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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £757,246 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which trustees attribute to a strategic investment in organisational capability and digital transformation. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £234,458, which the trustees consider sufficient to mitigate financial risks and ensure operational continuity. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 54.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (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
• THE OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST income £319k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE income £77k
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
• LIVE MUSIC NOW LIMITED income £1.4m
• ANNIE MAWSON'S SUNBEAMS MUSIC TRUST income £494k

Side by side with its peers

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