Charity Details

Music At Paxton

SC037392Registered charity from 21 July 2006

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Notes:

This SCIO was incorporated on 25 March 2021 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (company name: Music At Paxton, company number SC305241).

Charity Information:

Address Paxton House
Paxton
Nr. Berwick-upon-Tweed
Scottish Borders

Postcode TD15 1SZ

Website https://www.musicatpaxton.co.uk/

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The SCIO's purposes are to foster and promote the arts in society for the benefit of the general public and particularly of inhabitants of the Scottish Borders and Northumberland by developing public appreciation of the arts and by improving public access to the arts and the quality of the arts, working both independently and in collaboration with other local and national organisations, and in particular (but without prejudice to the foregoing generality) by:- 4.1 facilitating and improving the accessibility of the arts, particularly music; 4.2 improving standards of execution and appreciation of the arts, particularly music; 4.3 encouraging and assisting in promotion and advancing the practice, presentation, enjoyment and study of the arts, particularly music; 4.4 educating the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts and other musical activities. 4.5 providing opportunities for families and young children to engage with outstanding music and musicians; and 4.6 supporting young professional musicians in the early stages of their careers. 5 For the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of that Act: 5.1 the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture; and 5.2 the advancement of education.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Music at Paxton is dedicated to bringing exceptional chamber music to the widest possible audience in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland area, allowing affordable access to world class music (particularly classical chamber music) in local settings throughout a region with little arts provision. Special emphasis is placed on providing opportunities for families and young children to engage with outstanding music and musicians, and supporting young professional musicians in the early stages of their careers. The charity’s main activity is centred around a ten-day festival, held each July at Paxton House on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, five miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Through its partnership with Live Music Now Scotland the charity also promotes free informal concerts in the spring and delivers outreach work, including a pre-festival Family Concert and a primary school project in nearby Duns.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 25 Mar 2021

Previous Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Previous Constitutional Form Date: 21 Jul 2006

Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders

Number of Staff: 0

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received
30 Sept 2021	£82,606	£93,541	31 Dec 2021	Yes
30 Sept 2022	£93,317	£92,886	05 Dec 2022	Yes
30 Sept 2023	£92,168	£92,074	02 Dec 2023	Yes
30 Sept 2024	£96,607	£96,518	08 Nov 2024	Yes
30 Sept 2025	£686,263	£136,023	06 Jan 2026	Yes
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Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Patricia	McAlister
David	Baird
Mattias	Larsson
Geoffrey	Wright
Rosa	Baliro
David	Seers
Carol	Whinnom
Wendy	Saywood
Rachel	Pullin
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