THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY)

Registered charity 1106979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FDMM, FOREST OF DEAN MUSIC MAKERS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE MUSIC MAKERS, MUSIC MAKERS, THE MUSIC WORKS

To advance the education of the public, in the making of music and related activities particularly children and young people.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE MAKING OF MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £188,569 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees' report highlights that free unrestricted reserves of £255,000 are held in line with the board’s reserves policy, which represents two months of the full delivery model. The charity maintains a positive overall financial health narrative despite economic pressures on funders.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by millhall consultants ltd. 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Music Works (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Ross
• Benjamin Daniel Conie
• Camella Cephas
• Gail Johnson
• Gemma Cropper
• Lawrence David Morgan Porter
• Muhammad Ibrahim Ansar
• Shanae Jasharee Armani
• Stuart Leslie Cairns

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS.

• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k
• THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £608k
• THE PREMISES MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME income £170k
• KIRKLEES MUSIC SCHOOL income £2.2m
• MUSICWORKS MIDLANDS income £31k
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k

Side by side with its peers

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