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Registered charity · Wickford

Guild of Church Musicians

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £11k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.gcm.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Guild of Church Musicians
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11k£7k
  • 2024£11k£8k
  • 2023£11k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£9k
  • 2021£17k£12k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

10.6y median 11y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
18.2y
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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
230931
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00083329 · Active
Contact on the register
01268733817 · treasurer@gcm.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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