MUSIC IN MIND CIO

Registered charity 1169001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Music In Mind CIO provides educational and community projects and performances to promote health and well being through music and the arts. The projects are designed to promote the benefits of music and the arts to all ages and range from inspiring civic pride and identity amongst disaffected communities to raising public awareness around dementia.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE USE OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £17,524 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £24,174 to £6,650. The trustees report that the charity does not have a policy on reserves, and unrestricted funds are held at £6,650. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 9% of the £52,685 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £4,260 — grants £4,260 (1); 68% of the £6,285 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£67k£85k
31/07/2024£53k£35k
31/07/2023£6k£15k
31/07/2022£2k£57k
31/07/2021£80k£52k

Common questions

Is MUSIC IN MIND CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £17,524 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £24,174 to £6,650. The trustees report that the charity does not have a policy on reserves, and unrestricted funds are held at £6,650. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/01/2024£59k"Coastal Voice"

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MUSIC IN MIND CIO£67k—0unclear—no doubt
MUSIC FOR MY MIND FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUNDS OF INTENT FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
O/MODERNT FOUNDATION FY2026£456k—0unclear—no doubt
MISHMASH MUSIC FY2026£295k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW SINFONIA FY2025£203k—0below—no doubt

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