ALNWICK MUSIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 702722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Alnwick Music Society's aim is to arrange chamber-music concerts given by professional musicians of high quality, which are usually but not exclusively classical, for the enjoyment of people living mainly in Alnwick and Berwick districts in Northumberland, though all are welcome.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£24k

Latest spending

£25k

Registered

1990

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Policies the charity declares

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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 4% of the £23,656 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 4% of the £24,251 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 4% of the £23,877 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL GEORGE Alexanderchair
CHARLES JAY BOSANQUET · trustee of 2 other charities
GILL BLAND
Rev Gillian Hamer Maude · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Maudslay CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
STANLEY TRAFFORD

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£24k	£25k
31/08/2024	£24k	£27k
31/08/2023	£24k	£23k
31/08/2022	£22k	£31k
31/08/2021	£14k	£5k

Common questions

Who funds ALNWICK MUSIC SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ALNWICK MUSIC SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE JOICEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOICEY TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE JOICEY TRUST	FY2026	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	17/07/2025	£4k	Grant to Alnwick Music Society