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Musicians Benevolent Fund

Musicians Benevolent Fund is a registered charity (number 228089) based in London, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £5.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Help Musicians UK, Help Musicians (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £5.7m (2025)
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.helpmusicians.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Musicians Benevolent Fund
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.7m£9.2m
  • 2024£7.1m£10m
  • 2023£6.5m£11m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.6m£11m
  • 2021£7.1m£13m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG: (1) MUSICIANS; (2) THOSE PERSONS (NOT BEING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION) WHO WORK OR HAVE WORKED IN PROFESSIONS OR OCCUPATIONS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH MUSIC AND WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE RENDERED VALUABLE SERVICE TO MUSIC; (3) THE SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS OF THOSE SET OUT IN (1) AND (2) ABOVE; AND (B) TO ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION AMONG MUSICIANS AND ALSO AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION’S PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Grants received

3 grants · £60,200 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

3.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12

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 14Arts and leisure 9Business services 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 41.7 in 2021

70 from 69 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
228089
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH DECEMBER 1930 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 7/4/32, 29/3/50, 3/7/80, 8/12/87, 27/7/94 AND 6/10/98 AND SCHEME DATED 31/12/90 AND 13/7/92AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/04/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 JUN 2019 as amended on 04 Aug 2020
Companies House
Company number 00252783 · Active
Contact on the register
02072399100 · secretariat@helpmusicians.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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