Registered charity · Liverpool
The British Music Experience
The British Music Experience is a registered charity (number 1125752) based in Liverpool, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Harvey Goldsmith CBE. Latest income £958k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £958k (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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Liverpool City
- Website
- www.britishmusicexperience.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Music Experience
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£958k£887k
- 2024£984k£963k
- 2023£775k£865k
Earlier years
- 2022£723k£689k
- 2021£484k£545k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
'3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THEPUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF BRITISH POPULAR MUSIC FROM ITSORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY BY THE:3.1.1 PRESENTATION OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICEVENTS AND CONCERTS;3.1.2 ACQUISITION (WHETHER ON LOAN, OR LEASE, OR BY WAY OF GIFT OR PURCHASE ORRECOVERY OR OTHERWISE), PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OFANY ARTISTIC WORKS, INSTRUMENTS, PAPERS, INTERVIEWS OR ARTEFACTS; AND3.1.3 PROVISION OF RESEARCH, SOUND RECORDING, PERFORMANCE AND ARCHIVINGFACILITIES.3.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THEDIRECTORS SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.
Grants received
3 grants · £208,900 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £208,900 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Harvey Goldsmith CBE Chair
- Jonathan Collins since 2023
- Keith Harris OBE
- Kevin Mcmanus since 2016
- Simon Patrick Weil since 2012
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBE since 2015
- Stuart Galbraith since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin Mcmanus since 2016
- Simon Patrick Weil since 2012
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBE since 2015
- Stuart Galbraith since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Harvey Goldsmith CBE Chair
- Jonathan Collins since 2023
- Kevin Mcmanus since 2016
- Stuart Galbraith since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Keith Harris OBE
- Simon Patrick Weil since 2012
- SIR Mark Philip Featherstone-Witty OBE since 2015
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
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
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1125752
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 SEPTEMBER 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 3 SEPTEMBER 2008. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 OCTOBER 2008. as amended on 19 Oct 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 06364836 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0151 5190915 · info@britishmusicexperience.com
- 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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