# THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 292182
- **Other names:** ABRSM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01926395](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01926395)
- **Registered:** July 23, 1985
- **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=292182


## Contact

- **Address:** ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL, SCHOOLS OF MUSIC, 4 LONDON WALL PLACE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2Y 5AU
- **Phone:** 020 7636 5400
- **Email:** abrsm@abrsm.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.abrsm.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS SCIENCES AND SKILLS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS. B. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION IN AND THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE SAME.

**Activities:** ABRSM motivates musical achievement through internationally recognised examination and assessment of students, professional development of teachers and provision of published resources and online learning via its websites, apps and audio and video resources. ABRSM makes significant donations towards music education each year including scholarships to the four Royal Schools of Music.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antigua And Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Grenada
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Saint Vincent
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts And Nevis
- St Lucia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- The Bahamas
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Antony John HALES** | Chair | Nov. 28, 2017 |
| Abdul Bhanji |  | Nov. 24, 2021 |
| Damian Mark Alan Wisniewski |  | Jan. 26, 2017 |
| Deborah Harry |  | March 14, 2024 |
| Gavin Reid |  | March 14, 2024 |
| Georgina Robb |  | Sept. 25, 2024 |
| James Williams |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Jamie Njoku-Goodwin |  | June 26, 2025 |
| KEVIN PORTER |  | Sept. 1, 2009 |
| Karen Di Lorenzo |  | Nov. 5, 2021 |
| PROF Jeffrey Neil Sharkey |  | Nov. 25, 2014 |
| PROF LINDA MERRICK |  | Oct. 8, 2012 |
| PROFESSOR JONATHAN FREEMAN-ATTWOOD |  | July 1, 2008 |
| Roberta Doyle |  | Nov. 26, 2025 |
| Sarah Jane Carter |  | Nov. 26, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- THE IRENE LASSEN PIANOFORTE EXHIBITIONS (292182-1)



