The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Chetham's Hospital School and Library

Registered charity 526702 Registered since 1964

Operates: Manchester City

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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.

5.2y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance
6
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 22Education/training 22Environment/conservation/heritage 20Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 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 9Education 3Other services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.4m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.6 in 2021

334 from 314 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

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.chethams.com
Emailchets@chethams.com
Phone0161 834 9644
AddressCHETHAMS SCHOOL OF MUSIC, LONG MILLGATE, MANCHESTER, M3 1SB

Finances

£14,419,606 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,901,122£12,100,340
2022£13,262,812£12,557,654
2023£12,303,043£13,616,184
2024£13,943,451£15,769,526
2025£14,419,606£16,190,580

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS. A LIBRARY. MAINTENANCE OF THE PREMISES OF THE LIBRARY AND HOSPITAL PREMISES. AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, LEAVING EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER GRANTS.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 27 MAY 1952 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 22 OCTOBER 1969. ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2002.

Trustees (22)

22trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (20)

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