APOLLO MUSIC PROJECTS

Registered charity 1124784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity carried out an extensive programme for primary and special schools in north and east London boroughs comprising classroom sessions, school assemblies, orchestral workshops and a schools concert at Hackney Empire for all participating schools.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS AMONGST CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN HACKNEY AND TOWER HAMLETS, AND THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,834 for the year, with total income of £305,062 and expenditure of £292,227. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £54,033, which is within the stated target range of £34,500 to £69,000. The trustees confirmed the charity's viability and ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Current Funders, 2025-2026 Programme Arts Council England” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Elisabeth Anne Bremner
• Ian Richard Hoggart
• Louise Anne Taylor
• Peter Kenneth Melling
• Sophie Yana · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Therese Besancon

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

Operates in: Brent · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
• BLACKPOOL MUSIC SCHOOL income £117k
• OPERA HOLLAND PARK income £5.7m
• ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL income £853k
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
• ARCANGELO income £510k

Side by side with its peers

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