NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY

Registered charity 280960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORDOFF ROBBINS, NORDOFF ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY, NRMT, Nordoff & Robbins, Nordoff and Robbins, THE NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE · also registered in Scotland as SC048817 (OSCR)

1. Providing and extending music therapy services nationwide;2. Training professional music therapists and transmittingmusic therapy knowledge and skills through broadereducational programmes;3. Researching and developing music therapy as aprofessional practice and an academic discipline.

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 incurred a net deficit of £1.2m in 2025, driven by increasing costs that outpaced income growth. Per the trustees' report, the charity is drawing down on healthy reserves to sustain operations while implementing cost control measures and a new strategy to eliminate the deficit in 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Nordoff And Robbins launches fundraising partnership with LW Theatres musicweek.com · 15/04/2026
• Who’s Moving: Amnesty International, Nordoff and Robbins, English Heritage and more civilsociety.co.uk · 16/02/2026

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nordoff and Robbins (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• O2 — “OVO proudly sponsored the Legend Award at the O2 Silver Clef Awards 2025” (source page)
• Tysers Live — “For 8 years, Tysers Live have sponsored the O2 Silver Clef Awards and continue to support our events including Race Day, the Northern Music …” (source page)
• The BRIT Trust — “We’re delighted that the BRIT Trust’s invaluable contribution to our work is set to continue, with a focus on helping us develop a series of…” (source page)
• OVO — “OVO proudly sponsored the Legend Award at the O2 Silver Clef Awards 2025, and have launched a campaign to give back to our Music Therapists.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (33% 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: 35.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Bankschair
• Daniel Fethers FCCA
• Giles Wilmore
• Graham Bell
• JANE BRYANT
• Karen Ann Pilling
• Kate Reilly
• Lucy Margaret Noble · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marc Jaffrey OBE
• Selina Emeny
• Sophie Guest

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation.

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Side by side with its peers

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