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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

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,001 to £70,000 1” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,001 to £70,000 1” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states 'a negligible sum of £451 was recharged for legitimate trustee expenses... for board meeting refreshments and some travel costs.' It does not name the specific trustees who incurred these expenses, nor does it describe a transaction with a trustee-connected business or remuneration paid to trustees.
“During the year, a negligible sum of £451 was recharged for legitimate trustee expenses. These were incurred for the purposes of supplying board meeting refreshments and some travel costs.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WSM Advisors Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£462k
Employees
64

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WSM Advisors Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANSFY2024£15kScholarships
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANSFY2023£15kScholarships
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANSFY2022£15kScholarships
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANSFY2025£11kScholarship

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION1—
The Barnes Fund1£336k
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£93k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT1£62k
Richmond Foundation1£50k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST1£33k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£20k
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION1£6k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH MUSIC FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE FY2025£834k—0above—no doubt
SPEAK OUT IN HOUNSLOW FY2025£283k—0unclear—noted
LEWISHAM MUSIC FY2025£1.3m——below—no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.8mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt

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