MUSIC AND LETTERS TRUST

Registered charity 262506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity receives income from the production of the musicological periodical _Music & Letters_, which is used to give awards to support musicological research.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND TO FOSTER RESEARCH INTO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £204,127, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to operate for about five years. The charity reported a net loss of £2,312 for the year, primarily due to investment revaluation losses, while total income was £30,119 and charitable expenditure was £33,422.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Benedict Taylor
• Dr Berta Joncus
• Dr David Beard
• Dr Noel O'Regan
• Dr PETER WILTON
• Katherine Anne Butler
• Professor Laudan Nooshin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Rebecca Herissone · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sarah Collins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sarah Hibberd
• Professor William Dean Sutcliffe

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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