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.

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Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received independent examination rather than a full audit. The trustees report that the charity has overcome previous challenges and achieved its funding targets for the year, with substantial progress made towards 2025 targets.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trusts and Foundations (61% of income)
“HMM receives 61% of its income from Trusts and Foundations, 26.5% from earned income and 12.5% from donations.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£103k£108k
31/12/2023£102k£74k
31/12/2022£42k£63k
31/12/2021£68k£65k
31/12/2020£83k£58k

Common questions

Is HERTS MUSICAL MEMORIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received independent examination rather than a full audit. The trustees report that the charity has overcome previous challenges and achieved its funding targets for the year, with substantial progress made towards 2025 targets. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HERTS MUSICAL MEMORIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HERTS MUSICAL MEMORIES as a grant recipient include THE ARCHER TRUST, GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k
GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATIONFY2025£300Quality of life for older people

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2026£20kHerts Musical Memories
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£23kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2023£9kHerts Musical Memories
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2021£10kHerts Musical Memories
UK government08/07/2020£23kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/05/2018£5kGrant to Herts Musical Memories

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEMENTIA TOGETHER WIRRAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HERTS MUSICAL MEMORIES£103k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA TOGETHER WIRRAL FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
LOST CHORD UK FY2026£108k—0unclear—noted
MOVING MEMORY DANCE THEATRE COMPANY LTD FY2025£173k—0below—no doubt
MUSIC FOR MY MIND FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR FY2025£204k—0above—no doubt

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