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Registered charity (CIO) · Southwold

Southwold Music Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £14k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.southwoldmusictrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£8k
  • 2024£5k£6k
  • 2023£2k£2k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£6k
  • 2021£7k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT'S OF THE CIO ARE:(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD, INCLUDING: INSTRUMENTAL; CHORAL; ORCHESTRAL; VOCAL; CONTEMPORARY; SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC, PRIMARY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTHWOLD AND ITS ENVIRONS THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF MUSIC.(2)THE PROMOTION OF MUSICAL EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCES SKILLS THROUGH FACILITATING COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF AND OTHER COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 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.

3 trustees on the board

8.3y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

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 3

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

Business services 3Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£14k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1159521
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 08 Dec 2014
Contact on the register
07719796863 · info@southwoldmusictrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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