PIE FACTORY MUSIC

Registered charity 1097561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pie Factory Music offers free music and related arts workshop opportunities to young people aged 0 - 18 years across East Kent.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,472 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £476,578 to £474,106. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £264,844, which is above the stated policy target of £165,880. The charity is not dependent on any single funding source, having secured grants from multiple foundations and local councils to supplement the loss of a major commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pie Factory Music (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael John Faggchair
• Aniq Ismat
• Dr Sarah Helen Cant
• John Arthur Barrett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mx Madhia Hussain
• Niamh Barnard
• Ross O'Watson

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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