The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Royal Musical Association

Registered charity 222410 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance
11
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 18Education/training 18

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

Tech and media 11Education 4Arts and leisure 2

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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£146k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.rma.ac.uk
Emailexec@rma.ac.uk
Phone01618617542
Address9 PATTERSON AVENUE, MANCHESTER, M21 9NB

Finances

£145,838 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£88,620£75,243
2021£104,197£77,564
2022£186,103£89,304
2023£93,624£89,120
2024£145,838£137,130

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, THE PUBLICATION OF SCHOLARLY MATERIAL IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AMENDED 1962, 14/12/1977, 01/12/1979, 13/04/1980, 04/04/1982, 30/11/1985, 25/11/2000, 20/10/2001, 15/09/2012 AND 20/09/2013

Trustees (18)

18trustees
47median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal Musical Association(the) · 00081327 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/06/1904

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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