BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC THERAPY

Registered charity 1137807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAMT

The British Association for Music Therapy promotes the profession and practice of music therapy, an intervention which helps people whose lives are affected by illness, disability or emotional distress. With a professional and lay membership, BAMT supports training, education, research and the development of music therapy services across the UK. Publishes the British Journal of Music Therapy.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC THERAPY AND THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC THERAPY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MUSIC THERAPY, AND TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The provided document is a cover page for the British Association for Music Therapy's financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2024. It identifies the entity as a registered charity and company but contains no financial data, reserves, or trustee reports to assess financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07301585

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.

• MULLER, Timothy Marcus — director, appointed 22/09/2026on trustee list
• SMITH, Brian Paul — director, appointed 16/06/2026on trustee list
• ARCHER, Alphonso George — director, appointed 16/06/2026on trustee list
• DOWDS, Neviella — director, appointed 16/06/2026on trustee list
• HANFORD, Gregory Peter James — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
• MATON, Philip Michael — director, appointed 19/07/2024on trustee list
• JEFFERY, Elizabeth — director, appointed 10/06/2024on trustee list
• UDDIN, Nirupar Hasna — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• ROGERS, Penelope Jane — director, appointed 15/10/2022on trustee list
• AL-BANDAR, Laura — director, appointed 16/03/2022on trustee list
• KIRKWOOD, Jennifer Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/12/2020on trustee list
• DAVIES, Helen Patricia — director, appointed 12/10/2019on trustee list
• ARAVINTH, Usha — secretary, appointed 14/02/2023

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alphonso George Archer
• Brian Paul Smith
• Elizabeth Jeffery
• GREGORY PETER JAMES HANFORD
• Helen Patricia Davies
• Jennifer Elizabeth Kirkwood
• Laura Al-Bandar
• Neviella Dowds
• Nirupar Hasna Uddin
• PHILIP MICHAEL MATON
• Penelope Jane Rogers
• Timothy Marcus Muller

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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