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Registered charity · West Sussex

West Sussex Music Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £2.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
West Sussex
Website
www.westsussexmusic.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
West Sussex Music Trust
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.1m£2.1m
  • 2024£2.0m£2.1m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£1.5m
  • 2021£2.2m£1.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN RELATION TO THE MUSIC, ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS;2.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO AND PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC AND OTHER ART FORMS;2.3 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO THEM IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; 2.4 TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND2.5 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ASSISTING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS "BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: HEALTH; DISABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT".

Grants received

8 grants · £3,312,745 total

360Giving 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 · £2,120,033 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £1,061,562 (2 grants)
  • Youth Music · £129,150 (2 grants)
  • Sussex Community Foundation · £2,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £619,2452023-07-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £442,3172022-03-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,058,7982022-03-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £8,1042021-04-15
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,053,1312021-03-18
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.

6 trustees on the board

1.3y median 0.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 7Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.1m latest income
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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021

73 from 60 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1152703
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 MAY 2013 as amended on 16 Jun 2020 as amended on 24 Apr 2026
Companies House
Company number 08524556 · Active
Contact on the register
01403 286330 · music@westsussexmusic.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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