MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE

Registered charity 1051659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNCIL FOR MUSIC IN HOSPITALS, MIH, MUSIC IN HOSPITALS, THE COUNCIL FOR MUSIC IN HOSPITALS · also registered in Scotland as SC038864 (OSCR)

Music in Hospitals and Care's mission is to improve the quality of life of adults and children with all kinds of illness and disability through the joy and therapeutic benefits of professionally performed live music in hospitals, hospices, care homes, special needs schools and day care centres throughout the UK.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY THE USE OF HIGH QUALITY MUSIC FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net operating deficit of £71,029 before investment gains, which were £21,036, resulting in a net movement in funds of a deficit of £49,993. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £469,957, which is above the trustees' target of £300,000. The accounts state that the charity is not dependent on any one donor and continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate cash resources to meet liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 03138683 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Music in Hospitals & Care (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).

• Postcode Lottery — “Thanks to the players of Postcode Lottery, who have raised £1m since 2017 to help share the healing power of live music across England, Wale…” (source page)
• Creative Scotland — “From 2025, we are proud to be part of Creative Scotland’s portfolio of cultural organisations receiving support on a multi-year basis. This …” (source page)
• Arts Council Wales — “Thank you to the Arts Council of Wales for their continued support of our innovative project combining live music and visual arts to support…” (source page)
• Esmé Mitchell Trust — “The Esmé Mitchell Trust and Enkalon Foundation have generously supported this work, including bringing live music to people living with deme…” (source page)
• Enkalon Foundation — “The Esmé Mitchell Trust and Enkalon Foundation have generously supported this work, including bringing live music to people living with deme…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Thank you to the Garfield Weston Foundation for granting us £50,000 towards these costs – which are enabling us to respond to the increasing…” (source page)
• The Linn Foundation — “Together, the team raised over £2,900 which was then generously matched by The Linn Foundation, the business’ charitable organisation.” (source page)
• Co-op Community Fund — “Over the last few years, we have been generously supported by the teams and customers of Co-op stores across the UK, through the Co-op Commu…” (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.

• SHAW, Anthony — director, appointed 17/07/2026on trustee list
• GRINDAL, Claire — director, appointed 11/07/2025on trustee list
• GOOD, Chloe Elizabeth Mcivor — director, appointed 19/12/2024on trustee list
• HARDING, Robert Leon — director, appointed 19/12/2024on trustee list
• LING, Andrew John — director, appointed 03/11/2022on trustee list
• MACRITCHIE, Jennifer, Dr — director, appointed 21/09/2022on trustee list
• THOMAS, Angharad Carys — director, appointed 03/11/2021on trustee list
• HORAN, Charmian Penelope May — director, appointed 03/07/2018not on trustee list
• HALL, Maureen Frances — director, appointed 03/07/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Ling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angharad Thomas
• Anthony Shaw
• Charmian Penelope May · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chloe Elizabeth McIvor Good
• Claire Grindal
• Dr Jennifer MacRitchie
• Maureen Hall
• Robert Leon Harding

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY.

• KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY income £276k
• MUSIC AND THE DEAF income £41k
• MUSICWORKS MIDLANDS income £31k
• CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST income £1.2m
• MUSIC AS THERAPY INTERNATIONAL income £226k
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS income £659k

Side by side with its peers

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