WEST OF ENGLAND MUSIC AND ARTS

Registered charity 1204508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST OF ENGLAND MUSIC

West of England Music & Arts promotes music, arts and cultural activities which benefit vulnerable, disadvantaged and minority groups and those who show exceptional talent. We do this by supporting work with children, young people & adults in creating, performing, appreciating & otherwise interacting with creativity for their emotional, social, health or education benefit

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN RELATION TO MUSIC; AND3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY PREVENTING AND RELIEVING ILL HEALTH OF EVERY KIND, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND PERSONAL WELLBEING, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE USE OF MUSIC.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £226,781 for the period ended 29 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £600,023. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operating for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (61% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Meeta Tharejachair
• Andrea William-Jones
• Catherine Susan Freda Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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