THE BRITISH MUSIC EXPERIENCE

Registered charity 1125752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MUSIC EXPERIENCE

The BME has a mission to advance the education and appreciation of the art, history, and science of music. The museum holds a collection of artefacts brought to life through audio-visual technology against a backdrop of Britain's social and political landscape. The British Music Experience fulfils its charitable objectives by operating a Museum housed in the Cunard Building, Liverpool.

Objects

'3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THEPUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF BRITISH POPULAR MUSIC FROM ITSORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY BY THE:3.1.1 PRESENTATION OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICEVENTS AND CONCERTS;3.1.2 ACQUISITION (WHETHER ON LOAN, OR LEASE, OR BY WAY OF GIFT OR PURCHASE ORRECOVERY OR OTHERWISE), PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OFANY ARTISTIC WORKS, INSTRUMENTS, PAPERS, INTERVIEWS OR ARTEFACTS; AND3.1.3 PROVISION OF RESEARCH, SOUND RECORDING, PERFORMANCE AND ARCHIVINGFACILITIES.3.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THEDIRECTORS SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £70,930 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £403,851. The trustees confirm that the charity can meet its commitments for at least 12 months, adopting a going concern basis. No formal reserves policy is currently in place, though reserves are earmarked to underpin operations and cash flow.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HARVEY GOLDSMITH CBEchair
• Jonathan Collins
• Kevin McManus
• SIMON PATRICK WEIL · trustee of 13 other charities
• SIR MARK PHILIP FEATHERSTONE-WITTY OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stuart Galbraith

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP.

• BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP income £630k
• THE UK ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION - MUSIC MARK income £816k
• B:MUSIC LTD income £13.6m
• BRITISH MUSIC HALL SOCIETY income £63k
• THE MUSEUM OF MUSIC HISTORY income £372k
• THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA income £392k

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