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Registered charity · Frome

The South West Early Music Forum

The South West Early Music Forum is a registered charity (number 291319) based in Frome, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Dr Christopher Roland Lovell since 2024. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £7k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and more
Website
www.swemf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£6k
  • 2024£7k£6k
  • 2023£2k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£3k
  • 2021£2k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
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

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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
291319
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/02/1985AS AMENDED ON 15/02/1986AS AMENDED ON 03/05/2014 as amended on 04 Sep 2021
Contact on the register
07866914990 · secretary@swemf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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