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Glasgow Musical Festival Association

SC008919Registered charity from 23 December 1926
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Charity Information:
Address PO Box 7057
Glasgow
Postcode G44 9AU
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.glasgowmusicfestival.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
(a) To promote and conduct Musical (Competition) Festivals in Glasgow and elsewhere. (b) To promote and conduct concerts, lectures, operas, theatrical performances, and such other educational enterprises as may tend to the attainment of any other of the objects of the Association. (c) To co-operate or affiliate with other musical enterprises in Great Britain and Ireland. (d) To acquire and receive such property of any kind whatsoever as may be though suitable with a view to the attainment of any of the other objects of the Association. (e) To establish a library of music, books and any other kind of publication. (f) To offer and give prizes for excellence or proficiency in any branch of the arts, or for any other reason, and to appoint examiners or adjudicators for the purpose of assigning such prizes. (g) To receive subsciptions, donations and other payments for the general objects of the Association and to expend or dispose of the same as the Association may deem fit. (h) To borrow, raise or secure payment of such sums of money as the Association in General Meeting may resolve. (i) To invest and deal with the funds or moneys of the Association in such manner as may from time to time be decided. (j) To do all such other things as are considered by the Association to be incidental or conductive to the attainment of the objects hereinbefore stated or any of them.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Glasgow Music Festival Association actively encourages and develops interest and participation in amateur performing arts. Individuals and groups of all ages benefit from the Festival's unique performance opportunities. During the first two weeks in March, an annual Festival takes place in various venues across the city where performers in music, speech and drama, and dance are given the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and receive advice and feedback from experienced adjudicators, all members of BIFF (British and International Federation of Festivals). Every participant receives a Performance Certificate, and some receive a place certificate, a trophy (named) certificate or a monetary prize. There is a Last Night Concert where the best performances are showcased and prizes (monetary and trophies) awarded.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 23 Dec 1926
Main Operating Location: Glasgow City
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"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Aug 2021 £7,700 £7,205 30 May 2023
31 Aug 2022 £18,935 £22,696 22 Jun 2023
31 Aug 2023 £27,083 £22,588 03 Apr 2024
31 Aug 2024 £26,858 £32,223 20 Nov 2024
31 Aug 2025 £28,641 £30,921 09 Jul 2026 Download
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
Elizabeth Lannigan
Louise Biagini
Anne Murray
Jane McKenna
Susan Ewington
Stewart Henderson
Brooke Goldie
Claire Griffiths
Adrienne Adamson
Dorothy Gunnee
Beryl Fisher
Michael Larkin
Sheila Craig
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