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Registered charity · Bristol

Open UP Music

The Objects of the Charity are to help young disabled people, who are based in the United Kingdom, by developing and providing:a) opportunities to participate and perform in youth orchestras up to the age of 25;b) opportunities for personal and...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £982k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.openupmusic.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Open UP Music
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£982k£851k
  • 2024£833k£801k
  • 2023£764k£723k
Earlier years
  • 2022£631k£697k
  • 2021£561k£565k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are to help young disabled people, who are based in the United Kingdom, by developing and providing:a) opportunities to participate and perform in youth orchestras up to the age of 25;b) opportunities for personal and professional development up to the age of 27;c) accessible musical resources, including instruments and repertoire.

Grants received

16 grants · £1,806,038 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

  • Youth Music £100,0002025-10-21
  • Youth Music £100,5502023-10-27
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £45,0822023-03-14
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £23,0002023-01-18
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £304,9182022-10-13
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.

7 trustees on the board

3.6y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 7Disability 7Religious Activities 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.

Tech and media 5Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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£982k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021

13 from 10 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1167028
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 OCT 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 MAY 2016 as amended on 25 Jun 2018 as amended on 28 Apr 2020 as amended on 13 May 2020 as amended on 30 Jan 2024
Companies House
Company number 06414209 · Active
Contact on the register
0117 235 0362 · info@openupmusic.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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