MERTON MUSIC FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1004122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M M F

The principal object of the Merton Music Foundation is to "advance musical education within the framework of the arts for the benefit of the public in the London Borough of Merton and elsewhere". Our mission is to encourage participation, enjoyment and achievement by providing the highest quality learning opportunities in music and the performing arts.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £39,312 and net assets increased to £250,230. Cash balances stood at £478,585, which the trustees describe as a strong financial position despite a fall in total turnover compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WSM Advisors Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02590621

Funders the charity credits

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

• Jack Lonergan Foundation — “Free spaces are available for eligible pupils via the Jack Lonergan Foundation.” (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.

• FULLER, Kenisha Candice — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
• VARATHAN, Prrajesh — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Sebastian Alexander — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
• LIYANAGE, Mia Hazell — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
• GREEN, Kingsley Fitzgerald — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
• SOLANKI, Manish — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
• MAYBURY, Rowena Louise — director, appointed 08/02/2016on trustee list
• MEECHAN, Lawrie — secretary, appointed 01/04/2016

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenisha Fuller
• Kingsley Green
• Manish Solanki
• Mia Liyanage
• Prrajesh Varathan
• Rowena Louise Maybury
• Sebastian Jones

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

Operates in: Croydon · Hounslow · Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

• THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £608k
• UK Music Masters Ltd. income £1.5m
• THE PREMISES MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME income £170k
• B:MUSIC LTD income £13.6m
• BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP income £630k
• THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.