The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Musicians Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 228089 Registered since 1963

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.

3.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
12.4y
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.helpmusicians.org.uk
Emailsecretariat@helpmusicians.org.uk
Phone02072399100
AddressHELP MUSICIANS, 7-11 BRITANNIA STREET, LONDON, WC1X 9JS

Finances

£5,651,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,131,000£12,562,000
2022£5,636,000£11,196,000
2023£6,512,000£11,268,000
2024£7,062,000£10,034,000
2025£5,651,000£9,194,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (12)

12trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Musicians Benevolent Fund · 00252783 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/12/1930

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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