THE MUSIC CENTRE

Registered charity 1079536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLINGTON MUSIC CENTRE, SOUTHWARK MUSIC CENTRE

The Music Centre is both a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It provides high quality musical tuition, both choral and instrumental, to children and young persons of and under the age of twenty one in and around the London Boroughs of Islington and Southwark. It operates under the names 'Music Centre London - Islington' and 'Music Centre London - Southwark'.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF MUSICAL TUITION, BOTH CHORAL AND INSTRUMENTAL, TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS OF AND UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF ISLINGTON AND SOUTHWARK.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGHS OF ISLINGTON AND SOUTHWARK

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

Latest income
£15k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2000

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£15k£18k
31/12/2024£20k£24k
31/12/2023£20k£20k
31/12/2022£20k£20k
31/12/2021£13k£12k

Common questions

Who funds THE MUSIC CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MUSIC CENTRE as a grant recipient include OKEHAMPTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
OKEHAMPTON FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kVarious