The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Benslow Music Trust

Registered charity 313663 Registered since 1963

Operates: Hertfordshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

7
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 12Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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 7Finance 3Hospitality 3

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£1.5m 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.

10.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.6 in 2020

36 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.benslowmusic.org
Emailinfo@benslowmusic.org
Phone01462459446
AddressBenslow Music, Ibberson Way, HITCHIN, SG4 9RB

Finances

£1,541,950 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,317,042£946,945
2021£1,056,635£1,224,099
2022£1,293,368£1,421,242
2023£2,059,874£1,467,756
2024£1,541,950£1,625,520

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE MUSIC EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY IN ITS SOCIAL AND CO-OPERATIVE FORMS, AMONG STUDENTS OF ALL AGES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 APRIL 1946 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 29 NOVEMBER 1950, 5 DECEMBER 1979, 18 JULY 1986, 26TH MAY 1996, 2ND NOVEMBER 2002, 29 JUNE 2003 AND 6 NOVEMBER 2004.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 JUL 2020 as amended on 24 Jun 2023 as amended on 07 Aug 2025

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Benslow Music Trust · 00408404 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/04/1946

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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