The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture Trust

Registered charity 1150733 Registered since 2013

Operates: Sunderland

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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 trustees on the board

12.8y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

24.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Arts and leisure 15Other services 9Education 5

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£746k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020

2
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mactrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@mactrust.org.uk
Phone07966398059
AddressThe Sunderland Music Arts and Culture Trust, The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 3HA

Finances

£746,442 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,742,087£224,619
2021£4,095,577£257,801
2022£1,410,662£716,573
2023£417,468£726,642
2024£746,442£827,527

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF SUNDERLAND AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, PARTICULARLY IN SUNDERLAND AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, BY ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.1.1 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.1.2 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;3.1.3 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR FOR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;3.1.4 SUCH OTHER MEANS MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE BY:3.2.1 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY;3.2.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ACCESSIBLE ARCHIVES SERVICE;3.2.3 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS (INCLUDING MUSIC, MUSIC THEATRE, DRAMA, DECORATIVE AND VISUAL ARTS, DANCE, BALLET, CIRCUS, POETRY, MUSIC HALL, COMEDY AND VARIETY PERFORMANCE) AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY:3.3.1 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARTS VENUE AND THE PRESENTATION, PRODUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, PLAYS, SHOWS, PERFORMANCES AND OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE ARTS AT THE SAID VENUE AND ELSEWHERE;3.3.2 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;3.4 FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 OCT 2012

Trustees (5)

5trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust · 08251877 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/10/2012

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.