MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1136295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSICIANS WITHOUT BORDERS, MWB

MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL CREATE LIFE-CHANGING MUSIC PROGRAMMES WITH WAR SURVIVORS TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF WAR-RELATED TRAUMA. EVERY YEAR, WE SUPPORT AROUND 2000 CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AFFECTED BY WAR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TORTURE, DISCRIMINATION, HATE CRIME, AND RELATED TRAUMA IN THE UK, SIERRA LEONE AND BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£306k

Latest spending

£254k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a surplus on unrestricted funds of £6,567 for the year ended March 31, 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £68,824. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are within the desired range of three to six months' core expenditure, which is approximately £27,000 to £54,000. The trustees confirm there is no material concern about going concern, citing secured funding and the reserves position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months core expenditure, approximately £27,000 to £54,000 (held: £69k)

“The trustees have set a target for free reserves (unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets or otherwise designated) of between three to six months core expenditure, approximately £27,000 to £54,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Lis Murphy, the Creative director, was also a trustee until August 2019. Details of transactions with her are given in note 14 to the financial statements.

“Lis Murphy, the Creative director, was also a trustee until August 2019. Details of transactions with her are given in note 14 to the financial statements.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06859113

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.

BRUCE, Isobel Artemis — director, appointed 29/07/2025on trustee list
DAVDA, Shalita — director, appointed 04/10/2024on trustee list
BEARDON, Robert Keith — director, appointed 10/06/2024on trustee list
DIAZ VERA, Daniel — director, appointed 16/12/2019not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Diaz Vera
Isobel Bruce
Robert Keith Beardon
Shalita Davda

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

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Georgia · Sierra Leone · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£306k	£254k
31/03/2024	£242k	£214k
31/03/2023	£151k	£169k
31/03/2022	£118k	£172k
31/03/2021	£142k	£122k

Common questions

Is MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a surplus on unrestricted funds of £6,567 for the year ended March 31, 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £68,824. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are within the desired range of three to six months' core expenditure, which is approximately £27,000 to £54,000. The trustees confirm there is no material concern about going concern, citing secured funding and the reserves position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, DOVEDALE, THE BROMLEY TRUST, YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	FY2025	£150k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	Pause
DOVEDALE	FY2023	£25k	Advancement of education through the arts
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Human Rights
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k
DOVEDALE	FY2024	£19k
DOVEDALE	FY2022	£18k	Education and social care
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Human Rights
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k	Music for development
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0	Grants to institutions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/09/2024	£12k	Creative health music sessions with LGBTQ+ refugee and safety seeker adults
UK government	13/10/2022	£110k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/10/2022	£110k	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/05/2016	£10k	Everyday People London
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2012	£10k	Singing without borders