Calderdale Music Limited

Registered charity 1154343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALDERDALE MUSIC TRUST LIMITED, Calderdale Music

Music tuition to the general public and senior citizens orchestra.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year, causing total funds to decrease from £365,486 to £296,314. Free reserves are in a shortfall of £8,380, which is significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £786,000. The organization remains dependent on Arts Council funding, which represents 40% of total income, and faces uncertainty regarding future structural changes to music hub funding.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08597862

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DONLON, Mark, Dr — director, appointed 24/06/2026on trustee list
• HODGSON, Lesley — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• CLOUGH, Peter David — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• MCCARTAN, Brian — director, appointed 18/06/2025on trustee list
• MONTGOMERY, Sean Robert — director, appointed 19/11/2023on trustee list
• SHARP, Mark — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
• BROOK, Julia Marie — director, appointed 13/09/2021on trustee list
• HEYWOOD, David John — director, appointed 09/06/2020on trustee list
• KELLY, Rezina — director, appointed 20/11/2019on trustee list
• WILD, Stephen — director, appointed 18/04/2017on trustee list
• REYNOLDSON, Peter — director, appointed 22/04/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Reynoldsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian McCartan
• David John Heywood
• Julia Marie Brook
• Lesley Hodgson
• Mark Donlon
• Mark Sharp
• Peter David Clough
• Rezina Kelly
• Sean Robert Montgomery
• Stephen Wild

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.