CANTERBURY MUSIC CLUB

Registered charity 271378 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVING CLASSICS

Promoter of chamber music concerts by professional musicians to subscription paying members and the ticket purchasing public in the wider Canterbury area of Kent by live attendance as well as by online streaming of the same recorded concerts. Musicians are encouraged and supported in the provision of workshops and performances at local schools.

Objects

2. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE, IN EAST KENT:1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, ANDAPPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEESSEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIRABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS ANDDONATIONS.

Area of benefit: EAST KENT

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 the charity ended the 2024/25 season with a surplus of £2,759, resulting in total unrestricted cash funds of £21,558. The trustees report indicates that income increased by £4,067 compared to the previous year, while expenses rose by £944. The charity maintains a membership of 69 and continues to operate its concert season without any stated financial risks or uncertainties.

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 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.

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• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antoinette Groomchair
• Dr GRENVILLE RODERICK HANCOX OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ian Lane · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

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