DRAKE MUSIC

Registered charity 1034374 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRAKE MUSIC PROJECT, DRAKE RESEARCH PROJECT

Drake Music breaks down disabling barriers to music through innovative approaches to learning, teaching and making music. Our focus is on nurturing creativity through exploring music and technology in imaginative ways. We put quality music-making at the heart of everything we do, connecting disabled and non-disabled people locally, nationally and internationally.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £48,121 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing to £123,506. The trustees confirm that the charity has positive cash balances of £195,327 and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval. The charity maintains a reserves policy of three to six months' operating costs plus projected redundancy costs, holding approximately four and a half months' costs at year-end.

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 02868675

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Drake Music (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Drake Music is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and are strategically funded by Youth Music as part of Fund C:” (source page)
• Youth Music — “Drake Music is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and are strategically funded by Youth Music as part of Fund C:” (source page)
• PRS Foundation — “Drake Music gratefully acknowledges support from the PRS Foundation . Drake Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner supported b…” (source page)
• PPL — “Drake Music gratefully acknowledges support from the PRS Foundation . Drake Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner supported b…” (source page)
• The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust — “Our Supporters The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust” (source page)
• Bruce Wake Charitable Trust — “Bruce Wake Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Cockayne – Grants for the Arts — “Cockayne – Grants for the Arts” (source page)
• The Clothworkers’ Foundation — “The Clothworkers’ Foundation” (source page)
• David Family Foundation — “David Family Foundation” (source page)
• The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust — “The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund — “Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund” (source page)
• The Edward Gostling Foundation — “The Edward Gostling Foundation” (source page)
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — “Esmee Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
• The Fenton Arts Trust — “The Fenton Arts Trust” (source page)
• The Ford Britain Trust — “The Ford Britain 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.

• OLEARY, Martin Eugene, Dr — director, appointed 10/08/2026on trustee list
• DAWES, Megan — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• HOLDER, Lee Robert — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• KADING, Eleanor Frances — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• MEREDITH, Jill — director, appointed 28/07/2025on trustee list
• WANG, Christine Kheng-Chuez — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
• WATTS, Daniel — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
• KATTEKOP, Snoof, Mx — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• SALMON, Elizabeth Ann — director, appointed 21/11/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lee Holderchair
• Christine Wang
• Daniel Watts
• Dr Martin Eugene O'Leary
• Eleanor Kading
• Elizabeth Ann Salmon
• Jill Meredith
• MX Snoof Kattekop
• Megan Dawes

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 DRAKE CALLEJA TRUST.

• DRAKE CALLEJA TRUST income £175k
• OMNIMUSIC income £151k
• MUSIC FOR ALL income £285k
• MADE WITH MUSIC income £125k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MUSIC TRUST income £2.9m
• COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED income £194k

Side by side with its peers

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