MUSIC RELIEF FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1185747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MR, MRF, MUSIC RELIEF

MRF seeks to nurture economically disadvantaged young people by: Providing music-based recreational activities provided in the interest of social welfare.Providing support and activities which develop their skills to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. Promoting social inclusion and assisting those who are socially excluded to integrate into society.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF MUSIC BASED RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES, AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CONTINUING TO BE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

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: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income of £120,934.73 exceeded total expenditure of £94,889.75, resulting in a surplus for the year. However, the majority of funds were restricted, leading to a significant operational deficit in unrestricted reserves as unrestricted income of £11,985.14 was insufficient to cover unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing strong restricted income streams and active fundraising plans.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 11/04/2024, 71 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MUSIC RELIEF FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Oluwasijibomi Oluwamuayowa Ogunsola-Alongechair
• Adrian Carl Thompson
• Paul Alexander Miller
• Valeria Ehrenheim

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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

• MISFITS MUSIC FOUNDATION income £198k
• MUSIC OF LIFE FOUNDATION income £524k
• MUSIC MINDS MATTER income £1.3m
• MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• MERTON MUSIC FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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