THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST

Registered charity 1159846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Music Venue Trust is a UK Registered Charity that exists to protect, secure and improve UK Grassroots Music Venues for the benefit of venues, communities and upcoming artists.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £400,224 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £732,381 to £317,512. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that unrestricted reserves of £317,512 are close to their policy target of covering three months of running costs, estimated at £302,000. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains a cash balance of £349,321 and anticipates future income growth through new funding streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Music Venue Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Norman
• Arusa Qureshi
• CHRIS PROSSER
• Emma Smyth
• Helen McGee
• JASON RICHARD DORMON
• Jane Beese
• Jeremy Pritchard
• Madeleine Blyth
• Phyllis Belezos
• Rhoda Elizabeth Evans de Dakar
• Richard William Francis Perry
• Samantha Andrews
• Sarah Jane Thirtle
• Simon James Vosper Hilton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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