Registered charity · Berkshire
Gael Music
- 4 trustees
- Income £5k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Slough
- Website
- www.gael.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Gael Music
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£11k
- 2024£46k£45k
- 2023£70k£71k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£43k
- 2021£40k£27k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BUT PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG BY:A) PROVIDING AND ORGANISING WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, SESSIONS, COURSES, ACADEMIES, SCHOOLS, LITERATURE AND OTHER SUCH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.B) PRESENTING, PRODUCING, PROMOTING, ORGANISING, MANAGING AND CONDUCTING EVENTS, TOURS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.C) OTHER SUCH MEANS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERMINED AT THE TRUSTEE'S DISCRETION.
Grants received
9 grants · £235,737 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £157,791 (5 grants)
- Youth Music · £63,576 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,370
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Mary Anne Smith Chair since 2013
- Colin Jones since 2013
- Linda Heneghan
- Mark Flashman since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Mary Anne Smith Chair since 2013
- Colin Jones since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Mary Anne Smith Chair since 2013
- Colin Jones since 2013
- Linda Heneghan
- Mark Flashman since 2021
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1115890
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 FEBRUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 JULY 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05718491 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01698207477 · office@gael.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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