HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE

Registered charity 1165778 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HMS

Hounslow Music Service exists to provide music education to children and young people who live in or attend school in and around the London Borough of Hounslow

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE ("THE CHARITY") ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN RELATION TO MUSIC;1.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO, PERFORMANCES OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN PERFORMANCES OF, MUSIC; 1.3 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;1.4 THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF MUSIC AND ART FOR THE PROTECTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD HEALTH INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE ALLEVIATION OF DEVELOPMENT, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES.

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: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operational surplus of £5,919 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £383,010. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The organization faces budget pressures from declining school populations and cost-of-living crises, but maintains a positive cash flow position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WSM Advisors Limited. 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.

• 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
• 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 ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Gillian Haslam
• Clare Paddi Salters · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Baruch Meyer
• David Frederick Swiffen Rogers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Prabhjot Kaur Basra
• OONAGH MARY BARRY
• Thomas George Francis Sylvester

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

Operates in: Croydon · Hounslow · Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Richmond Upon Thames · Sutton

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 WANDSWORTH MUSIC.

• WANDSWORTH MUSIC income £2.0m
• HELLENSMUSIC income £50k
• CORNWALL MUSIC SERVICE TRUST income £1.8m
• HOUNSLOW ACTION FOR YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £473k
• HOUNSLOW YOUTH COUNSELLING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICE income £338k
• HARLOW CHORUS income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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