THE BERKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS TRUST

Registered charity 284555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE MAESTROS, BERKSHIRE MUSIC TRUST

Berkshire Music Trust is an independent music service providing instrumental and vocal teaching in schools and music centres throughout Berkshire. We promote a comprehensive range of music activities working in close partnership with schools, colleges and community music groups. Funds are raised to support disadvantaged young people and talented young musicians.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £2,879,183. The trustees confirm that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by a strong net current asset position. Reserves were maintained at £1,172k, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of three months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dawn Wren — CEO (source)
• Jon Carroll — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “SUPPORTED BY Arts Council England” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Carrollchair
• Deborah Harris
• Dr Tijana Blanusa
• Heather Young
• Kim Austen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oliver George Picken
• Rhona Millar

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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