SITAR MUSIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1170299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising public concerts, baithaks, workshops, summer schools and related activities in sitar and other aspects of Indian Classical Music.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND DANCE, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LEICESTER AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. (C) TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING, MENTORING, TRAINING, AND GAINING QUALIFICATIONS AT ALL LEVELS OF SITAR PLAYING AND RELATED INSTRUMENTS.(D) TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE OF THE SITAR AND RELATED INSTRUMENTS FOR UK-BASED MUSICIANS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.

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: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£8k
Latest spending
£8k
Registered
2016

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Policies the charity declares

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8k£8k
31/03/2024£10k£3k
31/03/2023£634£440
31/03/2022£115£113
31/03/2021£2k£2k