NORTH WEST MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1099327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the appreciation of piano music through the provision of master-classes, concerts, recitals and performances

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF PIANO MUSIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MASTER-CLASSES, CONCERTS, RECITALS AND PERFORMANCES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Wigan, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held cash funds of £8,073 at the year end, having received total receipts of £71,342 and incurred total payments of £36,855. The trustees' report indicates a policy of maintaining at least six months' operation costs, though the specific monthly cost is not provided to verify compliance. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BILL WOOFchair
• JOYCE PLUMPTON
• JUDY WESTERDALE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH WALES MUSIC TUITION CENTRES.

• NORTH WALES MUSIC TUITION CENTRES income £335k
• NORTH WEST MUSIC ACADEMY LIMITED income £92k
• MUSICPLACE NORTH-WEST LIMITED income £114k
• THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) income £1.8m
• SOUTH WEST MUSIC SCHOOL income £293k
• FLOWERS NORTH WEST income £47k

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