THE OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 1178401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OKMT, OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST

We provide music therapy for people of all ages with additional needs in order to improve their well-being and quality of life. We work with children, young people and adults with disabilities or illness, people with mental health problems and elderly people. We teach children and young people with disabilities to play a musical instrument and perform. We work predominantly in South West London.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS"THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH PHYSICAL, LEARNING, MENTAL ORNEUROLOGICAL DISABILITY OR ILLNESS THROUGH THERAPEUTIC MEANS, IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY AND MUSIC PROJECTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE ANDBRING LASTING BENEFITS;(2) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC THERAPY, TRAINING MUSIC THERAPISTS,AND TRAINING PEOPLE TO USE MUSIC AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL.THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOUTH WEST LONDON, BUT THE CIOMAY DELIVER BENEFIT ELSEWHERE IN THE UK OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE"

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: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a small operating surplus of £571 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £343,986 against costs of £343,415. Net free reserves stood at £100,060, providing 3.5 months of cover against the trustees' stated policy target of three months. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
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• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Otakar Kraus Music Trust (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).

• Hampton Fund — “We are extremely grateful to the following Trusts and Foundations who are currently supporting us: Hampton Fund” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ju- Chang Ronald MIAOchair
• Alexi Chan
• Fulya Jones
• Gemma Le Marquer
• JILL CLARK
• Kamna Muralidharan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Hadfield
• Raymond Louvinous Collins
• Theresa Pa Sanbeck
• Tom Littler

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

Operates in: Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
• MUSIC THERAPY LAMBETH income £72k
• THE MUSICSPACE TRUST income £437k
• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k
• KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY income £276k
• ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL income £853k

Side by side with its peers

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