Registered charity · Cardiff
The Mervyn Burtch Trust
The Mervyn Burtch Trust is a registered charity (number 1168306) based in Cardiff, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Michael Gerard Mccartney since 2014. Latest income £134 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £134 (2025)
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
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.mervynburtch.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£134£60
- 2024£146£60
- 2023£96£290
Earlier years
- 2022£0£96
- 2021£71£69
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TRUST IS THE EDUCATION IN AND PROMOTION OF THE APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE MUSIC OF MERVYN BURTCH AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE OF MERVYN BURTCH THROUGH:A. THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF A WEBSITE ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORKS OF MERVYN BURTCH AND THE CREATION OF A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF BURTCH'S MUSIC WHICH WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL;B. THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BURTCH'S EDUCATIONAL MUSIC, PARTICULARLY HIS WORKS FOR CHILDREN;C. THE FUNDING AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS OF BURTCH'S WORKS;D. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO BURTCH'S MUSIC AND THE PUBLICATION ON THE WEBSITE OF ONLINE ARTICLES CONTAINING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;E. THE PUBLICATION OR SUPPORT FOR EDITIONS OF BURTCH'S WORKS, STILL IN MANUSCRIPT, SUITABLE FOR PERFORMANCES;F. THE PUBLICATION OF OR SUPPORT FOR A SCHOLARLY EDITION OF BURTCH'S WORKS
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Michael Gerard Mccartney Chair since 2014
- Gareth Rhys-Davies since 2019
- Simon Rees since 2014
- Zoe Smith since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Gerard Mccartney Chair since 2014
- Gareth Rhys-Davies since 2019
- Simon Rees since 2014
- Zoe Smith since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Michael Gerard Mccartney Chair since 2014
- Gareth Rhys-Davies since 2019
- Simon Rees since 2014
- Zoe Smith since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168306
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 01 OCT 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07973 844880
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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