GREENWICH MUSIC SCHOOL

Registered charity 1176649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Greenwich Music School is a centre of excellence in music education, delivering lessons to children and adults through a range of instrument and voice lessons, group courses and ensembles, an early years department, professional training and special projects. GMS delivers training for music teachers, and advocates for the value of learning music.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a net liability position of £73,081 at 31 August 2025. This deficit reflects planned strategic reinvestment in staffing, systems, and infrastructure, alongside cashflow effects from transitioning to monthly payments. The trustees have secured a new £70,000 loan facility to stabilise short-term cashflow and support ongoing development.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greenwich Music School (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sound Connections — “The project has been supported by Sound Connections and Youth Music.” (source page)
• Youth Music — “The project has been supported by Sound Connections and Youth Music.” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Hewitt
• BENJAMIN ROUS
• Edward Grande
• Michael Pickering
• Samuel Stockley
• Stephan Solomonidis
• Yun Zheng

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MUSIC TRUST income £2.9m
• DORSET RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL, LIMITED income £185k
• THE MUSIC IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRUST income £1.1m
• Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn income £1.0m
• COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED income £194k
• EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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