The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal School of Church Music

Registered charity 312828 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 13Tech and media 4Business services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.6m latest income
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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2020

18 from 32 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rscm.org.uk
Emailenquiries@rscm.com
Phone01722424852
AddressTHE ROYAL SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC, 19 THE CLOSE, SALISBURY, SP1 2EB

Finances

£1,591,241 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,099,656£1,282,727
2021£1,092,917£1,191,317
2022£1,264,264£1,382,270
2023£1,348,982£1,359,960
2024£1,591,241£1,274,889

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE STUDY, PRACTICE AND IMPROVEMENT OF MUSIC, AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE RELEVANT TO THE CONDUCT OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/08/1930AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/12/1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/12/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/12/1967AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/05/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2013 as amended on 18 Sep 2017

Trustees (13)

13trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal School of Church Music(the) · 00250031 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 08/08/1930

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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