THE LIGHT MUSIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1158472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LMS

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education and appreciation of light music.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF LIGHT MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· SUPPORTING THE COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIBRARY OF LIGHT-ORCHESTRAL MUSIC· PUBLISHING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LIGHT MUSIC· ENCOURAGING THE BROADCASTING, COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT MUSIC.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,241 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total reserves from £206,244 to £204,003. The Trustees report that free reserves of £47,010 were marginally below the stated policy target of £50,000, though the charity maintains a significant designated property fund of £155,643.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Jonathan Penny · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Irvin Browne
• David Greenhalgh
• Dr Catherine Tackley
• HILARY ASHTON
• HOWARD ROGERSON BA GRSM · trustee of 2 other charities
• James Edmond Cooke
• Paul Witkiewicz
• Timothy John Isard
• Timothy John Parkin
• Tracey Johnson

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LUTON MUSIC CLUB.

• LUTON MUSIC CLUB income £33k
• SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR income £40k
• LIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE MINISTRY income £87k
• LIGHT LONDON income £602k
• THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC income £1.2m
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS income £659k

Side by side with its peers

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