# MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 228089
- **Other names:** MBF, HELP MUSICIANS UK, Help Musicians
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 17, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=228089


## Contact

- **Address:** HELP MUSICIANS, 7-11 BRITANNIA STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1X 9JS
- **Phone:** 02072399100
- **Email:** secretariat@helpmusicians.org.uk
- **Website:** www.helpmusicians.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG: (1) MUSICIANS; (2) THOSE PERSONS (NOT BEING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION) WHO WORK OR HAVE WORKED IN PROFESSIONS OR OCCUPATIONS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH MUSIC AND WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE RENDERED VALUABLE SERVICE TO MUSIC; (3) THE SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS OF THOSE SET OUT IN (1) AND (2) ABOVE; AND (B) TO ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION AMONG MUSICIANS AND ALSO AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION’S PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

**Activities:** The Musicians Benevolent Fund relieves need amongst professional musicians and their dependants and advances musical education for young musicians.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £7062000 | £10034000 | £49046000 | 70 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £6512000 | £11268000 | £49140000 | 72 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £5636000 | £11196000 | £52917000 | 62 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £7131000 | £12562000 | £63738000 | 69 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £12615000 | £22862000 | £63134000 | 62 |



## Trustees

- Charisse Beaumont — appointed Sept. 27, 2018
- Clifford Gary Fluet — appointed June 23, 2021
- Isabel Garvey — appointed April 27, 2023
- James Lewis Benner — appointed April 28, 2022
- Jonathan Peter Higgins — appointed Dec. 8, 2020
- Louisa McCann — appointed April 25, 2024
- Nicola Cornwell — appointed April 25, 2024
- Robert Duncan James Shennan — appointed June 23, 2021
- Roger James Boulton — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Samuel Donald Jackson — appointed April 28, 2022
- Stephanie Tina Haughton-Campbell — appointed April 24, 2025
- Stephen Christopher Neil Swift — appointed June 23, 2021