THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST

Registered charity 269427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MUSIC TRUST

Maintaining and promoting the performance and appreciation of church music in Hampstead and in particular Hampstead Parish Church.

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Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £4,297,635, with unrestricted cash balances of £86,108 exceeding the trustees' policy target of £50,000. The charity reported a net operating surplus of £722 for the year, indicating that incoming resources were sufficient to cover expenditures.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' anticipated expenditure (£50,000) (held: £86k)
“it should as a general rule of thumb hold some £50,000 of immediately available cash in the Unrestricted General Fund, this sum being equivalent to six months' anticipated expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£109k£109k
31/12/2023£108k£108k
31/12/2022£103k£99k
31/12/2021£100k£98k
31/12/2020£90k£107k

Common questions

Is THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £4,297,635, with unrestricted cash balances of £86,108 exceeding the trustees' policy target of £50,000. The charity reported a net operating surplus of £722 for the year, indicating that incoming resources were sufficient to cover expenditures. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST as a grant recipient include SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HAMPSTEAD CHURCH MUSIC TRUST£109k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
HAMPTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL FY2025£563k—0above—no doubt
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£152k—1unclear—no doubt
THE HASTINGS MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt

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