The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Registered charity 292182 Registered since 1985

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Andorra, Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brunei

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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.

15 trustees on the board

6.7y median 5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

15
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 15Education/training 15Recreation 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.

Property 52Education 30Arts and leisure 21

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£50.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.2 in 2021

197 from 167 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Related organisations

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.abrsm.org
Emailabrsm@abrsm.ac.uk
Phone0207 636 5400
AddressASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL, SCHOOLS OF MUSIC, 4 LONDON WALL PLACE, LONDON, EC2Y 5AU

Finances

£50,899,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£23,397,000£31,352,000
2022£42,498,000£35,188,000
2023£45,529,000£38,179,000
2024£48,890,000£41,909,000
2025£50,899,000£46,184,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS SCIENCES AND SKILLS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS. B. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION IN AND THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE SAME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/06/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/09/2011

Trustees (15)

15trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music · 01926395 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/06/1985

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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