COMMUNITY RECORDING STUDIO

Registered charity 1135011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activities are to offer a drop-in space for young people primarily between the ages of 13 ÔÇô 25 around music/dance, music technology, performance and design, where they can develop new or existing skills in and around these areas in a friendly environment, free of charge.

Objects

= TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BYORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT,MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.:= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN MUSIC AND THEART AND SCIENCE OF STUDIO RECORDING

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £32,204 for the year, resulting in total reserves of £53,844, which is below the previous year's total of £86,048. The trustees state their policy is to maintain reserves sufficient for three months of operations, and unrestricted funds are held at £9,634. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 08/11/2025, 8 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 30/11/2022 (received 15/11/2023, 46 days after the 30/09/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07076892

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.

• LANGLEY, Andrew Jonathan — director, appointed 22/07/2024on trustee list
• JAMES, Daniel Paul — director, appointed 23/05/2024on trustee list
• MOORE, Georgia — director, appointed 13/03/2020on trustee list
• SPICK, Joanne Gillian — director, appointed 15/07/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £40k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Langley
• Daniel James
• Georgia Moore · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOANNE GILLIAN SPICK

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATHAYS AND CENTRAL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT.

• CATHAYS AND CENTRAL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT income £967k
• TARPORLEY AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND CIO income £59k
• OFF THE RECORD (BRISTOL) income £3.5m
• TWYFORD DISTRICT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £31k
• NE YOUTH income £1.3m
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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