The Royston Trust is a registered charity SCO28474 and has 5 Trustees (see below). Fischy Music is the operating name of the Trust, which is supported by individuals and grant-making organisations from around the UK and beyond. Approximately 35% of funding is obtained from event fees and music sales, but Fischy Music relies on regular financial support from individuals. If you'd like to know more about helping to keep Fischy afloat, please use the contact details on the left.

Employees
Stephen Fischbacher (Creative Director)
Suzanne Adam (Event Manager/Musician)
Tracey Francis (Office Manager)
( Other musicians and performers are employed on a sessional basis.)

Trustees
Chair: Colin Finlayson (Leadership Development Officer, Education Department, Edinburgh)
Treasurer: Frank Pratt (Accountant, Edinburgh)
Jannette Barfoot (Teacher, Fife)
Jane Mclaren (Associate Rector, St Pauls' & St George's Church, Edinburgh)
Simon Jaquet (Consultant in Youth Affairs, Edinburgh)
Neil Francis (Managing Director of CompanyNet, Edinburgh)

As with the Management Committees, Boards etc. of most charities, the Trustee's responsibilities can be summarised as:

• establishing clear strategic, business and financial objectives
• ensuring that the organisation operates within the law and within limits set by its Deed
• ensuring that the organisation exercises responsibility in financial and other affairs and remains solvent
• monitoring and reviewing all aspects of the organisation's performance
• ensuring that the organisation demonstrates best practise in all aspects of its work
  

Supporting values of The Royston Trust

• Belief that children are meaningfully created
• Honesty from Fischy Music employees about their own experience builds bridges of good communication and models integrity
• The necessity of taking responsibility for our actions and behaviour in order to make creative use of our experience
• Humour and having fun are valuable in the process of learning
• Mutual dependence and care in friendships are important aspects of mature relationships
• Belief that God is present in the world, and meets us in our everyday experience with His love and strength as we seek to grow as human beings