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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

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 total

360Giving 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

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.

5.1y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

10
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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 12Arts and leisure 8Education 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.5m 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.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

17 from 13 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.

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
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