MUSIC MINDS MATTER

Registered charity 1199795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the mental health of professional musicians and those who work in supporting roles across the breadth of the music industry and those who have worked in such roles, by providing support, information, counselling, guidance and signposting to additional sources of assistance.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN SUPPORTING ROLES ACROSS THE BREADTH OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED IN SUCH ROLES, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION, COUNSELLING, GUIDANCE AND SIGNPOSTING TO ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE.

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 free reserves were £nil at the year end, which is below the stated target of £266k. The charity recorded a total surplus of £68k for the year, with total funds carried forward of £82k, and relies on financial support from its parent charity, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, to meet liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Music Minds Matter (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Amazon Music — “Amazon Music is proud to support Music Minds Matter, as an organisation of people who seek to understand and offer help for all, at a time w…” (source page)
• The Christopher Meredith Foundation — “The Christopher Meredith Foundation are proud to support Music Minds Matter, in line with our shared mission to create a music industry wher…” (source page)
• PPL — “We’re proud to continue our long-term collaboration with Music Minds Matter so they can deliver tailored mental health and wellbeing program…” (source page)
• Skiddle — “We’re proud to support MMM and strongly encourage others across the industry to do the same.” (source page)
• Spotify — “We are delighted to work with Music Minds Matter as a key partner and a charity that is actively supporting the mental health of everyone wo…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clifford Gary Fluet
• James Lewis Benner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louisa McCann · trustee of 1 other charity
• Melanie Johnson
• Paul Firth
• Samantha Jane Mitchell Andrews

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND.

• MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND income £5.7m
• MUSIC SUPPORT UK income £376k
• TONIC MUSIC FOR MENTAL HEALTH LTD income £209k
• BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS income £354k
• ANNIE MAWSON'S SUNBEAMS MUSIC TRUST income £494k
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.