CAMBRIDGE EARLY MUSIC

Registered charity 1127932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cambridge Early Music runs summer schools in Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval music, and a year-round series of concerts including short festivals.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC (PREDOMINANTLY MUSIC COMPOSED BEFORE 1800) AND HISTORICALLY-INFORMED PERFORMANCE, BY THE PROVISION, PRIMARILY IN CAMBRIDGE, OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY COURSES AND PUBLIC CONCERTS, AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE

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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Latest income

£175k

Latest spending

£172k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a positive net movement in funds of £15,305, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £37,598. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining at least £20,000 in unrestricted reserves. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £20,000 (held: £38k)

“The company's policy is to maintain an unrestricted reserves balance of at least £20,000 to enable to company to continue to function whilst identifying alternative sources of funding if the need arises.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

Alpha CRC — “We are grateful to the following corporations, trusts and foundations for their ongoing support: Alpha CRC” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW WILLIAM MORRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Alan Howard
Dr Edward Arthur Wickham
Dr Gillian Sarah Monsell · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Peter William Cains
JOHN CHARLES BICKLEY
Peter Anthony Fielder

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£175k	£172k
31/12/2024	£177k	£162k
31/12/2023	£139k	£150k
31/12/2022	£115k	£127k
31/12/2021	£47k	£40k

Common questions

Is CAMBRIDGE EARLY MUSIC financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a positive net movement in funds of £15,305, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £37,598. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining at least £20,000 in unrestricted reserves. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MARCHUS TRUST	4	£15k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	2	£28k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	2	£26k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	2	£6k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	2	£2k
THE MAYFIELD VALLEY ARTS TRUST	1	£110k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£80k
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD.

CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD income £120k
THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION income £821k
BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED income £217k
EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k
THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC income £1.2m
LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £156k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAMBRIDGE EARLY MUSIC	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD FY2025	£120k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION FY2025	£821k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION FY2025	£137k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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