Registered charity (CIO) · Sale
Access for Music
Access for Music is a registered charity (number 1206438) based in Sale, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Steven Hodkinson since 2023. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Education/training
- Where
- Trafford
- Website
- www.accessformusic.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£5k£196
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN PRINCIPALLY IN THE TRAFFORD AREA WHO FACE BARRIERS THAT HINDER THEIR ACCESS TO MUSIC PROVISION, THEIR MUSICAL PROGRESS, AND THEIR ABILITY TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL BY:1. SOURCING AND MAKING AVAILABLE, GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR ACCESSIBLE MUSIC EDUCATION.2. COMMISSIONING SERVICES THAT PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A MUSIC EDUCATION.3. SUPPORTING RESEARCH TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACTS OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A MUSIC EDUCATION AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS.
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
- Steven Hodkinson Chair since 2023
- Kate Valentine since 2023
- Kerry Cleary since 2023
- Peter James Dunkley since 2025
- Ruth Platt since 2023
- Samit Gupta since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Steven Hodkinson Chair since 2023
- Kate Valentine since 2023
- Kerry Cleary since 2023
- Peter James Dunkley since 2025
- Ruth Platt since 2023
- Samit Gupta since 2024
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
- 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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1206438
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Jan 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07793956613 · info@accessformusic.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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