CORNWALL MUSIC SERVICE TRUST

Registered charity 1159622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of music education for children and young people in Cornwall. This includes instrumental and vocal lessons for individuals, provision of group activities and support within Cornwall's schools and other educational establishments.The Cornwall Music Service Trust is a recognised provider operating within the Cornwall Music Education Hub framework.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,539 for the year ended 31st August 2025, following adjustments for bad debts and other items. The audit report highlights significant internal control weaknesses, including an inadequate bad debt provision, missing employment contracts, and the commingling of funds with another trust, although the trustees have responded to these findings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09268124

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.

• ADAMS, Helen Louise — director, appointed 09/06/2026not on trustee list
• TOMKINSON, Amanda Louise — director, appointed 20/02/2025on trustee list
• OSMOND, Richard — director, appointed 20/02/2025on trustee list
• BRANT, Jacqueline Mary Rose — director, appointed 26/04/2021on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Andy — director, appointed 02/11/2020on trustee list
• SCARBOROUGH, Jacqueline Anne — director, appointed 30/09/2019not on trustee list
• SIBLEY, Elizabeth — director, appointed 30/09/2019on trustee list
• RETALLACK, Alan Thomas Lane — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list
• THOMAS, Rebecca Mary Jane — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list
• KNEEBONE, Paul — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN THOMAS LANE RETALLACK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Louise Tomkinson
• Andy Johnson
• Elizabeth Sibley
• Jacqueline Brant
• PAUL KNEEBONE
• Rebecca Mary Jane Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Osmond

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MUSIC TRUST income £2.9m
• DORSET RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL, LIMITED income £185k
• Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn income £1.0m
• COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED income £194k
• EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k
• SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE income £834k

Side by side with its peers

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