HERTS MUSICAL MEMORIES

Registered charity 1176007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Herts Musical Memories provides singing sessions for people with dementia and their cares. The sessions are based in musical therapy and help people connect with their memories. The sessions comprise of gentle seated exercise, breathing exercises and vocal exercises. Each week the members of the group sing songs from musicals and popular culture woven around a variety of themes.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, AND PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THE USE OF CREATIVE ARTS.2.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DEMENTIA THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MUSIC AND MOVEMENT.

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: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £28,993 at year-end, representing approximately two to three months of running costs, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three months of costs. The charity reported total income of £109,336 for the year, derived from grants, donations, and fees, while noting challenges in staffing and a reliance on diverse funding streams to ensure sustainability.

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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
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 12/11/2022, 12 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Herts Musical Memories (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Bosatta
• Jane Unwin
• LAURA VIVIAN
• Mary Cormack
• Peter Neighbour

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEMENTIA SINGING EXPERIENCE, SUSSEX.

• DEMENTIA SINGING EXPERIENCE, SUSSEX income £30k
• MINDSONG income £336k
• OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR income £204k
• MUSIC FOR MY MIND income £111k
• DEMENTIA TOGETHER WIRRAL income £196k
• MUSICAL KEYS income £289k

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