NEW NOTE PROJECTS

Registered charity 1161284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NEW NOTE PROJECTS USES MUSIC TO COMBAT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THEIR FIRST PROJECT IS NEW NOTE ORCHESTRA BASED IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND IS THE FIRST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. AIMS ARE TO HELP PEOPLE STAY SOBER AND TACKLE STIGMAS SURROUNDING ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION. A PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL CONDUCTOR AND THERAPEUTIC FACILITATOR GUIDE WEEKLY REHEARSALS

Objects

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, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £5,396 for the year ending March 2026, with total income of £128,591 against expenditure of £123,195. Unrestricted reserves stood at £53,304, which the trustees note is below their policy target of four months' core operating costs, as current designated funds cover only approximately three months. The accounts state the charity maintained a positive financial position despite a challenging funding environment.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Note Projects (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Towner — “Towner was delighted to host New Note Orchestra in our new cinema space in November 2018. We were so impressed by the quality of the whole e…” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Claudia Clarkson
• David Martin
• Denis Byrne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Handelman-Smith
• Rachel Ayuba
• Sarah Erskine

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

• NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA LIMITED income £62k
• THE NEWBRIDGE PROJECT income £594k
• ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL income £853k
• NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE income £1.1m
• NMC RECORDINGS LTD income £413k
• NOTTINGHAM YOUTH ORCHESTRA LTD income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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