NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE

Registered charity 1153716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NMS

Our vision is that all children and young people in Nottingham have an inspiring and rewarding experience of making music with others. Our mission is to facilitate joyous, life-enhancing and confidence-building experiences that equip children and young people with perseverance, self belief and a life-long love of music.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £40,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,125,942 against total expenditure of £1,085,186. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £405,930, supported by designated funds including a £200,000 contingency fund and a £218,789 charity base fund. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Susan Atkinson
• Courtney Harrison
• Elizabeth Lesquereux
• MICHAEL HENRY · trustee of 2 other charities
• NIGEL COOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Barbara Smith

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

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 YORKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS.

• YORKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS income £363k
• MUSIC FOR EVERYONE income £336k
• SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE income £1.2m
• NMC RECORDINGS LTD income £413k
• NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY OF ARTISTS LTD income £42k
• BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP income £630k

Side by side with its peers

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