KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY

Registered charity 1124102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of music therapy for the following purposes:Relief of physical and mental illness and disability, congenital or acquiredProtection and promotion of good health Alleviation of developmental, emotional and social difficulties Promotion and publication of research concerning the therapeutic use of music in connection with the above.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISABILITY, CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING MUSIC;2 THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, BY THE USE OF MUSIC;3 THE ALLEVIATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES BY THE USE OF MUSIC;4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING MUSIC AS A MEANS OF THERAPY FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISABILITY, AND FOR DEVELOPMENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES;5 THE PROMOTION AND PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH CONCERNING THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF MUSIC AS SET OUT IN THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £16,485 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total reserves to £63,077. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating, describing the financial position as robust despite challenging fiscal conditions.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06559536

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• EDWARDS, Jonathan Robert Newton — director, appointed 05/05/2026on trustee list
• SINGH, Ratika — director, appointed 25/03/2025on trustee list
• WITHERS, Madeleine Frances — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• PORTER, Darrell Jason — director, appointed 07/02/2021on trustee list
• SQUIRE, James David — director, appointed 11/09/2020not on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Jonathan Robert Newton — secretary, appointed 05/05/2026

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darrell Jason Porter
• James David Squire
• Jonathan Robert Newton Edwards
• Madeleine Frances Withers
• Ratika Singh

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE.

• NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE income £77k
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
• MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE income £1.1m
• KEY CHANGES: POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC LIMITED income £404k
• THE OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST income £319k
• MUSIC AS THERAPY INTERNATIONAL income £226k

Side by side with its peers

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