CODA MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST
Registered charity 1068710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CODA MUSIC CENTRE, CODA MUSIC TRUST LTD
Coda is an inclusive charity that seeks to tackle inequality in our community by providing universal access to music and the arts. We devise and deliver creative and innovative education and health programmes and work with inspirational artists to create projects with and for local people.
Causes: Education/training · 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 income of £110,012 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £967,161. Per the trustees' report, the charity has a stated long-term reserves policy target of maintaining a financial buffer of at least six months of operation. The trustees consider the charity to have a healthy future in the short and medium term despite economic challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 6 months operation (held: £967k)
“It is the Trustees longer-term intention to continue to build reserves for the charity that would give a financial buffer of at least 6 months operation to ensure the long-term prosperity of the charity.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coda Music and Arts Trust (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- CREW, Samuel — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
- GREEN, Amanda Judith — director, appointed 05/09/2024on trustee list
- MANN, Kevin Christian — director, appointed 21/07/2023on trustee list
- CLARK, Timothy Mcgown — director, appointed 02/10/2009on trustee list
- HALLETT, Philip — secretary, appointed 14/07/2020
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- TIMOTHY CLARKchair
- Amanda Judith Green
- Kevin Mann
- Samuel Crew
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CODA MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £110,012 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £967,161. Per the trustees' report, the charity has a stated long-term reserves policy target of maintaining a financial buffer of at least six months of operation. The trustees consider the charity to have a healthy future in the short and medium term despite economic challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CODA MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CODA MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, ENERGISE ME, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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