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Music In Country Churches

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
801073
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 26, 2026. Filing history
Registered
March 7, 1989
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
PO Box 1645
Oxford
OX4 9PE

Activities

Music in Country Churches was established as a charitable trust in 1989. It has two aims: (1) to assist churches in rural regions of England and Wales with holding concerts of classical music; (2) to raise funds to assist those churches with the costs of their repair and maintenance. The Charity is particularly keen to provide performance opportunities to young and emerging musicians.

Objects: 1. The Education Of The Public In Music By Any Means Including Particularly The Holding Of Concerts In Country Churches. 2. The General Purposes Of Such Charitable Bodies Or For Such Other Purposes As Shall Be Exclusively Charitable As The Trustees May From Time To Time Decide

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Oct. 31, 2025 Aug. 26, 2026On time £155,428 £109,118
Oct. 31, 2024 Aug. 28, 2025On time £106,470 £117,681
Oct. 31, 2023 Aug. 28, 2024On time £56,862 £80,733
Oct. 31, 2022 Aug. 30, 2023On time £73,729 £75,822
Oct. 31, 2021 Aug. 31, 2022On time £39,618 £51,458
Oct. 31, 2020 Aug. 31, 2021 £20,895 £25,412

Trustees

Name Appointed
Matthew Rice (Chair) Nov. 2, 2017
Anna Stanton Dec. 17, 2024
Nigel Savory DL March 13, 2014
Robert Ralph Abel Smith April 1, 2015
Sir John Parsons Kcvo June 2, 2006