Registered charity · Cheshire
Love Music Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Mark HumphreysChair · since 2024
- Catriona StewartTrustee · since 2025
- Charlotte Louise EllinsonTrustee · since 2025
- David Charles BebbingtonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Robert GardinerTrustee · since 2022
- Jane CowellTrustee · since 2015
- Jonathan David HillTrustee · since 2017
- Philip Fraser RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah Irene BurnsTrustee · since 2012
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
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Wirral
- Website
- www.lovemusictrust.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Love Music Trust
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.1m
- 2024£1.0m£1.0m
- 2023£983k£957k
Earlier years
- 2022£927k£902k
- 2021£808k£811k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 54%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND THE ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY:(1)SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN THE REGION AGED FIVE TO EIGHTEEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (OTHER THAN VOICE) THROUGH WHOLE-CLASS ENSEMBLE TEACHING PROGRAMMES FOR IDEALLY A YEAR (BUT FOR A MINIMUM OF A TERM) OF WEEKLY TUITION ON THE SAME INSTRUMENT;(2)PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN ENSEMBLES AND TO PERFORM FROM AN EARLY AGE;(3)ENSURING THAT CLEAR PROGRESSION ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE;(4)DEVELOPING A SINGING STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PUPIL IS SINGING REGULARLY AND THAT CHOIRS AND OTHER VOCAL ENSEMBLES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA;(5)OFFERING CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SCHOOL STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO DELIVER MUSIC IN THE CURRICULUM;(6)PROVIDING AN INSTRUMENT LOAN SERVICE, WITH DISCOUNTS OR FREE PROVISION FOR THOSE ON LOW INCOMES;(7)PROVIDING ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE AND/OR HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EXPERIENCES FOR PUPILS, WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND/OR VENUES;(8)DELIVERING MUSIC EDUCATION WHICH WILL GIVE SCOPE FOR ALL PUPILS TO PROGRESS AND REACH THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE;(9)PROVIDING JOINED UP HIGH QUALITY MUSIC SERVICES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MUSIC TUITION, EVENTS, TRIPS AND ENSEMBLES) TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL;(10)ENSURING THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF THE ARTS;(11)PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CHARITY AND THE WIDER LOCAL CULTURAL OFFERING;(12)COLLABORATING WITH SCHOOLS, OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE WIDER LOCAL COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF DELIVERING MUSIC SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADVOCATING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION TO SCHOOL LEADERS;(13)ENSURING THAT A DIVERSE RANGE OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE THAT WILL RESPOND TO LOCAL NEEDS.
Grants received
7 grants · £1,091,044 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 · £972,811 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £98,358 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,875 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Dr Mark Humphreys Chair since 2024
- Catriona Stewart since 2025
- Charlotte Louise Ellinson since 2025
- David Charles Bebbington since 2025
- Dr Robert Gardiner since 2022
- Jane Cowell since 2015
- Jonathan David Hill since 2017
- Philip Fraser Robinson since 2025
- Sarah Irene Burns since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Jane Cowell since 2015
- Jonathan David Hill since 2017
- Sarah Irene Burns since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Mark Humphreys Chair since 2024
- Charlotte Louise Ellinson since 2025
- David Charles Bebbington since 2025
- Dr Robert Gardiner since 2022
- Jane Cowell since 2015
- Jonathan David Hill since 2017
- Philip Fraser Robinson since 2025
- Sarah Irene Burns since 2012
Portfolio (1)
- Catriona Stewart since 2025
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
3.1 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
- 1148615
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/06/2012 as amended on 04 Jan 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 08123495 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01270766214 · dosborne@sandbachschool.org
- 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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