# MUSIC EDUCATION COUNCIL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 270004
- **Other names:** THE UK COUNCIL FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 1, 1975
- **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=270004


## Contact

- **Address:** Gateshead International Business Centre, Mulgrave Terrace, GATESHEAD, Tyne And Wear
- **Postcode:** NE8 1AN
- **Phone:** 07776132272
- **Email:** craig.west@mec.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mec.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

**Activities:** The Music Education Council is the gathering of the UK's most diverse and knowledgeable voices on the educational and social role of music. The Council acts as an expert advisor, facilitator of skills and knowledge sharing and enabler of change. MEC aims to help create a society where everyone benefits from the personal, social and educational value of music.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £9147 | £9001 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £4957 | £4342 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £5896 | £5941 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £8107 | £13185 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £9382 | £23611 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Sharon Jagdev Powell** (Chair) — appointed April 1, 2022
- ALEKSANDER SZRAM — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Caroline Elizabeth Cooke — appointed Aug. 19, 2024
- Christopher Ricketts — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Clare Edwards — appointed Dec. 1, 2025
- Craig Jason West — appointed Feb. 29, 2024
- Patrick Layne — appointed Aug. 19, 2024
- Sooree Anne Pillay — appointed Aug. 19, 2024