The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Buxton Music, Speech and Drama Festival

Registered charity 507847 Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England

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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 trustees on the board

8.3y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

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 3Education/training 3Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£1k latest income

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.buxtonmsdfestival.co.uk
Emailchair@buxtonmsdfestival.co.uk
Phone07776254013
Address5 The Towers, Spencer Road, BUXTON, SK17 9DX

Finances

£1,265 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£184
2022£0£333
2023£2,351£2,530
2024£6,573£2,255
2025£1,265£3,068

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS OF MUSIC, ELOCUTION, ACTING, DANCING, LITERATURE AND SIMILAR ARTS IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND THE CULTIVATION OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THOSE ARTS BY MEANS OF A COMPETITIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN BUXTON ANNUALLY OR AT SUCH OTHER TIMES AS MAY BE DECIDED. (B) THE ORGANISATION OF CONCERTS LECTURES AND MEETINGS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE MUSC FESTIVAL.

Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 27 JAN 1954AS AMENDED ON 17 SEP 1996AS AMENDED ON 11 SEP 2001AS AMENDED ON 12 NOV 2016

Trustees (3)

3trustees
78median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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