The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Kent Music

Registered charity 1110639 Registered since 2005

Operates: Kent, Medway

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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.

9 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
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 9Education/training 9

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 9Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£4.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.4 in 2021

130 from 143 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.kent-music.com
Emailrroberts@kent-music.com
Phone01622691212
AddressKent Music, Unit 25-26, Creative Enterprise Quarter, Javelin Way, ASHFORD, TN24 8FN

Finances

£4,092,789 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,975,222£2,880,710
2022£3,226,489£3,202,311
2023£4,231,233£3,115,030
2024£4,773,501£3,225,666
2025£4,092,789£3,612,767

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') SHALL BE THE PROMOTION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN ALL ITS FORMS AND IN PARTICULAR MUSIC AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TUITION AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/05/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/02/2011 as amended on 22 Jun 2018 as amended on 05 Jul 2024

Trustees (9)

9trustees
42median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Kent Music · 05464855 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/05/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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