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Registered charity · Lancashire

The Ruth Sutton Trust for Music

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £114k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Blackburn With Darwen, Manchester City
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£114k£59k
  • 2023£24k£62k
  • 2022£0£3k
Earlier years
  • 2021£14k£4k
  • 2020£17k£48k
Charitable objects

2.2 THE OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESIDENT WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS OF BB8 0RY (COLNE, LANCASHIRE) OR ATTEND A SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN A 30 MILE RADIUS OF BB8 0RY THROUGH: 2.2.1 AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TENABLE AT A SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES TO SUCH PERSONS IN RESPECT OF THEIR MUSICAL EDUCATION;2.2.2 PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TUITION, CLOTHING, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS OR ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES TO SUCH PERSONS ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE THEM FOR OR ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO A MUSICAL CAREER;2.2.3 AWARDING SUCH PERSONS GRANTS OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR MUSICAL EDUCATION; AND;2.2.4 OTHERWISE FURTHERING THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5 trustees on the board

8.6y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Health and social care 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£114k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1179835
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 26 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 04 SEP 2018
Contact on the register
07946542560
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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