THE ABINGDON MUSIC CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 309181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Abingdon Music Centre Trust was established to make music available as widely as possible within the local community for both adults and children. The Trust runs music classes and workshops throughout the year and provides opportunities for local music makers and teachers to use its premises for music making.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH A CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMANCE TEACHING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BOTH TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE OF MUSIC AND THEIR ABILITY TO PLAY MUSIC TO THE MOST ADVANCED STANDARDS OF WHICH THEY ARE CAPABLE.

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 total reserves stood at £34,174, comprising unrestricted funds of £32,554 and restricted funds of £1,620. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's principal funding sources included class fees, donations, grants, and investment income.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Conflicting interests
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• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
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• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Newtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amena Hassanali-Sutton · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Keith RIDDLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Heather Macey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Mark Bentley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Emma Webber · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR JIM HINES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Anne Wallis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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