The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Guild of Church Musicians

Registered charity 230931 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8 trustees on the board

10.6y median 11y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

7
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 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Religious Activities 3General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Other services 9Finance 3Tech and media 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£11k 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gcm.org.uk
Emailtreasurer@gcm.org.uk
Phone01268733817
Address3 SEWARDS END, WICKFORD, SS12 9PB

Finances

£10,711 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£16,502£12,218
2022£14,846£9,405
2023£11,046£8,875
2024£11,300£8,116
2025£10,711£6,646

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1. PROMOTION ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF MUSIC IN SERVICES OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND 2. TO ARRANGE EXAMINATIONS INCLUDING ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CERTIFICATE IN CHURCH MUSIC.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/1905 18/05/1963AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/12/1987

Trustees (8)

8trustees
77median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Guild of Church Musicians · 00083329 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/01/1905

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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