MERCURY MUSICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Registered charity 1045606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MMD, THE MERCURY WORKSHOP, THE MERCURY WORKSHOP LIMITED

Develops the craft of composers, lyricists & book writers in musical theatre. MMD nurtures & showcases new talent.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC AND PRINCIPALLY THEATRICAL MUSIC ALSO KNOWN AS DRAMATICO-MUSICAL WORKS, MUSICAL THEATRE, MUSIC THEATRE, OPERA, CHAMBER OPERA, OPERETTA AND MUSICAL COMEDY IN ANY MEDIUM OR FORM FOR EVERY VARIETY OF ENSEMBLE AND FOR SOLO VOICES AND INSTRUMENTALISTS, EXPERIMENTAL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC, ACOUSTIC AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND SOURCES OF SOUND FOR PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMATIC MEDIUM OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM OR FORM WITH WHICH MUSIC MAY BE ASSOCIATED

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED ALTHOUGH IN PRACTICE LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £108,642, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet financial liabilities as they fall due. The charity reported a net deficit of £18,482 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £140,798 to £122,316. The trustees acknowledge that the principal risk is ensuring continued adequate funding for activities.

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.

Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03039699

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 — “We receive core funding from ACE as a National Portfolio Organisation” (source page)
• PRS Foundation — “The Foundation primarily supports BEAM and its nationwide pitching days.” (source page)
• The Mackintosh Foundation — “The Foundation generously funds the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Writer scheme” (source page)
• Music Theatre International Europe — “MTI Europe generously sponsors the biennial Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award” (source page)
• Jane Goodman Charitable Trust — “Funding from the Jane Goodman Charitable Trust supports opportunities mostly related to championing female writers, such as the Mercury Writ…” (source page)
• Lionel Bart Foundation — “Funding from the Lionel Bart Foundation supports our masterclasses and other members' events.” (source page)
• Coral Samuel Charitable Trust — “The Trust supports our two Advanced Writers Labs which meet monthly and provide peer-to-peer support for writers.” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “In 2025 we received a grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation to support our core costs” (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.

• EAMES, Matthew — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
• GREENHALGH, Steven — director, appointed 28/06/2023on trustee list
• GWYTHER, Rebecca Joy — director, appointed 05/05/2022on trustee list
• REILLY, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 05/05/2022on trustee list
• TARENTO, Danielle Claire — director, appointed 01/12/2020on trustee list
• SRIVASTAVA, Sumerah — director, appointed 01/12/2020on trustee list
• PIDCOCK, Stephen Marc — director, appointed 03/03/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Eameschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Danielle Claire TARENTO · trustee of 1 other charity
• REBECCA GWYTHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• SARAH REILLY
• STEPHEN MARC PIDCOCK
• STEVEN GREENHALGH
• SUMERAH SRIVASTAVA

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCURIAL ARTS LIMITED.

• MERCURIAL ARTS LIMITED income £44k
• THE MARGARET ENGERING MUSIC TRUST income £140k
• THE MERCURY CHARITABLE TRUST income £140k
• MILLWARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £47k
• THE MUSICAL MUSEUM income £186k
• THE MERI TRUST income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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