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Registered charity (CIO) · Bournemouth

The Absolute Music Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £129k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Dorset, Hampshire
Website
www.absolutemusictrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£129k£154k
  • 2024£130k£107k
  • 2023£88k£89k
Earlier years
  • 2022£69k£68k
  • 2021£27k£23k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DORSET/HAMPSHIRE AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF:(I) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;(II) TUITION OR INSTRUCTION.FOR THIS PURPOSE ‘DISADVANTAGED PERSONS’ SHALL INCLUDE ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO (I) SUFFER FROM A PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR OTHER IMPAIRMENT; OR (II) WHO, FOR WHATEVER REASON WHETHER FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; OR (III) WHOM THE CHARITY TRUSTEES BELIEVE WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING GIVEN GREATER ACCESS TO MUSIC.

Grants received

6 grants · £66,126 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.

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Most recent

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

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Amateur Sport 1General 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.

Education 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£129k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1174528
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Sep 2017
Contact on the register
01202 572948 · info@absolutemusictrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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