MUSIC OF LIFE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1102827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSIC OF LIFE

MUSIC OF LIFE FOUNDATION OFFERS HIGH-QUALITY MUSICAL TRAINING AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS. IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO ALL ITS EVENTS INCLUDING ADAPTED TRANSPORT AND CARERS. ITS FOCUS IS ON DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXTREMELY LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO MUSIC-MAKING.

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC BY:-I) PROVIDING ACCESS TO FACILITIES FOR STUDY, FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS TO BOTH STANDARD AND CREATIVE ORGANISATIONS, ON EQUAL TERMS WITH OTHER CHILDREN;II) THE ORGANISATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EVENTS, COMPETITIONS AND CONCERTS IN WHICH DISABLED CHILDREN CAN PARTICIPATE THUS HELPING THEM TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL; ANDIII) SUPPORTING RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN INTO THE EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC USE OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISABLED CHILDREN.3.2 ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN THROUGH THE USE OF THE ART OF MUSIC.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £178,178 (excluding designated funds), which the Trustees confirm sufficiently meets their policy target of covering six months of planned expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase and expanded its beneficiary reach, though it notes that fundraising remains a significant challenge due to unpredictable income streams.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04963498

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The VWV Charitable Trust — “The VWV Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Boots Charitable Trust — “Boots Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Brian Murtagh Charitable Trust — “Brian Murtagh Charitable Trust” (source page)
• City Bridge Foundation — “City Bridge Foundation” (source page)
• The Doggett Family Foundation — “The Doggett Family Foundation” (source page)
• Edward Gostling Fund — “Edward Gostling Fund” (source page)
• Edward and Dorothy Cadbury — “Edward and Dorothy Cadbury” (source page)
• Warwick Relief in Need — “Warwick Relief in Need” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• The gunnercooke Foundation — “The gunnercooke Foundation” (source page)
• Karlsson Jativa Charitable Trust Foundation — “Karlsson Jativa Charitable Trust Foundation” (source page)
• Katie Bradford Arts Trust — “Katie Bradford Arts Trust” (source page)

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.

• BEELAERTS VAN BLOKLAND, Vincent Rutger — director, appointed 05/06/2026not on trustee list
• PERRY, Simon Christopher — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• KENESSARY-KARAVA, Dinara — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• PIKE, Calvin Sidney — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• KEMBERY, Belinda Mary — director, appointed 01/05/2024on trustee list
• DI VENUTA, Valentina — director, appointed 01/05/2024not on trustee list
• HENNIGS, Tristen Dail — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• HARRISS, Lily — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• MCHARDY, Alexander David — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• FILIPPI, Stefano — director, appointed 02/01/2023on trustee list
• BRUGGEMANN, Sophie — director, appointed 12/12/2020on trustee list
• BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary, appointed 13/11/2003

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander McHardy
• Belinda Mary Kembery
• Dinara Kenessary-Karava
• Dr Calvin Sidney Pike
• Lily Harriss
• Simon Christopher Perry
• Sophie Bruggemann
• Stefano Filippi
• Tristen Hennigs
• Valentina Di Venuta
• Vincent Rutger Beelaerts van Blokland · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSIC AND THE DEAF.

• MUSIC AND THE DEAF income £41k
• MUSIC RELIEF FOUNDATION income £121k
• MADE WITH MUSIC income £125k
• SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE income £1.2m
• AWARDS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £2.5m
• RESTORE THE MUSIC UK income £945k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.