The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Music Venue Trust

Registered charity 1159846 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

15 trustees on the board

5.2y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Property 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£975k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020

17 from 4 in 2020
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.

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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitemusicvenuetrust.com
Emailinfo@musicvenuetrust.com
Phone020 3930 8279
AddressDORSET HOUSE, 5 CHURCH STREET, WIMBORNE, BH21 1JH

Finances

£975,360 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,734,588£1,419,032
2021£2,735,218£1,595,890
2022£2,369,015£3,029,402
2023£2,413,289£2,484,520
2024£975,360£1,375,584

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, ENJOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES AT MUSIC VENUES

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 08 Jan 2015

Trustees (15)

15trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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