THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

Registered charity 1000825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation for Young Musicians exists to support and secure the future of London's Centre for Young Musicians. The Centre for Young Musicians provides music tuition and courses for London schoolchildren in programmes that range from beginner level instrumental study to advanced training suitable for those aiming to study at conservatoire or university.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £81,976 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a large bequest and donations from a ceased charity. Unrestricted general funds increased to £81,585, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover at least a full year's core operating costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02552026

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Albert & Eugenie Frost Trust — “Trusts & Foundations The Albert & Eugenie Frost Trust” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BEST, Hubert Campbell Arthur Clinton — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
• HARNIESS, Geoffrey — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
• WARREN-GREEN, Christopher — director, appointed 20/07/2020on trustee list
• BASSETT, Lisia Dawn — director, appointed 08/03/2018on trustee list
• LAWSON, Nicholas St John — director, appointed 08/03/2018on trustee list
• PRICE, Marcus Pierre — director, appointed 09/03/2010on trustee list
• JENKINS, Ruth Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/03/2008on trustee list
• O'GRADY, Neil — secretary, appointed 30/10/2019

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Warren-Greenchair
• GEOFFREY HARNIESS
• HUBERT BEST
• LISIA BASSETT
• MARCUS PRICE
• Nicholas Lawson
• RUTH JENKINS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE.

• YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k
• THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £878k
• THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC income £13.3m
• QUESTORS YOUNG MUSICIANS CLUB income £102k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN income £5.2m
• EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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