The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Saffron Music Trust

Registered charity 1153685 Registered since 2013

Operates: Essex

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

10
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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 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 18Property 5Arts and leisure 4

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£2.2m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

16
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.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

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.saffronhall.com
Emailinfo@saffronhall.com
Phone01799588530
AddressSaffron Hall Trust, Council Offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex

Finances

£2,181,004 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,241,700£982,739
2022£1,653,791£1,842,121
2023£1,763,321£1,897,465
2024£2,176,092£2,262,553
2025£2,181,004£2,134,586

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR MUSIC, OPERA, THEATRE AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR:(A)FACILITIES TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS THAT ARE PART OF THE SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE LOCAL AREA; (B) FACILITIES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC, OPERA, THEATRE AND OTHER ART FORMS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND (C) FACILITIES FOR REHEARSALS, WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, EXHIBITIONS, RECORDINGS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND 3.2 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SAFFRON WALDEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/05/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 MAY 2017 as amended on 12 Jun 2018 as amended on 01 Dec 2023 as amended on 16 Sept 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
63median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Saffron Music Trust · 08534643 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/05/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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