METRONOMES STEEL ORCHESTRA

Registered charity 1209200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND APPRECIATION OF STEEL PAN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND STEEL PAN COMBO MUSIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) PROVIDING TEACHING, WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY STEEL PAN ORCHESTRAS AND STEEL PAN COMBOS; (2) COMMISSIONING NEW STEEL PAN INSTRUMENTS AND MUSICAL WORKS INCLUDING STEEL PANS; AND(3) CREATING A STEEL PAN ARCHIVE AND OTHER RESOURCES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF STEEL PAN 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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £47,791 in its first financial year, with total incoming resources of £60,222 against expenditure of £12,431. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,431, which aligns with their stated policy aim to keep one year’s revenue cost as a reserve. The filing confirms there were no employees during the year, with management provided by a volunteer board of trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Its only annual return with a recorded received date was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 08/09/2026, 220 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Arts Service — “Metronomes has received funding from the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Arts Service to create podcasts about memories of people in t…” (source page)
• Westway Trust — “More than a funder, during the pandemic Westway Trust have provided Metronomes with advice and support on a range of issues. Emergency fund…” (source page)
• The Arts Council — “Metronomes received a grant from the Arts Council’s Emergency Response Fund, enabling us to continue to run our Virtual Panyard, and to cre…” (source page)
• National Lottery — “A big THANK YOU to National Lottery players for making it possible for the Arts Council to fund us.” (source page)
• The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation — “The Kensington & Chelsea Foundation gave grant from Green Shoots, a fund set up after the Grenfell To wer fire for projects designed to bri…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• EVERSLEY MILLS
• Heather Joseph
• Ingrid Greenidge

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL MUSICAL THEATRE.

• BRISTOL MUSICAL THEATRE income £32k
• METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE income £2.2m
• FANTASIA ORCHESTRA income £92k
• THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED income £560k
• EYE MUSIC TRUST income £385k
• BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £8.6m

Side by side with its peers

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