JOHN BAGLEY MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1011396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

supports arts and music

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Latest income

£5.4m

Latest spending

£14k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £5,272,394, derived primarily from a substantial legacy. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a high level to support charitable activities into the distant future, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The charity has no employees and relies on volunteers, with investment management costs treated as fundraising expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brooks Mayfield Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£5.4m

Total spending

£14k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian Henry Harrison
Craig Keith Andrew Edwards
Gary Pollard

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£5.4m	£14k
05/04/2024	£0	£0
05/04/2023	£0	£0
05/04/2022	£0	£0
05/04/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is JOHN BAGLEY MUSIC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £5,272,394, derived primarily from a substantial legacy. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a high level to support charitable activities into the distant future, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The charity has no employees and relies on volunteers, with investment management costs treated as fundraising expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brooks Mayfield Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£92k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£34k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£17k
KTRUST LIMITED	1	£12k
UNSEEN (UK)	1	£5k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£4k
The William Brake Foundation	1	£2k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BLAIR TRUST FUND.

THE BLAIR TRUST FUND income £187k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO income £473k
EYE MUSIC TRUST income £385k
JOHN ARMITAGE MEMORIAL TRUST income £231k
T & S TRUST FUND income £334k
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOHN BAGLEY MUSIC TRUST	£5.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO FY2024	£473k	—	above	—	no doubt
EYE MUSIC TRUST FY2025	£385k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN ARMITAGE MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025	£334k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.