Registered charity (CIO) · London

Music Support UK

10 trustees
Income £376k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website: www.musicsupport.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2016

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£376k£704k
2024£385k£502k
2023£1.2m£325k

Earlier years

2022£298k£305k
2021£276k£240k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO ANY PERSONS WORKING IN THE UK MUSIC INDUSTRY OR IN ROLES SUPPORTING THE UK MUSIC INDUSTRY SUFFERING FROM MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH DISORDERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION), TOGETHER WITH THE FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES OF SUCH PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT;(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

Grants received

2 grants · £105,000 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

Garfield Weston Foundation · £105,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

Garfield Weston Foundation £90,0002025-08-11
Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002022-09-09

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.

10 trustees on the board

Matthew Thomas Chair since 2016
Andrew Arthur Franks since 2016
Anthony Jeremy Cohen FCA since 2018
Fiona Macleod since 2023
Hugh Philip Gadsdon since 2016
James Kliffen since 2021
Mark Ward since 2023
Rachael Lander since 2021
Shamal Kumal since 2023
Suzi Green since 2023

6y median 5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Matthew Thomas Chair since 2016
Andrew Arthur Franks since 2016
Anthony Jeremy Cohen FCA since 2018
Hugh Philip Gadsdon since 2016

8.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Matthew Thomas Chair since 2016
Andrew Arthur Franks since 2016
Anthony Jeremy Cohen FCA since 2018
Fiona Macleod since 2023
Hugh Philip Gadsdon since 2016
Mark Ward since 2023
Rachael Lander since 2021
Shamal Kumal since 2023
Suzi Green since 2023

Portfolio (1)

James Kliffen since 2021

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

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.

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2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£376k 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: 1170231
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Nov 2016
Contact on the register: 44 (0)20 3948 6777 · info@musicsupport.org
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 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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