THE TIN MUSIC AND ARTS

Registered charity 1152636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TIN

? present high quality music and art events for enjoyment and education;? offer opportunities and encourage a range of people to use our spaces for the purpose of music, arts, practise and community;? deliver projects and activities and provide development opportunities to young people;? offer development opportunities to young people who are looking to work in music and arts industries;

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF AN ARTS FACILITY. 2) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION IN MUSIC AND ARTS 3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)

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

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

Registered contact address: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£228k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £12,562, though the underlying operating position showed a small deficit of £1,181 before exceptional VAT adjustments. The trustees report that the charity has not yet returned to a sustainable financial model and faces significant pressure on its financial position due to cost inflation and difficult operating conditions. General reserves of £33,541 are below the trustee-approved policy target of £72,806.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two thirds of expenditure not related to events or activities calculated from the previous financial year’s outturn (reserves figure: £34k)
“The reserve policy approved by Trustees is to hold a general reserve equivalent to two thirds of expenditure not related to events or activities calculated from the previous financial year’s outturn.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Family members of trustees employed.
“The daughter of the Chair works part time for the Tin as an Evaluation Assistant on the National Minimum wage. The wife of the Honorary Treasurer works occasional paid bar shifts.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £6,100 — contracts £6,100 (1); 3% of the £227,683 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £4,500 — contracts £4,500 (1); 3% of the £170,083 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £41,832 — contracts £7,500 (1), grants £34,332 (2); 25% of the £165,875 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 08/12/2022, 311 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£228k£215k
31/03/2024£170k£241k
31/03/2023£166k£181k
31/03/2022£293k£187k
31/03/2021£147k£91k

Common questions

Is THE TIN MUSIC AND ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £12,562, though the underlying operating position showed a small deficit of £1,181 before exceptional VAT adjustments. The trustees report that the charity has not yet returned to a sustainable financial model and faces significant pressure on its financial position due to cost inflation and difficult operating conditions. General reserves of £33,541 are below the trustee-approved policy target of £72,806. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2017£8k"Deliaphonic"
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2016£10kThe Tin - Coal Vaults Improvement Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIN ARTS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TIN MUSIC AND ARTS£228k—0unclear—no doubt
TIN ARTS LIMITED FY2025£652k£49,8900unclear—no doubt
TRUST MUSIC FY2025£43k—0below—no doubt
THE TILLETT TRUST FY2025£241k—0above—no doubt
THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) FY2025£1.8m——within—no doubt
CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST FY2025£158k—0above—no doubt

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