SHROPSHIRE MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 515026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHREWSBURY MUSIC TRUST

Advance the education of the public in the art of music and the other arts, in particular by the presentation of public concerts, recitals, lectures, master classes and similar events in Shropshire.

Objects

UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OF I) THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND AND (II) THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND THE OTHER ARTS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT ONLY IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, RECITALS, LECTURES, MASTERCLASSES AND OTHER LIKE EVENTS IN SHREWSBURY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Area of benefit: SHREWSBURY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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 incurred an overall deficit on unrestricted funds of £815 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £88,703, which exceeds the stated policy target of £20,000. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jane Margaret Poveychair
• Andrea P A Belloli
• Caroline Nowotarski
• Christine Lindsey Stephens
• Jane Delyth Elliott
• Katharine Jane Rink
• Roger Harry Terry · trustee of 1 other charity
• TERENCE JOHN LIPSCOMBE

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

Operates in: Shropshire

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