SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE

Registered charity 1179203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity aims to create opportunities which will deepen the interests and skills of children and youngpeople from 0 to 18, and families and people of all ages in the community through providing a range ofmusical and social experiences. Music programmes in local schools will be delivered, supported and facilitated.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN RELATION TO MUSIC; TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO, PERFORMANCES OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN PERFORMANCES OF, MUSIC; TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £168,430 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £350,190. Free reserves stood at £345,460, which exceeds the stated target minimum of £200,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bethany Durston BMus
• Chak Man Vincent Ho
• Donna Eaton
• Dr Anne-Sophie Rouziere
• Elizabeth Matthews
• James Michael Heydon
• Kristina Jack
• Major PETER CLARK MMus ARCM
• Rainer Dolz
• Sek Yan Chan

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE income £1.1m
• YORKSHIRE YOUNG MUSICIANS income £363k
• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k
• MUSIC IN LYDDINGTON income £29k
• YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE income £114k
• WILTONS MUSIC HALL income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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