CITY MUSIC FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1148641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q86757004 · Wikipedia · also known as CMF

The City Music Foundation supports selected talented musicians early in their professional careers by providing business and artistic mentors, a broad professional development programme and varied performance opportunities. The CMF team works to equip each soloist or ensemble with the tools, skills, experience and networks they need to build and sustain rewarding and profitable careers.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND EDUCATION; AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG MUSICIANS (AS SOLOISTS OR IN ENSEMBLES) AS THEY START THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SPONSORSHIP, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN LONDON OR ELSEWHERE, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE WHOLLY CHARITABLE IN NATURE AND SHALL BE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £293,506, with a designated fund of £200,000 retained in line with the charity's reserves policy. The filing notes that while audiences have largely recovered, fundraising remains harder than pre-pandemic levels. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the charity is exempt from audit under small companies regime provisions.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Malcolm White
• Peter Tompkins · trustee of 4 other charities
• Stephen Alexander Kirk · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS CHARITABLE FUND.

• WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS CHARITABLE FUND income £508k
• MADE WITH MUSIC income £125k
• MUSIC OF LIFE FOUNDATION income £524k
• COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED income £194k
• INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS TRUST income £43k
• THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS income £485k

Side by side with its peers

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