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Registered charity · Saffron Walden

Saffron Music Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Essex
Website
www.saffronhall.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Saffron Music Trust
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.2m£2.1m
  • 2024£2.2m£2.3m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.7m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.2m£983k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

10 grants · £371,170 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

Most recent

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.

5y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
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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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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1153685
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 08534643 · Active
Contact on the register
01799588530 · info@saffronhall.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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