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Registered charity (CIO) · Bolton

The Light Music Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £37k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.lightmusicsociety.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37k£47k
  • 2024£28k£46k
  • 2023£52k£106k
Earlier years
  • 2022£31k£57k
  • 2021£42k£56k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF LIGHT MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· SUPPORTING THE COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIBRARY OF LIGHT-ORCHESTRAL MUSIC· PUBLISHING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LIGHT MUSIC· ENCOURAGING THE BROADCASTING, COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT MUSIC.

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.

11 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 11Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£37k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1158472
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 08 Sep 2014 as amended on 04 Sep 2021
Contact on the register
07748 543971 · info.lightmusicsociety@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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