 St. Aldate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1RP

Finances

£2,086,470 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,686,654£767,806
2022£1,662,922£1,325,798
2023£1,675,021£1,557,458
2024£2,451,697£1,885,396
2025£2,086,470£2,275,039

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE MAKING OF MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/08/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/10/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/10/2011

Trustees (7)

7trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Music Works (Charity) · 05195345 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/08/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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