THAMES' FRIENDS

Registered charity 1151465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THAMES friends exists to inspire young musicians in Tower Hamlets. We do this through fundraising to provide additional opportunities to make music at the THAMES Saturday Music Centre and beyond. We work to provide opportunities for children across the Borough of Tower Hamlets for music education and musical enrichment raising funds to provide the resources to support this work.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THAMES SATURDAY MUSIC CENTRE BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.2.TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN FOR MUSIC EDUCATION ACROSS THE BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS.

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: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£7k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
2013

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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.

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 28/05/2024 (received 01/04/2025, 4 days after the 28/03/2025 due date); year ending 28/05/2022 (received 06/04/2023, 9 days after the 28/03/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · Hackney · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/05/2025£7k£5k
28/05/2024£2k£5k
28/05/2023£2k£5k
28/05/2022£364£89
28/05/2021£2k£3k

Common questions

Who funds THAMES' FRIENDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THAMES' FRIENDS as a grant recipient include THE MARCHUS TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2025£4k