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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

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2004

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£267k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.5m£1.9m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.7m£768k

Common questions

Who funds THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) as a grant recipient include THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION, BARNWOOD TRUST, THE CHIMO TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£885k
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2022£264k
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATIONFY2023£126k
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2023£103k
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE CHIMO TRUST CIOFY2023£90k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2025£30k
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£10k
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2023£8k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIOFY2024£7k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIOFY2023£6k
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2025£2k
ACTIVE IMPACT CIOFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/03/2014£10k"Street of Bugles: A new Oratorio about Gloucestershire brass bands during WW1"