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information about the Trust

Welcome

We are pleased to announce that we have merged the Robert Bouffler Music Trust (RBMT) with the Cheryl King Trust (CKT) with effect from the 1 October 2025, and any future requests for funding which would have been considered by RBMT will be directed to the Trustees of CKT.

RBMT’s activities have waned in recent years, which has prompted the Trustees to consider its future, and consequently have had discussions with CKT a Surrey music education charity who have almost identical objects to RBMT.

This is a new beginning and enables us to continue to offer support to young musicians in the whole of Surrey and to keep alive the memory of Robert Bouffler on their website and through awards, communications and occasional events.

We wish to thank you for your support over the past 37 years which has enabled us to provide practical support for young musicians up to the age of 18 years, meeting the costs of tuition fees, sheet music and musical instruments. We’ve also presented concerts to allow our beneficiaries the vital experience of playing in front of an audience. The Trustees are proud to have supported 124 young musicians, with over 300 grants awarded for the piano, voice, violin, flute, cello, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, harp, viola, double bass, tuba, recorder, and cor anglais. We have also provided grants to attend youth orchestras, summer schools and other courses.

Please do support and follow the activities of the CKT at https://www.cherylkingtrust.org.uk

A great fund-raising year for the Trust

Our memorable year as a chosen charity of Cllr Pat Cannon, chief executive of Tandridge District Council has ended with a presentation of a cheque for £6,000. This amazing amount was generated over the past twelve months at various events promoted by Tandridge DC.

A number of Bouffler young musicians attended these events and performed to huge acclaim. The Trustees attended events too, and were also able to raise the profile of the Trust with a presentation about Robert Bouffler, and the Trust to Tandridge Voluntary Services. The Trust was represented at a Civic Reception and a Civic Service, but the big event of the year was the St Patrick’s Day Charity Ball, a sell-out at Surrey National Golf Club where a significant sum was raised, notably through an impressive auction and raffle. Four of our Young Musicians performed at the Charity Ball too – Madeline and Matilda sang, Nadine played the Maple Street Rag, and was then joined by Stephen, who amused the large audience by singing “The Gas Man Cometh”, finishing with the ever-popular O Sole Mio. Various other fund raising events were held, from Christmas Lights Switch-on events, a wine-tasting evening, and a Jive Aces concert. So it’s been a wonderful year for the Trust, both financially and in terms of the profile of the Trust. More then anything, it means that in East Surrey, the music-making continues for our Young Musicians.

Our photo shows our Chair, Katherine Saunders, and our Hon Treasurer, Viv Edwards, receiving the huge cheque from Cllr Pat Cannon and his consort Jill.