NORTH MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1087445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Sage Gateshead, THE SAGE GATESHEAD, The Sage

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music is an International home for music and musical discovery, with roots, a world-wide reputation, a global programme and a fully inclusive welcome to all its users and to all musical styles and languages.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to a surplus of £6.4m, while the trustees' report notes that free reserves are £1.5m, which is above the stated policy target of £1.0m. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Last chance to help Sage Gateshead before Friday's voting deadline chroniclelive.co.uk · 20/08/2020
• Key figures who helped Sage Gateshead win international acclaim to be honoured chroniclelive.co.uk · 17/08/2015

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sage — “Proudly Supported by Sage” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Haldanechair
• Dale Owens
• Eleanor McGreevy
• Emily Cooney Nee Cox MBE
• Gabriel Francis Patrick Day
• Ian Henry Shipley
• Jacqui Hodgson
• Margaret Anne Scott
• Philip Henry KELLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Puja Darbari
• Rory Bruce Cowan
• Ruth Lyon

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD.

• WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST income £277k
• GLASSHOUGHTON COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED income £176k
• THE GLASS-HOUSE COMMUNITY LED DESIGN income £104k
• BRISTOL MUSIC TRUST income £14.4m
• NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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