Hear Me Out Music
Registered charity 1119049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSIC IN DETENTION
Hear Me Out brings people living in immigration detention centres together with professional musicians and people living in the community, to create and perform powerful artistic work, and convey it to new audiences through live and recorded performance, thereby increasing wellbeing and empathy, and helping change attitudes to migrants.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £38,700 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £96,921. However, the trustees note that fundraising has become more difficult and the budget for the following year was reduced by 12%, with further cuts considered if necessary to maintain feasibility.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months' costs (held: £97k)
“We aim to accumulate reserves equivalent to three months’ costs, defined (by a Board decision after the year end) by average expenditure over the current and previous two years.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hear Me Out Music (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- SUE LUKESchair · trustee of 2 other charities
- Aksa Canolli
- Clare Scott Booth · trustee of 2 other charities
- Hannah Wilkinson
- JOANNA RIDOUT
- Kaveh Ghandizadeh Dezfuli
- Kidu Zerabruk Gebreegziabher
- MARIE-ANNE MACKIE
- Seyedardavan Nikaeen
- Uju Judith Eziokwu
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLM · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Cumbria · Durham · Islington · Newham · Redbridge · Scotland · Tower Hamlets
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Hear Me Out Music financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £38,700 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £96,921. However, the trustees note that fundraising has become more difficult and the budget for the following year was reduced by 12%, with further cuts considered if necessary to maintain feasibility. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Hear Me Out Music?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Hear Me Out Music as a grant recipient include IMAGINE FOUNDATION, NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.
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