GROOVESCHOOL

Registered charity 1183789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GrooveSchool provides opportunity to learn music production and DJ skills in an environment that promotes social inclusion and tackles inequality.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO MUSIC AND ARTS TECHNOLOGY;(B) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£19k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2019

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 28/12/2024, 327 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 16/02/2023, 11 days after the 05/02/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£19k£29k
05/04/2024£40k£29k
05/04/2023£38k£32k
05/04/2022£31k£31k
05/04/2021£10k£8k

Common questions

Who funds GROOVESCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROOVESCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S FUND FOR YOUNG MUSICIANSFY2022£6kAmplify

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2026£10kCreative Mentoring & Re-Engagement Through Music & DJing
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kLet's Groove