BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL CHARITY

Registered charity 1053950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Afternoon shows with high tea and outreach work taking music hall shows to those people suffering dementia, alzheimers mental health difficulties. The afternoon music hall shows with tea are held at our own theatre.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE AGED BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS WHICH IMPROVES THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £173,756 to £120,216 due to total expenditure of £480,908 exceeding total income of £427,368. The trustees confirm the charity remains financially viable and meets liabilities as they fall due, maintaining a going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves of £120,216 are held above the stated minimum policy target of £20,000.

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

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03162929

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.

• KAUR, Hurjinder Sharon — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
• BOUX, Jonathan Andre — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• BOWDEN, Christine Helen — director, appointed 05/06/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/02/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINE BOWDENchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hurjinder Sharon Kaur
• Jonathan Andre Boux · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR VINCENT HAYES

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Saffron Music Trust.

• Saffron Music Trust income £2.2m
• OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR income £204k
• THEATRE503 LIMITED income £553k
• GABRIELI income £994k
• APOLLO MUSIC PROJECTS income £305k
• WILTONS MUSIC HALL income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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