The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The South West Early Music Forum

Registered charity 291319 Registered since 1985

Operates: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 12Education/training 12

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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
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incomespending£7k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.swemf.org.uk
Emailsecretary@swemf.org.uk
Phone07866914990
Address16 Typesetter Drive, FROME, BA11 1PF

Finances

£7,160 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,744£1,446
2022£2,202£2,565
2023£2,439£3,497
2024£6,551£5,794
2025£7,160£5,963

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:1. TO COORDINATE, PUBLICISE AND ORGANISE ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE AND PRE-CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE SOUTH WEST REGION AND ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SAME FIELD. THE AREA OF COVERAGE SHALL BE BRISTOL, CORNWALL, DEVON, DORSET, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE.2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/02/1985AS AMENDED ON 15/02/1986AS AMENDED ON 03/05/2014 as amended on 04 Sep 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
81median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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