Trustees. Annual Report for the period
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Ch•rlty nam•
The Brilksh Musk Hah *iety
Other nam•s ¢harfty l• 14nown by
Reglst•r•d chadty number Ilf any)
1128961
Charlty'• prlnclpal addr•ss
22. Gilbert Rc&.
Po•tcod•
SE114NL
N•m•• ol th• charfty tru•l••s who rnanag• th• charity
Trwt•• nan
Ollk•111 *nyl
D•t•• t**￿1* N•rn• ol p•rnon lor tsodyl •ntlll•d
•ppolni tw•l•• IW •nyl
1 De8n Caston
Chalr
2 Alison Young
Vlce Ch8
3 Davld Nason
Treasurof
4 Ch8rth Holland S•crel8ry
Chrbjllne Mernt￿l￿P
S¥uetsry
10
12
13
14
16
18
19
Namos of lh• truslo•s for th• ¢h*rlty, 11 any, {for example. any Custodlan tru$toesl
Name
Dales a¢t•d if not for whole
ear
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Nam•s and addr•¥$•• ol advls•rs (Optional Inft*rni*llon)
of advlJ•r
Namo
Addre$$
Nam• of chief •xocutlv• or n•m•s of ￿TrIOr staff m•mb•r• {Optlon•l Inlorniatlon)
D•scrlptlon ol lh• Gh•rty• trust•
Typo of gov0mlThJ document
The charilable status of the Society was established by 8 ¢(*)slitution
dated 8Tr April 2009 ar￿1 Il was registered as B chanly on > Apnl 2CQ9.
The consirtu￿n was W. 2015 and fvrther 8m•nd8d (xi
28" March 2023
Assouat¥)n
How Ihg chanty is cuBlituled
Trus1￿ Select￿ m•thod$
Thofe aro cuffonuy 5 Trustees arKI now Trust008 are appoinle(I by I
memb•r• of the 4t th• Annual Gen•r* Mo&1ry.
Addltlonal gov•manc• Is8u•• Ioptlonal Infomiallon)
The charity b run M a day lo day bashs by the dected officers and
You MJY Choo￿ lo indud•
dditional Inlorm81ion, wher•
rebevanl, atrfxbt..
pollcies and y￿UreS
adopted for the Induci￿n and
litining ol trustees.
Ihe ¢h8rity's organi58t￿n81
$lfuclure and any wider
neiwork with which the ¢
work8..
• relati￿ShiP *ith any felatod
parties,.
Iruslees. ¢onsKknlion of
major nsk$ and the system
and Pfocedures to manage
Ihem.
meetings lo discuss lulure slralegies and polici88. The Trvslees consld•r
major nsks lor am events aThJ prepare rigk awssments lo manage Ihom.
There 1$ an Annual General Meeting open lo all mombers lo receNe Ihe
accwnts. olocl the ammittee. e￿¢1 Ihe Tfusiees and be apprised ol the
chanlies Xtwilios.
al To advance u)9 eoucatson ol Ihe yuLAIG Ll)e uaailKM)s ol kjiilish ￿1￿￿¢
Hall and Variety Theatre and Ihe art ol present day perf0m￿S,. and
Sumrnary ol the obJ•cts ol th•
bl To Pfeserve an archive appert8Wlffig lo Music Hall arrfj Vanety Theatre
charity set out In Its gov•rnlng ' in the form of records. films. electron￿ media. photographs. h"ieralure,
docurn•nt
Summary of th• main •ctl¥ltle8
und•rtak•n for the public
The i*arity has rAJntrued to advwKe the ¢d￿tIon of the Wb1￿ in
2012
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benellt Sn r•l•tlon to thes•
objects (include wlthin th1•
8•Ction the statutory
doclaration that trustMs have
h•d regard 10 tho guldanc•
issued by th• Chaflty
Commi$$ion on publlc b•MIItI
histryy arKI tradltKm￿ of Music Hall and Variety by publishing to all
members of its quarterly magazine 'The C411 Boy which is also available to
the general public Ihrough public libraries.
During the year the ch817ty Staged a d8yJor#J live th*nt al the Eastboume
Hippcrflrome and o weekend rJ)nfef8nce at Hoxton Hall. London both ol
which were open to Iiie W￿11¢. In Ihe Lunelw3ht presentats"ons, a senes of
thly talks rm vari(MA hi$iMcal facets ol Music Hall and Variety were
presented al the Waler Rats. LI￿dOn WC1 and Ihe annual Birthday Strv
was heid at tr* Phoenix Arts Club ffi centrnl L¢)ndon. All of these evenl8
are ¢)pen io members of the general wtlic in addiwon lo the thanV$
Tho BMHS Webste offern detth ol al of tho charltys acllvrties 88 well ag
Items of edu￿1￿￿1•1 int•fost.
FokniNJ a pef￿1 ol inlonsive wDrk c4Slgctic#i. the charity's af¢hive
h•s recenuy moved inlo slofage laolities managed by Lambelh Atchives.
Eryuiries and requests for rnsearch visits are welcom• fr(yn members and
ttte general wblic and during the coutse of the year. many enquirles have
been 8nswered and r•seorth wsits undwtakon. The Scciety 8180
stafts'ng to •Jd deth￿s of our archive ¢ollectsons 10 the Arthives Hub. an
online res￿1¢0 lisling ar(*ives across the UK. iierns Irom Ihe chartty'l
archive rorn8￿ ￿ knan lo the Showlown Museum in Bl8¢kF(d.
JI Trufjtsos are awarn ol th• Chartty GuldarK• t)n Publle
8•nefft tak8 il into accwni when making re*v8ni decbjiong.
Addltlonal detalls ol obje￿1Ve* and actlvltlm {Optlon•l Infomiatlon)
The Society is run by the elected ¢xmmill8e 81 •et ￿ a volunlary
basj's. ¢Jhèr n￿MberS also assist in running evonts as and ¥rt￿n wuired
¥ou m•y choo*• kn Indudo
further statements. wtheré
relevanl. abwt..
Fdicy IM granlmaking:
tK4icy programmg rel8ted
vestment..
contnbulion made by
volunteers.
2012
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Summary of lh• maln
achievements of tho charlty
during th• year
The mw athieveff*niS ol Ihe ¢*arity during the year are outlined in Ihe
ev8ntS 18Fthed above arKI havo aK bDen 3￿ceSsful both an￿￿CallY and
rinanualty.
Marth 2012
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Brlef $tst•ment of th•
charity's pollcy on r•ur¥es
The ch8rity has M pow on reserves
Detalls ol any lund• malerlalty i None
In doficit
Further fin8nclal r•vl•w d•talls (Option•l Inlofmatlon)
, The principal sour￿$ of fvnd for the Gharity are the annu81 n*mbor4hip
subsulptions paid by the members, d￿811￿$ and Gift AKI daims.
lojether with any surplus ol funds from events and the sale ol
merchandise.
The map)r eXp￿'turn supwts and distribution of The
Call Boy. which edueates inforn￿ arwj also the malnten8nco and
upfving of the hxchN•*
JI re￿￿Tc•S are Currently retained in the Bank Accojnts w41h NaMlo81
Bank. acc￿JnIS that are mosl ad¥ania9eous lor tho paymnl ol
Interosl.
You rn•y choo•• 10 indude
addilbonal ln10m￿lb0n. whern
relevant aboul..
ihe charity'5 prinapJl
Sources ol lunds (nthliivj
any lundfaising}',
how expenditure has
supported the key obio¢ti"¥•s
ol the ¢harily:
invesln*nl policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
Section F
Other optlonal infomiation
Tlw IlU¥tee5 declare ihat they have approved the truslMS' f•POrt abOV•.
Sign•d on b•half of the ¢harlty's trus1•
Slgnatur•l•)
Full n•mel•)
ALl£W
Posltion (99 Secretary, Chalr. rf¢)
Date
33 thtT lo2f
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th¥ltyi frythe wi•r •ryled 31 J¥w¥ 202
the Chwllles Act X121. been und•rt•k*n $0 that I ffl￿1 st•te to t
trustoes matters l am roqutr￿ to sr•te to them In •n Indeger
eywnh)erfs rtport •nd for no other wrpose. To the fvlle* eNttN perniltted ty law. I
•sa bth. for ¥ry lx tNs or lor tr* opknkns I htht formed.
•ccothn¢o t*lth reQJbrW￿ of fv Charlttes 2011 Acri. Y
eor&kn that In Os not fof tr* y und•r Mctlon 144121 ot tr4 Act
li to:
•x•mln• tN• Kctyjnts und•r wcdon 145 01 th•
Ilty* the wocedures l•ld In yw•l Dlreclkxo th• Ch•rlty
Cornm155lon under s•th>n 14515)Ibl ol the ACL. Ind
My e¥amln•tlon was out In wlth th• pn•ral tMrncfy)ns th•n
thi C￿r￿V Commbsskn. An •xambn•tbon Include5 1 rev5•w of the K£ountl
kept ￿ the Ch•rify •nd • crxnp•1ls￿ ol •¢c¢yJrtts prnserted TA6th those
mattm. Th• proc•dur*s urnJert•kn th not •ll the th•t w(wbd be
qyhd In ￿ •udl¢ •￿1 Conwwrtly no opbnlon Is •$ tt> t•f￿her tt
¢yrt In tho s￿•mant b•lth¥.
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20 Seoffnber 2025

(HA￿Ty COA￿155
FOR ENGiAMD ANO WALES
1121M1
Receipts and payments accounts
th• Wod
CC164
To
.fQ.3J24
31 011
Section A Receipls and payments
Unrv#tr6ctod
Re•tricted
fvnd•
Endowment
Tot•1 lund#
Last y•ar
Al P•¢•1
Sub knt•l(
ARJ
c*
fZ4&J
17V
74311
1787
77m
10.71
151.374
147.657
iOJ78
1U.750

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestncted
Restricte
Endowment
81 Cmh lund•
17.M•
147.•FI
L)•thl
D•tyi
ch•rtty'• awn
SwJn•J
¢u