The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Music Libraries Trust

Registered charity 284334 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland

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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.

14 trustees on the board

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Education/training 14Animals 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.

Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 1Other services 1

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£1k latest income

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.musiclibrariestrust.org
Phone02083054422
AddressTRINITY LABAN, KING CHARLES COURT, OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, KING WILLIAM WALK, LONDON, SE10 9JF

Finances

£1,005 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£723£2,013
2022£92£107
2023£3,722£4,882
2024£1,311£1,928
2025£1,005£276

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING UNTIL THE TRUSTEES OTHERWISE IN WRITING THE TRUST FUND SHALL BE APPLIED TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MUSIC LIBRARIANS AND TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP, MUSICOLOGY AND RELATED SCHOLARLY DISCIPLINES AND TO PUBLISH AND TO DISTRIBUTE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15TH JANUARY 1982, AS AMENDED 23RD NOVEMBER 1994

Trustees (14)

14trustees
66median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (11)

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