LONGPLAYER TRUST

Registered charity 1087243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, improve, develop and maintain the education and appreciation of the art and science of the music of LONGPLAYER and the science of sustaining LONGPLAYER

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Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position strengthened with an increase of £14,104 in cash funds during the period. However, the trustees identify the challenging funding landscape as a main uncertainty, specifically noting the need to renew or replace the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust grant which expires in 2027. Reserves held are reported as £4,645, which the trustees intend to maintain at a level covering three months of key expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £5k)

“We intend to maintain our reserves at a level which provides enough funds to cover three months’ key expenses in the case of dissolution”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Sam Kinchin Smithchair
Ansuman Biswas · trustee of 1 other charity
ELLA FINER
ERIC GEORGE REYNOLDS · trustee of 6 other charities
Edie Culshaw
GARETH EVANS
Gavin Starks
JEREMY FINER
James Bulley
Lois Elizabeth Keidan · trustee of 1 other charity
Mariam Zulfiqar
SAMUEL PETER COLLINS
Tadeo Lopez Sendon

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£65k	£51k
31/03/2024	£47k	£25k
31/03/2023	£29k	£34k
31/03/2022	£19k	£32k
31/03/2021	£31k	£28k

Common questions

Is LONGPLAYER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position strengthened with an increase of £14,104 in cash funds during the period. However, the trustees identify the challenging funding landscape as a main uncertainty, specifically noting the need to renew or replace the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust grant which expires in 2027. Reserves held are reported as £4,645, which the trustees intend to maintain at a level covering three months of key expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.