MUSIC AS THERAPY INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1208086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Music as Therapy International fosters and supports the use of music in care, alongside promoting and developing music therapy around the world. The charity provides training, guidance and resources to inspire and equip caregivers to explore, introduce and ultimately embed music into their care provision.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ARE:1) TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE GOOD HEALTH AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY OFFERING INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT [OR REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF] PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH:A) THE TARGETED USE OF MUSIC, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON STRENGTHENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT;B) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CARE SECTORS; ANDC) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING MUSIC THERAPY AND THE TARGETED USE OF MUSIC WITHIN CARE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS OR SOCIAL INJUSTICE.2) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,078 for the year ending 31 December 2025, following a deficit of £24,034 in the previous year. The trustees note that securing funds is critical due to unprecedented fundraising challenges and rising costs, indicating a dependency on future funding to sustain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ELLISchair
• Charlotte Louise de Warrenne Surun OBE
• Lucy Swanson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Makeda Mitchell
• Rebecca Lucy Huttly
• Sana Gujral

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

Operates in: Burma · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Georgia · India · Jordan · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Romania · Rwanda · Scotland · Throughout England

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSIC THERAPY CHARITY.

• THE MUSIC THERAPY CHARITY income £63k
• KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY income £276k
• MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE income £1.1m
• MUSIC24 income £365k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE income £77k
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS income £659k

Side by side with its peers

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