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Melrose Music Festival

SC049870Registered charity from 20 January 2020
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address Ivanhoe
Dingleton Road
Melrose
Scottish Borders
Postcode TD6 9HP
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are the advancement of music and associated performing arts in order to nurture, inspire, educate and further the appreciation and performance of music for the benefit the community, and to: i) Foster and encourage the composition, appreciation and performance of ecclesiastical and devotional music in the context of religious services or otherwise. ii) Provide, organise and assist musical education and develop opportunities for involvement of young persons and others in music of all types. iii) Provide, organise and assist musical performances, recitals, concerts and other events principally in Melrose and other parts of Scottish and English Border regions. iv) Promote links with government, local statutory agencies and voluntary organisations in a common effort to develop interest and accomplishment in music and the performing arts. v) Arrange for travel, hospitality and accommodation for performers, visitors and others attending events operated or assisted by the organisation or others with whom they work.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Melrose Music Festival exists to share the joy of music, promoting high-quality music by established and emerging musicians of all genres and encouraging involvement, especially by young people, in musical appreciation, participation, and composition. This work takes place throughout the year through programme development, fund-raising, and publicity and culminates in a ten-day festival in Melrose in the Scottish Borders in September.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jan 2020
Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "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 Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jan 2022 £4,294 £593 14 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Jan 2023 £14,453 £6,977 24 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Jan 2024 £15,499 £14,652 07 Jan 2025 Yes
31 Jan 2025 £16,502 £17,643 31 Oct 2025 Yes Download
31 Jan 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Oct 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Vincent Mason
Christopher Paul Achenbach
Kirsty Morag McRae
David Swanston Nisbet
Gillian Margaret Crosier
Robert McAlpine Marshall
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