BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
Cash
£57K
-90.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-3% vs 2023
Employees
136
+267.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST 1986-07-18 → present
- RURAL MUSIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 1946-04-13 → 1986-07-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,095,303 | £1,140,926 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £604,837 | -£57,821 | |
| Cash | £592,316 | £56,504 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,923,323 | £1,286,532 | |
| Net assets | £1,923,323 | £1,865,502 | |
| Equity | £1,923,323 | £1,865,502 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 136 | |
| Wages | £615,591 | £672,492 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 55.2% | -5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.2% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.68x | 3.25x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bradshaw Johnson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The charity's reserves are at an appropriate level, and the growth of income from core activity from 2023 to 2024 demonstrates that there is still demand for our programmes”
Group structure
- BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST · parent
- Benslow Music Enterprises 1%
Significant events
- “2024 also saw changes in the leadership of the organisation, with the Chair and several Trustees departing midway through the year. A new Chair,and Trustees were appointed in September 2024, which will help provide stability and support strategic renewal.”
- “a Transformation Programme, launched in October 2024, to review the Trust's stafling structure, systems, processes and practices to ensure: that it is working effectively and efficiently as possible. The programme will conclude in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 82 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'HAGAN, Anthony Richard | Secretary | 2026-04-25 | — | — |
| BATES, Colin Gerald | Director | 2019-06-29 | Jan 1951 | British |
| FALCONER, Ellen Siobhan | Director | 2024-09-14 | Jul 1993 | Irish,Australian |
| GILLOTT, Timothy John | Director | 2003-06-27 | Feb 1961 | British |
| MALAURE, Heidi Louise | Director | 2024-09-14 | Mar 1973 | British |
| MONGIARDINO, Alessandra | Director | 2024-09-14 | Nov 1964 | British,Italian |
| SHEPPARD, Alan William | Director | 2024-09-14 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SINGH, Bhagwant | Director | 2020-11-21 | Feb 1962 | British |
| TAYLOR, Michael Patrick | Director | — | Apr 1938 | British |
Show 82 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Charles Mark Llewellyn | Secretary | 2016-06-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| HEYMANS, David Richard Cox | Secretary | 2007-06-16 | 2016-06-18 |
| MOORE, David Bowerman | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 2007-06-16 |
| MUSKETT, Brian David | Secretary | — | 1992-10-14 |
| ABRAHAMSON, Elizabeth Juliet | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| ABRAHAMSON, Juliet | Director | 1994-07-08 | 2010-09-19 |
| ANDERSON, Frances Helen | Director | — | 1993-07-04 |
| ASTON, Anthony Lynn | Director | 1996-05-26 | 2020-07-31 |
| BABB, Jeffrey William | Director | — | 2007-09-23 |
| BARUCH, Andrew Jan Daniel | Director | 2012-09-16 | 2024-06-29 |
| BEAN, Richard | Director | 1999-06-06 | 2011-09-18 |
| BLACKMAN, Christopher | Director | — | 1999-06-05 |
| BLAND, Harold | Director | — | 2002-06-09 |
| BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris | Director | 2021-02-27 | 2024-06-29 |
| BLAY, Bernard | Director | 1996-05-26 | 2004-06-27 |
| BLAY, Bernard | Director | — | 1995-11-04 |
| BLOTT, Susan | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2017-07-01 |
| BOORMAN, Adrian Terence | Director | 2006-09-24 | 2012-02-25 |
| BURROUGHES, Alison | Director | 1992-10-14 | 1994-05-18 |
| CAMPION, Valerie Jean | Director | 2009-09-20 | 2017-11-25 |
| CHAFFEY, Neil Richard John | Director | 2009-09-20 | 2010-05-04 |
| CHAPMAN, Peter | Director | 2007-09-23 | 2010-09-19 |
| CLARK, Eileen Fiona | Director | 2022-07-16 | 2023-06-24 |
| CONCHIE, Anne | Director | — | 2022-07-16 |
| COOPER, Esther | Director | — | 2000-05-05 |
| COOPER, Larraine | Director | 1998-06-07 | 1999-01-01 |
| COOPER, Stephen Hillary | Director | — | 2001-07-08 |
| DICKINS, Richard Owen John | Director | 2018-05-05 | 2020-06-29 |
| FELTON, Graham John | Director | 1993-07-04 | 2002-06-09 |
| GORDON, Duncan Murray | Director | — | 1997-02-01 |
| HAMILTON, Katherine Lucy, Dr | Director | 2020-11-21 | 2024-06-29 |
| HARRIS, Dorothy Jean | Director | — | 2013-09-15 |
| HARROLD, Ian | Director | 1997-05-25 | 1999-04-01 |
| HEYMANS, David Richard Cox | Director | 2003-06-29 | 2016-06-18 |
| HUGHES, Leonard | Director | — | 2008-09-21 |
| JELLIFFE, Joan | Director | — | 2004-06-27 |
| JENKINS, Terence Michael | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
| JOHNSON, Catherine Ann | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1997-10-18 |
| KING, Norma | Director | 2011-09-18 | 2026-01-20 |
| LEONARD, Mark Meredith | Director | 2009-09-20 | 2012-05-12 |
| LUCIOLI, John Henry | Director | 1993-07-04 | 1996-05-26 |
| LYNCH, Jenifer Mary | Director | 1996-05-26 | 1999-06-05 |
| MAGILL, Gary | Director | — | 1994-10-29 |
| MAGUIRE, Ruth Edith | Director | 1998-01-30 | 2003-06-27 |
| MEADEN, Philip Douglas | Director | 2022-11-19 | 2024-06-29 |
| MEADEN, Philip Douglas | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| MITCHELL, Timothy John | Director | 2009-09-20 | 2013-06-11 |
| MITCHELL, Timothy John | Director | 1999-06-06 | 1999-12-10 |
| MOORE, David Bowerman | Director | 1994-04-23 | 2007-06-16 |
| MOORE, Monica G | Director | — | 2012-02-25 |
| MORRELL, Sue | Director | 1995-06-11 | 1997-02-01 |
| MYATT, John | Director | 1998-08-01 | 1998-11-07 |
| MYATT, John Michael | Director | — | 1994-07-30 |
| NEVILLE, Peter Warwick, Cllr | Director | 2012-09-16 | 2024-06-29 |
| NORRIS, Geoffrey, Professor | Director | 2009-09-20 | 2014-04-08 |
| OAKES, Francis | Director | — | 1999-11-01 |
| PARKER, Ann | Director | 1993-07-04 | 2004-06-27 |
| PARRIS, Bernard Francis | Director | — | 2006-09-24 |
| READ, Rosemary Ann | Director | 2003-06-29 | 2005-07-10 |
| ROBINSON, Gwen Owen | Director | 2022-07-16 | 2026-03-31 |
| SANDERS, Hazel Mary | Director | 1995-06-11 | 1995-12-05 |
| SCANDRETT, Adrian Edward | Director | 2006-09-24 | 2009-09-20 |
| SCROPE, Betty | Director | — | 2003-02-08 |
| SELVAKUMAR, Sadasivam | Director | 2005-07-10 | 2021-07-18 |
| SIMPSON, Roy Abel | Director | 2018-01-27 | 2020-09-20 |
| SMITH, David Vester | Director | 2003-06-29 | 2006-09-24 |
| SMITH, Noel Anthony Muriel | Director | 1992-10-14 | 1993-04-01 |
| STABLE, Rondle Owen Charles, His Honour | Director | 1996-01-20 | 2001-06-23 |
| STANCLIFFE, Terence Christopher | Director | — | 1998-06-07 |
| STEEL, Catherine Mary | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| STERNDALE BENNETT, Barry Monkhouse | Director | 2003-06-29 | 2009-09-20 |
| STEWART, Patricia Ann | Director | — | 1993-04-16 |
| STURROCK, Susan Jean | Director | 2020-11-21 | 2022-07-16 |
| THOMPSON, Pamela Jean Lilian | Director | 2010-09-19 | 2014-05-03 |
| THORPE, David Harvey | Director | 1995-06-11 | 2000-12-12 |
| TREVELYAN, Peter John | Director | — | 1996-05-26 |
| WICKHAM-IRVING, Nicholas Byron | Director | 1996-01-20 | 2006-07-12 |
| WIGGS, Richard | Director | — | 2001-07-05 |
| WILLIS, Stephen, His Honour Judge | Director | — | 1993-07-03 |
| WILLOUGHBY, John Michael Tait | Director | 1997-05-25 | 2013-09-15 |
| WITCHELL, John Herbert | Director | 2012-09-16 | 2021-06-26 |
| WOODBRIDGE, Robin Michael | Director | 1999-06-06 | 2000-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£1,095,303 £1,140,926
-
Cash
-90.5%
£592,316 £56,504
-
Net assets
-3%
£1,923,323 £1,865,502
-
Employees
+267.6%
37 136
-
Wages
+9.2%
£615,591 £672,492
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers