EARLEY MUSIC LIMITED

Registered charity 1076199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARLEY MUSIC CENTRE, EARLEY MUSIC CENTRE/EMC, EMC

Saturday Morning Music School. Approximately 150 students in the age range of 5 years to 80

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF ALL AGES WITHIN READING AND THE GREATER READING AREAS IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC

Area of benefit: READING AND THE GREATER READING AREAS

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 reserves stood at £51,212.81, an increase from the previous year's £50,397.22. The entity reported a net profit of £815.59 for the year ended 31 August 2025, derived principally from tuition fees. The filing confirms the company is a registered charity entitled to audit exemption under the small companies regime.

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 4 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03777653 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• DOBBY, Donald Christopher — director, appointed 03/11/2010not on trustee list
• ROGERS, Philip Stanley — director, appointed 17/06/1999not on trustee list
• DOBBY, Donald Christopher — secretary, appointed 03/11/2010

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DON DOBBY
• MR PHIL ROGERS

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

Income and spending

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