COCKERMOUTH MUSIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1037505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIRKGATE MUSIC SOCIETY

We arrange concerts using professional musicians, society members and local youth. We also commission new works and provide educational facilities for children, young people, members and the general public.

Objects

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INTEREST IN MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE COCKERMOUTH AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
1994

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2026

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £288 — grants £288 (1); 2% of the £13,332 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 4

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2026£17k£15k
31/05/2025£13k£14k
31/05/2024£13k£15k
31/05/2023£17k£14k
31/05/2022£20k£16k

Common questions

Who funds COCKERMOUTH MUSIC SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COCKERMOUTH MUSIC SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kThe Arts