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LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED

Registered charity 290236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L M C, RESONANCE 104.4FM, RESONANCE FM

A musical educational charity which is licensed by OFCOM to run the community radio station "Resonance FM".

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC AND IMPROVISED MUSIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Latest income
£301k
Latest spending
£272k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £29,104 after a previous deficit, with total income of £301,112 against total expenditure of £272,008. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stand at £14,954, which is significantly below the Board's stated policy target of 25% of annual running costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, citing rolling funding from Arts Council England until 2028 and successful fundraising efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Over £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“One member of staff earned over £60,000 for the financial year” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One member of staff earned over £60,000 for the financial year (2024 - one).” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £15k; policy: 25% of annual running costs)
“Free reserves currently represent 2% of annual running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

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Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£301k£272k
31/03/2024£261k£285k
31/03/2023£228k£259k
31/03/2022£244k£223k
31/03/2021£243k£234k

Common questions

Is LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £29,104 after a previous deficit, with total income of £301,112 against total expenditure of £272,008. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stand at £14,954, which is significantly below the Board's stated policy target of 25% of annual running costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, citing rolling funding from Arts Council England until 2028 and successful fundraising efforts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/11/2025£16kStudio Coordinator
UK government13/10/2022£163kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£163kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/12/2021£163kNational Portfolio Organisations

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST2£17k
THE MARCHUS TRUST2£10k
The Barnes Fund1£336k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT1£62k
Richmond Foundation1£50k
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST1£33k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST1£32k
THE HARDING TRUST1£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON MUSICIANS' COLLECTIVE LIMITED£301kOver £60,0001below—no doubt
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED FY2025£11.8m——unclear5.0%no doubt
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
Contemporary Music for All FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
EARLY MUSIC AS EDUCATION FY2025£137k—0within—no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.8mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt

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