# LOVE MUSIC TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1148615
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [08123495](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08123495)
- **Registered:** Aug. 16, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1148615


## Contact

- **Address:** UNIT 2A BRADWALL COURT, BRADWALL ROAD, SANDBACH, CHESHIRE
- **Postcode:** CW11 1GE
- **Phone:** 01270 766214
- **Email:** dosborne@sandbachschool.org
- **Website:** www.lovemusictrust.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND THE ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY:(1)SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN THE REGION AGED FIVE TO EIGHTEEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (OTHER THAN VOICE) THROUGH WHOLE-CLASS ENSEMBLE TEACHING PROGRAMMES FOR IDEALLY A YEAR (BUT FOR A MINIMUM OF A TERM) OF WEEKLY TUITION ON THE SAME INSTRUMENT;(2)PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN ENSEMBLES AND TO PERFORM FROM AN EARLY AGE;(3)ENSURING THAT CLEAR PROGRESSION ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE;(4)DEVELOPING A SINGING STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PUPIL IS SINGING REGULARLY AND THAT CHOIRS AND OTHER VOCAL ENSEMBLES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA;(5)OFFERING CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SCHOOL STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO DELIVER MUSIC IN THE CURRICULUM;(6)PROVIDING AN INSTRUMENT LOAN SERVICE, WITH DISCOUNTS OR FREE PROVISION FOR THOSE ON LOW INCOMES;(7)PROVIDING ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE AND/OR HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EXPERIENCES FOR PUPILS, WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND/OR VENUES;(8)DELIVERING MUSIC EDUCATION WHICH WILL GIVE SCOPE FOR ALL PUPILS TO PROGRESS AND REACH THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE;(9)PROVIDING JOINED UP HIGH QUALITY MUSIC SERVICES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MUSIC TUITION, EVENTS, TRIPS AND ENSEMBLES) TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL;(10)ENSURING THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF THE ARTS;(11)PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CHARITY AND THE WIDER LOCAL CULTURAL OFFERING;(12)COLLABORATING WITH SCHOOLS, OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE WIDER LOCAL COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF DELIVERING MUSIC SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADVOCATING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION TO SCHOOL LEADERS;(13)ENSURING THAT A DIVERSE RANGE OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE THAT WILL RESPOND TO LOCAL NEEDS.

**Activities:** The Love Music Trust is the lead partner and fund holder for the Cheshire and Wirral music hub.As lead partner, the Love Music Trust has a responsibility to support all state schools in the area to deliver the aims and objectives of the National Plan for Music Education.  In addition the trust delivers lessons into schools and runs ensembles and choirs.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West &amp; Chester
- Wirral





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Mark Humphreys** | Chair | Sept. 26, 2024 |
| Catriona Stewart |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Charlotte Louise Ellinson |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| David Charles Bebbington |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Dr Robert Gardiner |  | March 24, 2022 |
| JANE COWELL |  | Sept. 11, 2015 |
| Jonathan David Hill |  | Sept. 14, 2017 |
| Philip Fraser Robinson |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| SARAH IRENE BURNS |  | July 30, 2012 |




