Registered charity · Bristol
Changing Tunes
The advancement of education in music and the performing arts to: a) offenders and ex-offenders with a view to aiding and furthering their rehabilitation; b) people at risk of offending, particularly but not exclusively young people who may be drawn...
- 10 trustees
- Income £821k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Suzanne Joan Dymond-WhiteChair · since 2023
- Benjamin Simon JuddTrustee · since 2026
- Cornelius James L ThorneTrustee · since 2020
- Davey George AnscombeTrustee · since 2026
- Giulia BalzanTrustee · since 2024
- James William RimmerTrustee · since 2014
- Jane LingsTrustee · since 2025
- Michael CullumTrustee · since 2012
- Richard SayerTrustee · since 2012
- Vivian Kenneth Antony BrookeTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
4 contracts · £116,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Music course for Prisoners at HMP Bristol
Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Music course for Prisoners at HMP Bristol
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Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Music Workshops for Prisoners at HMP&YOI Swinfen Hall
Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Music Workshops for Prisoners at HMP&YOI Swinfen Hall
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Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Music Programme for Prisoners at HMP/YOI Drake Hall
Award of a Call-Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Music Programme for Prisoners at HMP/YOI Drake Hall
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Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Creative Engagement Activity for Prisoners at HMP Eastwood Park
Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Creative Engagement Activity for prisoners at HMP Eastwood Park. The programme shall incorporate creative activities that prisoners can e…
About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.changingtunes.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Changing Tunes
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£821k£755k
- 2024£792k£642k
- 2023£627k£562k
Earlier years
- 2022£503k£542k
- 2021£499k£419k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 38%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The advancement of education in music and the performing arts to: a) offenders and ex-offenders with a view to aiding and furthering their rehabilitation; b) people at risk of offending, particularly but not exclusively young people who may be drawn into committing crime as a result of deprivation, adverse childhood experiences, neurodiversity or other adverse conditions of life.
Grants received
49 grants · £1,011,826 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £251,900 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £179,095 (2 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £139,500 (9 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £134,705 (4 grants)
- The Leathersellers' 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Suzanne Joan Dymond-White Chair since 2023
- Benjamin Simon Judd since 2026
- Cornelius James L Thorne since 2020
- Davey George Anscombe since 2026
- Giulia Balzan since 2024
- Jane Lings since 2025
- James William Rimmer since 2014
- Michael Cullum since 2012
- Richard Sayer since 2012
- Vivian Kenneth Antony Brooke since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Cornelius James L Thorne since 2020
- James William Rimmer since 2014
- Michael Cullum since 2012
- Richard Sayer since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Benjamin Simon Judd since 2026
- Cornelius James L Thorne since 2020
- Davey George Anscombe since 2026
- Giulia Balzan since 2024
- Jane Lings since 2025
- James William Rimmer since 2014
- Michael Cullum since 2012
- Richard Sayer since 2012
- Vivian Kenneth Antony Brooke since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Suzanne Joan Dymond-White Chair since 2023
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
- 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
7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144789
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/07/2012 as amended on 23 Oct 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 07791242 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0117 920 0151 · info@changingtunes.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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