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HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED

Registered charity 270060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£7.2m
Latest spending
£7.4m
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £137,940 for the year ended 30 September 2024, bringing total unrestricted funds to £6,628,841. The trustees consider the level of free reserves, which amounted to approximately 1.5 months of operating costs when excluding strategic investments, to be adequate given the readily available cash for investment opportunities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“When these strategic investment funds and the charity’s fixed assets are excluded, unrestricted reserves amounted to £557,673 equivalent to approximately 1.5 month’s operating costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£7.2m
Total spending
£7.4m
Reserves (reported)
£6.6m
Employees
65

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£7.2m£7.4m
30/09/2024£7.2m£7.6m
30/09/2023£6.7m£7.0m
30/09/2022£6.7m£6.6m
30/09/2021£6.5m£6.5m

Common questions

Is HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £137,940 for the year ended 30 September 2024, bringing total unrestricted funds to £6,628,841. The trustees consider the level of free reserves, which amounted to approximately 1.5 months of operating costs when excluding strategic investments, to be adequate given the readily available cash for investment opportunities. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.

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