KIDENZA

Registered charity 1190855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Kidenza provides live, quality, fun orchestral concerts and workshops aiming to inspire children to find out more about music, learn an instrument and perform with others. We support teachers so that they develop skills and confidence to deliver a quality music education, and convince them of the benefits of music on children's all round ability to learn.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:1. THE PROVISION OF HIGH-QUALITY PROFESSIONAL CONCERTS AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE TO MAKE MUSIC. 2. INCREASING PUBLIC EXPOSURE TO, APPRECIATION OF, AND INVOLVEMENT IN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC REACHING NEW AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION BY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED.

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: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £2,736 for the year, bringing unrestricted cash funds to £15,770. This balance is comfortably above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £2,896. The trustees note that while school budgets are constrained, the charity is actively diversifying income sources to reduce reliance on a small number of grant funders.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kidenza - orchestral concerts for kids (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Withey-Harrison Mrs
• Dr Andrew Kitchin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Harvey
• Murray Taylor
• Stephen Higgins

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• MUSIC IN LYDDINGTON income £29k
• CHILDREN'S CONCERTS income £141k
• YORCHESTRA TRUST income £37k
• HYDE BAND income £38k
• SWINDON MUSIC SERVICE income £1.2m
• JACKDAWS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £255k

Side by side with its peers

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