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Registered charity · Oxford

Music in Country Churches

Music in Country Churches is a registered charity (number 801073) based in Oxford, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Matthew Rice since 2017. Latest income £155k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £155k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.musicincountrychurches.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£155k£109k
  • 2024£106k£118k
  • 2023£57k£81k
Earlier years
  • 2022£74k£76k
  • 2021£40k£51k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC BY ANY MEANS INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE HOLDING OF CONCERTS IN COUNTRY CHURCHES. 2. THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Grants received

1 grant · £200 total

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Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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 trustees on the board

10.8y median 11y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

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 5Education/training 5Amateur Sport 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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£106k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
801073
Status
Registered
Governing document
SETTLEMENT DATED 14 FEBRUARY 1989 AND DEEDS DATED 8 SEPTEMBER 1989 AND 14 SEPTEMBER 1993
Contact on the register
01945463383 · info@musicincountrychurches.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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