YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Registered charity 1009204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GORDON PARRY CENTRE, OFF BY HEART, YAMSEN

We provide and promote high quality musical activities and tuition for children and adults who have additional needs. We run CPD courses for staff, and participatory music days and concerts for children/adults with LD. We value music as communication education and for pleasure. We recognise the unique contribution that music plays in peoples lives especially those who have added difficulties.

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Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £400.46 for the year, with total income of £28,107.41 and total expenditure of £28,507.87. Despite this, the trustees report that finances remain stable, supported by bank balances totaling £38,327.97. The Chair notes that reserves are especially important due to precarious income sources, and the charity has recently developed a formal reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total Income £28,107.41”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

ArtForms Leeds — “With thanks to Blue Sky Creative and ArtForms Leeds” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Allan Housechair
Diane Paterson · trustee of 1 other charity
Doris Anne Jackson
Gail Margaret Lawton · trustee of 1 other charity
Ramesh Narayanan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£28k	£29k
29/02/2024	£27k	£30k
28/02/2023	£32k	£24k
28/02/2022	£19k	£22k
28/02/2021	£22k	£14k

Common questions

Is YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN SPECIAL EDUCATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £400.46 for the year, with total income of £28,107.41 and total expenditure of £28,507.87. Despite this, the trustees report that finances remain stable, supported by bank balances totaling £38,327.97. The Chair notes that reserves are especially important due to precarious income sources, and the charity has recently developed a formal reserves policy.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/05/2016	£36k	"Leeds and Beyond: Leeds children with SEND celebrating the Bicentenary of the Leeds Liverpool canal"