LOCAL AND LIVE MUSIC

Registered charity 1182100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose Local and Live Music is educate the public about music through improving public understanding and appreciation of contemporary live music . Its principal activities are organising an annual free music festival in Tunbridge Wells, other smaller musical events in the South East and making grants to organisations or individuals where their activities are aligned with ours objectives.

Objects

TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC, BY DELIVERING A FESTIVAL TO INCLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD AND OTHER MUSIC-RELATED EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net expenditure of £1,930, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £9,784 to £7,854. The trustees note that while the main festival was a success, meeting production costs remains a concern, though the event covered its costs through donations, grants, and sponsorship. The charity holds no restricted funds and has no stated reserves policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Local And Live Music (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Scott Duntonchair
• Anna Howie
• Heather Tilston
• Jason Richard Dorman
• Paul Andrew Coe
• Paul Reader
• Peter Geoffrey Taylor
• Stephen Mark Goodwin

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).