MUSIC CAMP TRUST

Registered charity 276270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSIC CAMP LIMITED

The principal activity of the company is genuine amateur music, at Music Camp. Help is given through the provision of facilities at Pigotts, North Dean, near High Wycombe, where musicians meet to rehearse.

Objects

To advance the education and training of musicians and to promote the appreciation of music and creative arts by the public.To advance public education in woodland, the environment, the countryside and its heritage.To conserve, for public benefit and well-being, Pigotts Farm (located in North Dean, HP14) and its environs.

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 increased significantly to £1,083,242, supported by substantial donations including a £400,000 endowment and proceeds from the Fortissimo Appeal. The trustees report that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~167.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SAMUEL DENNIS LAUGHTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Joanna Young
• Anna Wyse
• Charlotte Hill
• FRANCESCA EVE PEACH
• RACHEL SOLOMON WILLIAMS
• ROBERT ANDREW HORROCKS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILTERN MUSIC ACADEMY.

• CHILTERN MUSIC ACADEMY income £386k
• BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST income £1.6m
• MUSIC IN COUNTRY CHURCHES income £155k
• DORSET RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL, LIMITED income £185k
• Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn income £1.0m
• THE PILGRIM BAND TRUST income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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