SOUTH LONDON COMMUNITY MUSIC

Registered charity 1138820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLCM

SLCM IS AN UMBRELLA CHARITY, PROVIDING A GOVERNING GROUP FOR ITS AFFILIATED MUSIC ENSEMBLES. SLCM ENDEAVOURS TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION AS A WHOLE. THE ENSEMBLES ARE MANAGED BY THEIR OWN COMMITTEES.OUR ENSEMBLES ARE: SOUTH LONDON SYMPHONIC WINDS, SOUTH LONDON JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND GEEKY BEATS

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, ANDAPPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANYMEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH REHEARSALS AND THEPRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES,2) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIRABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£45k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds totalled £139,957, with total net assets of £141,509. The trustees report that finances are in good shape, noting an increase in funds of £12,634 for the year due to increased performance fees and subscriptions. Bank balances were healthy at £55,883, and the charity maintains a reserves policy target equivalent to three months of specific expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew John Condliffechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Emily Clare Powis
Joshua Alexander Fernandes
Julie Donaldson
Marcus David Body
Richard William Rice
Ruth Elizabeth Taylor
Samuel Murray Baker

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£58k	£45k
31/12/2023	£54k	£50k
31/12/2022	£45k	£49k
31/12/2021	£31k	£34k
31/12/2020	£34k	£25k

Common questions

Is SOUTH LONDON COMMUNITY MUSIC financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds totalled £139,957, with total net assets of £141,509. The trustees report that finances are in good shape, noting an increase in funds of £12,634 for the year due to increased performance fees and subscriptions. Bank balances were healthy at £55,883, and the charity maintains a reserves policy target equivalent to three months of specific expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH LONDON COMMUNITY MUSIC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH LONDON COMMUNITY MUSIC as a grant recipient include THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Education and the Young

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	2	£110k
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION	2	£55k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	2	£15k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	2	£6k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	—
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.5m
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED	1	£989k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£616k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £28.8m
SOUND CONNECTIONS income £426k
LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED income £301k
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS income £167k
SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £32k
THE LEICESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH LONDON COMMUNITY MUSIC	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025	£28.8m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
SOUND CONNECTIONS FY2025	£426k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED FY2025	£301k	Over £60,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS FY2025	£167k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH WEST LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025	£32k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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