FAIRBEATS MUSIC

Registered charity 1159133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAIRBEATS, FAIRBEATS! MUSIC

At Fairbeats! projects, all children are given the opportunity and skills to express themselves and connect with others through music. Fairbeats! is working to enable children and families from new minority communities to overcome the barriers they face to participating fully in the musical, cultural life and wider society in the UK.

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Latest income
£131k
Latest spending
£136k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,409 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £31,098 to £26,689. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' operating expenditure, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly compared against this target in the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ operating expenditure (held: £22k)
“A target has been set at a minimum of six months’ operating expenditure, reflecting the Charity’s funding profile and operational needs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Lewisham · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/09/2025£131k£136k
01/09/2024£95k£104k
01/09/2023£100k£108k
01/09/2022£78k£118k
01/09/2021£104k£71k

Common questions

Is FAIRBEATS MUSIC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,409 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £31,098 to £26,689. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' operating expenditure, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly compared against this target in the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAIRBEATS MUSIC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAIRBEATS MUSIC as a grant recipient include SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION, THE MARCHUS TRUST, ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIOFY2023£20kHarligton Hospice
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£15kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£10kGrants
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2023£4k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2022£3kFoundation Fund grant
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIOFY2023£2kGrants to organisations
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2022£1kProjects/Equipment
Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFY2023£1kOther Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/04/2025£15kFairbeats: Core work 2025-26
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£200Grant to Fairbeats
Barrow Cadbury Trust21/09/2020£13kCOVID-19 - Fairbeats Music
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2019£30kFairbeats Music at Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers and the Kat

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISFITS MUSIC FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAIRBEATS MUSIC£131k—0unclear—no doubt
MISFITS MUSIC FOUNDATION FY2025£198k—0below—no doubt
WORLD HEART BEAT MUSIC ACADEMY LTD FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
FAIRPLAY FY2025£2.0m——below—no doubt
LIFEBEAT FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt
FAIR WAYS FOUNDATION FY2024£581k—0below—not going concern

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