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Music and Letters Trust
- 11 trustees
- Income £30k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Benedict TaylorTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Berta JoncusTrustee · since 2020
- Dr David BeardTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Noel O'ReganTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Peter WiltonTrustee
- Katherine Anne ButlerTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Laudan NooshinTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Rebecca HerissoneTrustee
- Professor Sarah CollinsTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Sarah HibberdTrustee
- Professor William Dean SutcliffeTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/musicj/grants.html (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Music and Letters Trust
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£30k£33k
- 2024£33k£18k
- 2023£27k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£25k£15k
- 2021£26k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO FOSTER RESEARCH INTO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF 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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Benedict Taylor since 2018
- Dr Berta Joncus since 2020
- Dr David Beard since 2014
- Dr Noel O'Regan since 2019
- Dr Peter Wilton
- Katherine Anne Butler since 2024
- Professor Laudan Nooshin since 2024
- Professor Rebecca Herissone
- Professor Sarah Collins since 2021
- Professor Sarah Hibberd
- Professor William Dean Sutcliffe since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Benedict Taylor since 2018
- Dr Berta Joncus since 2020
- Dr David Beard since 2014
- Dr Noel O'Regan since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Benedict Taylor since 2018
- Dr Berta Joncus since 2020
- Dr David Beard since 2014
- Dr Noel O'Regan since 2019
- Dr Peter Wilton
- Katherine Anne Butler since 2024
- Professor Sarah Hibberd
- Professor William Dean Sutcliffe since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Professor Laudan Nooshin since 2024
- Professor Rebecca Herissone
- Professor Sarah Collins since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 262506
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/04/1956AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/07/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/01/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/01/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 00564184 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01395 513397 · PJSW1954@btinternet.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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