THE LANTERN MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1203918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LANTERN MUSIC TRUST FOR BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL.2. FUNDING THE EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAY CLERKS.3. MAINTAINING THE CATHEDRAL ORGANS.4. THE COST OF RUNNING THE SONG SCHOOL.5. THE COST OF TRANSPORT FOR CHORISTERS TO WIDEN ACCESS TO THE CHOIR.6. THE COSTS OF THE MUSIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME WHICH DEVELOPS COMMUNITY SINGING AND SUPPORTS CATHEDRAL CHOIR RECRUITMENT.7. THE COSTS OF A CATHEDRAL BASED ORGAN OUTREACH PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP ORGANISTS IN PARISH CHURCHES.8. THE COSTS OF SUPPORTING ORGAN AND CHORAL SCHOLARS.

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: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 02/07/2026, 244 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 02/07/2026, 609 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Canon Andrew Stuart Horsfall
• Canon Dr Jenny Gaffin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gill Fourie
• Ian Williams
• Joe Scott
• John Robinson

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

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