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
- David Thomas Wilkinson since 2017
- Jane Ruth Farnworth since 2017
- Kenneth Hollas since 2017
- Lara Jane Oddie since 2019
- Susan Eames since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Thomas Wilkinson since 2017
- Jane Ruth Farnworth since 2017
- Kenneth Hollas since 2017
- Lara Jane Oddie since 2019
- Susan Eames since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- David Thomas Wilkinson since 2017
- Jane Ruth Farnworth since 2017
- Kenneth Hollas since 2017
- Lara Jane Oddie since 2019
- Susan Eames since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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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
- 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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