Wigan Music Society

The object of the Society shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art of music in all its aspects by arranging recitals and performances by members and by invited artistes and musical organisations.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Wigan

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £3,197 and spent £3,755.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 319,600%, from £1 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £3,197 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 117% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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9 trustees run the charity.

• David W EvansAppointed 20 March 2023
• Dr Andrew S RichardsonAppointed 3 March 2023
• Dr Melanie B R RichardsonAppointed 3 March 2023
• Gertraud M RimmerAppointed 5 June 2013
• Leesha M GaffneyAppointed 3 March 2023
• Lucy FarrimondAppointed 7 September 2022
• Roger J Rimmer
• Rosalie GarnerAppointed 16 August 2012
• Tim CookeAppointed 21 February 2020

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1050223

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

27 October 1995

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1960 AS AMENDED 1988 AND 6 JUNE 1995AS AMENDED ON 04 JUN 2015 as amended on 17 Jan 2024

Website

www.wiganmusic.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda