MUSIC4CHILDREN

Registered charity 1108364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NEPAL BALBALIKA TRUST (UK)

UK: Provision of free creative workshops for disadvantaged children and young people. We develop partnerships with existing youth groups, tailoring activities to their needs, delivering sessions both online and in person. NEPAL: Financial support of a shelter for disadvantaged girls that has been established in Dhulikhel. OTHER OVERSEAS: Delivery of creative projects linking young people globally.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN IN NEPAL AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ABONDONED, ORPHANED, OR ARE AT RISK OF ABANDONMENT (THE BENFICIARIES), BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, TEACHERS AND MATERIALS.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £36,979 and incurred expenditure of £26,486 for the year ending 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased from £17,880 to £28,373, with £5,000 held as a contingency against annual income.

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 3 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Music4children (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Reshma Weston
• Gavin Rhys Watts

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

Operates in: Camden · Kent · Lambeth · Nepal · Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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