GOOD VIBRATIONS (MUSIC) LIMITED

Registered charity 1126493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOOD VIBRATIONS · also registered in Scotland as SC048860 (OSCR)

1. The advancement of education and mental health, in particular but not limited to Indonesian performing arts as a tool to promote, improve, and develop communication skills, teamwork, and creative learning in prisons and other institutions. 2. The promotion of Indonesian classical music, dance, singing and shadow puppetry and related art forms.

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Latest income
£286k
Latest spending
£332k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is undergoing an orderly wind-down process due to a lack of funding and a substantial risk to its long-term future. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have fallen to a deficit of £1,000, significantly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity has ceased operations, with all employees made redundant, and is awaiting formal removal from the charity register.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £-1k)
“Our reserves policy requires the Board to maintain a cash surplus equivalent to a minimum of three months of expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to wind down over the course of the next twelve months. Thus the trustees have not adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£286k£332k
31/03/2024£287k£314k
31/03/2023£288k£316k
31/03/2022£312k£298k
31/03/2021£265k£253k

Common questions

Is GOOD VIBRATIONS (MUSIC) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is undergoing an orderly wind-down process due to a lack of funding and a substantial risk to its long-term future. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have fallen to a deficit of £1,000, significantly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity has ceased operations, with all employees made redundant, and is awaiting formal removal from the charity register. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GOOD VIBRATIONS (MUSIC) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GOOD VIBRATIONS (MUSIC) LIMITED as a grant recipient include MAUDSLEY CHARITY, THE BROMLEY TRUST, THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MAUDSLEY CHARITYFY2023£30kLoophole Music – music-making sessions for inpatients at Bethlem Royal Hospital
MAUDSLEY CHARITYFY2022£30kLoophole Music - music-making sessions for inpatients at Bethlem Royal Hospital
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2023£10kPrison Reform
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2022£10kPrison Reform
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2024£10kPrison Reform
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCEFY2025£5kGrant to other charities
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£5kArts & Heritage
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2022£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kNATIONAL APPEAL

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2025£10kResonate Glasgow
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2024£181kConnect and Create
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kResonate Sheffield
City Bridge Foundation12/07/2022£25kGrant to Good Vibrations
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2022£40kGood Vibrations community gamelan project
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2019£211kKeluarga
City Bridge Foundation23/09/2015£43kGrant to Good Vibrations
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2011£200kDeveloping & expanding Good Vibrations in prisons and secure hospitals

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 DEAL MUSIC AND ARTS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GOOD VIBRATIONS (MUSIC) LIMITED£286k—0unclear—not going concern
DEAL MUSIC AND ARTS LIMITED FY2025£242k—0unclear—no doubt
IN GOOD COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£163k—0above—no doubt
Creation Theatre Ltd FY2025£668kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
RAW MATERIAL MUSIC AND MEDIA EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£271k—0unclear—material uncertainty

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