THE BRITISH KODALY ACADEMY

Registered charity 1185720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BKA

Working for improvement of British Music Education using the voice as the main instrument, through courses, workshops and demonstrations, for teachers and other adults who work with children or adults or who wish to improve their own musicianship. Major activities to include online or face-to-face courses, and certified training for teachers' professional development.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION IN THE UK, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES AS TAUGHT BY ZOLTÁN KODÁLY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered a net expenditure of £28,894 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by a heavy loss on the Summer School and reduced bookstore receipts. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that unrestricted funds remain well above the level necessary to hold in reserve under their stated policy. The charity remains solvent with net current assets of £88,154 and is continuing its operations.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Greenhalgh
• Jane Susanne Morgan Maxwell
• John David Oliver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Oliver
• Sally Elisabeth Leeming
• Sarah Mary Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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