KEY CHANGES: POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC LIMITED

Registered charity 1103774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IMF, ISLINGTON MUSIC FORUM LTD

Key Changes provides music engagement and recovery services in hospitals and the community for young people and adults experiencing mental health difficulties. The charity was set up in 1997 at Highgate Mental Health Centre in North London. We now provide work in partnership with health and social care services across London and England providing support for 3,000 people a year.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCALLY IN ISLINGTON AND CAMDEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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 total income for the year was £403,694 against total expenditure of £366,978, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,126, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £36,000.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADAM THOMAS
• Elliott Jack
• Kelly McMinn
• MARK VINCENT
• Tanya Blacher
• Tanya Das
• Vivine Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY.

• KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY income £276k
• CHANGES HEALTH & WELLBEING income £3.5m
• KEY ENTERPRISES (1983) LIMITED income £552k
• MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE income £1.1m
• KEYCHANGE CHARITY income £10.6m
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k

Side by side with its peers

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