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Registered charity · Blackburn

The Lantern Music Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £3k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Blackburn With Darwen
Website
blackburncathedral.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2023

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3k£0
  • 2024£13k£0
  • 2023£17k£0

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LANTERN MUSIC TRUST FOR BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL.2. FUNDING THE EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAY CLERKS.3. MAINTAINING THE CATHEDRAL ORGANS.4. THE COST OF RUNNING THE SONG SCHOOL.5. THE COST OF TRANSPORT FOR CHORISTERS TO WIDEN ACCESS TO THE CHOIR.6. THE COSTS OF THE MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME WHICH DEVELOPS COMMUNITY SINGING AND SUPPORTS CATHEDRAL CHOIR RECRUITMENT.7. THE COSTS OF A CATHEDRAL BASED ORGAN OUTREACH PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP ORGANISTS IN PARISH CHURCHES.8. THE COSTS OF SUPPORTING ORGAN AND CHORAL SCHOLARS.

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.

6 trustees on the board

0.8y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6Religious Activities 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1203918
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 08 FEB 2021
Contact on the register
01254277430 · precentor@blackburncathedral.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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