Registered charity · Bristol
Paragon Music Trust
Paragon Music Trust is a registered charity (number 280203) based in Bristol, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Jane Caroline Krish since 2015. Latest income £15k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £15k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- paragonmusictrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£17k
- 2024£13k£14k
- 2023£14k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£15k
- 2021£15k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
WITH THE ANNUAL INCOME IT RECEIVES FROM THE INVESTMENTS OF LEO REID BAKER'S BEQUEST, THE PARAGON MUSIC TRUST AIMS TO ENCOURAGE AND CELEBRATE MUSIC PROMOTED AND PERFORMED BY AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS, BY OFFERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH GUARANTEE AGAINST LOSS FOR ORCHESTRAL, CHORAL, OPERATIC AND ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC, INCLUDING NEW WORKS AND JAZZ. IN ADDITION THE TRUST MAKES GRANTS TO FUND MUSIC PROJECTS ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE TRUST GENERALLY SUPPORTS GROUPS AND PERFORMANCES IN ANY OF THE FOUR UNITARY AUTHORITIES IN THE BRISTOL REGION: CITY OF BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, NORTH SOMERSET AND BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET.?
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Jane Caroline Krish Chair since 2015
- Elizabeth Shanahan since 2022
- Helen Moss since 2022
- James Drinkwater since 2026
- Matthew Kirkbride since 2022
- Nigel Nash since 2018
- Paul Anning since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Jane Caroline Krish Chair since 2015
- Nigel Nash since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Jane Caroline Krish Chair since 2015
- Elizabeth Shanahan since 2022
- Helen Moss since 2022
- James Drinkwater since 2026
- Matthew Kirkbride since 2022
- Nigel Nash since 2018
- Paul Anning since 2022
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
- 280203
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED 19TH DECEMBER 1961AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19 JUN 2019 as amended on 22 Jun 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07790422032 · secretary@paragonmusictrust.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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