HACKNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS TRUST

Registered charity 1191159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hackney Youth Orchestras Trust is a music school for children and young people living or studying in Hackney and neighbouring boroughs. The School's progressive concessions policy makes it accessible to groups currently under-represented in music education. Students are taught by professional musicians both individually and in groups, leading to regular free public concert performances.

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Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £12,795 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was covered by unrestricted reserves. Due to a significant drop in funding and student numbers, the trustees decided to close the charity following the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Charity’s principal source of funding for this year’s activities was £900 from the Jack Petchey Foundation.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum of 35% of annual costs as unrestricted reserves (held: £10k)

“The Charity aims to hold a minimum of 35% of annual costs as unrestricted reserves and a maximum of 100%.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“It is therefore with great regret that HYOT trustees took the decision in August 2025 to close the Charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hackney Youth Orchestras Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL ST CLAIR Lane
Christine Louise Evans
DAVID ANTHONY MCCARTHY
Elizabeth Jane Routhorn
Malcolm John Hutcheson
SUSAN MARGARET BARBER
Sharon Anne Sullivan
Simon Andrew Stephens

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey · Islington · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£31k	£44k
31/03/2024	£44k	£46k
31/03/2023	£34k	£47k
31/03/2022	£0	£0
31/03/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is HACKNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £12,795 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was covered by unrestricted reserves. Due to a significant drop in funding and student numbers, the trustees decided to close the charity following the end of the 2024-25 academic year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Hackney	10/12/2019	£5k	Grant to Hackney Youth Orchestras Trust
Hackney Council	10/12/2019	£5k	Grant to Hackney Youth Orchestras Trust