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UK Music Masters Ltd.
UK Music Masters Ltd. is a registered charity (number 1119372) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Stuart Graeme Mason since 2021. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Music Masters (Charity Commission)
For the public benefit to advance education in and through music in all its forms to improve the lives of children and young people in the UK, in particular but not exclusively by:1) Increasing equitable access to and opportunity through a high...
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Stuart Graeme MasonChair · since 2021
- Charlotte Alicia SwannellTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu KannehTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Steven BerrymanTrustee · since 2020
- Emma Jayne ChandraTrustee · since 2024
- James Anthony Mark JosephTrustee · since 2019
- Lady Victoria Susan Hull Robey CBETrustee
- Mary Rebekah KofokasumuTrustee · since 2020
- Philippa ThomasTrustee · since 2018
- Sarah Serena BuntingTrustee · since 2019
- Vanessa Elizabeth Richards ColomarTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.musicmasters.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- UK Music Masters LTD.
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.5m
- 2024£1.4m£1.3m
- 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.2m
- 2021£1.1m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
For the public benefit to advance education in and through music in all its forms to improve the lives of children and young people in the UK, in particular but not exclusively by:1) Increasing equitable access to and opportunity through a high quality music education for children in state primary schools, with a focus on under-served communities 2) Raising the standard of music education, in particular school-based group teaching, through championing and developing music educators3) Championing and driving the creation of a more open, diverse and inclusive music sector, and pathways into it.
Grants received
22 grants · £1,063,905 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 Segelman Trust · £300,000 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £300,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £145,000 (4 grants)
- The Childhood Trust · £106,375 (9 grants)
- Rothschild Foundation · £90,000
Most recent
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Stuart Graeme Mason Chair since 2021
- Charlotte Alicia Swannell since 2022
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh since 2021
- Dr Steven Berryman since 2020
- Emma Jayne Chandra since 2024
- James Anthony Mark Joseph since 2019
- Lady Victoria Susan Hull Robey CBE
- Mary Rebekah Kofokasumu since 2020
- Philippa Thomas since 2018
- Sarah Serena Bunting since 2019
- Vanessa Elizabeth Richards Colomar since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- James Anthony Mark Joseph since 2019
- Mary Rebekah Kofokasumu since 2020
- Philippa Thomas since 2018
- Sarah Serena Bunting since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Stuart Graeme Mason Chair since 2021
- Charlotte Alicia Swannell since 2022
- Emma Jayne Chandra since 2024
- James Anthony Mark Joseph since 2019
- Mary Rebekah Kofokasumu since 2020
- Philippa Thomas since 2018
- Vanessa Elizabeth Richards Colomar since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh since 2021
- Dr Steven Berryman since 2020
- Lady Victoria Susan Hull Robey CBE
- Sarah Serena Bunting since 2019
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.
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
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119372
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 APRIL 2007 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 15 JANUARY 2008. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 JANUARY 2008. as amended on 16 Aug 2020 as amended on 22 Sep 2021 as amended on 17 Jul 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 06226749 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02036435085 · contact@musicmasters.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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