The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Music in Secondary Schools Trust

Registered charity 1151662 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4 trustees on the board

9.2y median 9.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

26.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

2
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 3Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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

Tech and media 10Construction 9Manufacturing 9

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.

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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£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

45.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.8 in 2021

10 from 5 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.misst.org.uk
Emailinfo@misst.org.uk
Phone02076974208
AddressMiSST, 8 Highbury Grove, LONDON, N5 2EQ

Finances

£1,086,689 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£964,113£986,814
2022£982,129£825,735
2023£6,173,356£1,279,755
2024£1,409,069£1,416,598
2025£1,086,689£1,347,736

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

1) PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN MUSIC BY FUNDING A PROGRAMME OF EXCELLENCE IN CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PERFORM, AND BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP OF MUSIC THROUGH HIGH QUALITY STAFF TRAINING2) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE THROUGH OUT THE WORLD

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 17 APR 2013AMENDED ON 04 MAY 2017

Trustees (4)

4trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

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