NMC RECORDINGS LTD

Registered charity 328052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW MUSIC CASSETTES LIMITED

NMC believes that new music is a dynamic and engaging art. We seek to discover and share exceptional work that inspires and challenges. NMC:- produces high quality recordings of outstanding work by British composers- works with leading artists and ensembles- promotes these recordings to expand worldwide audiences for contemporary music- preserves this creativity for generations to come

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC OF HIGH ARTISTIC CALIBRE COMPOSED BY LIVING MUSICIANS AND OF SUCH MUSIC GENERALLY. (B) TO MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF WORKS OF HIGH ARTISTIC MERIT IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE SPHERE OF MUSIC BY ASSISTING IN THE DISSEMINATION OF MERITORIOUS MUSICAL WORKS BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£413k

Latest spending

£343k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £70,141 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £413,227 against total expenditure of £343,086. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £94,815, which comfortably meets the stated policy target of holding enough reserves to fund a minimum of three months of basic operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Government income: £50,000 — grants £50,000 (1); 12% of the £413,227 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Government income: £50,000 — grants £50,000 (1); 19% of the £256,707 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £40,736 — grants £40,736 (1); 13% of the £321,652 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Mick Peake OBEchair
Barbara Baska
CHRISTOPHER POTTS
Chris O'Reilly
Emily Granozio
JACKIE NEWBOULD
Naomi Winterburn
Raj Arumugam
TERENCE SINCLAIR

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£413k	£343k
31/03/2024	£257k	£367k
31/03/2023	£322k	£329k
31/03/2022	£358k	£365k
31/03/2021	£362k	£273k

Common questions

Is NMC RECORDINGS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £70,141 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £413,227 against total expenditure of £343,086. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £94,815, which comfortably meets the stated policy target of holding enough reserves to fund a minimum of three months of basic operational costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of NMC RECORDINGS LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds NMC RECORDINGS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NMC RECORDINGS LTD as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION, GERALD FINZI TRUST, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST, THE MARCHUS TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£75k	Arts, Culture and Heritage
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k	Public Performance
GERALD FINZI TRUST	FY2023	£10k	General Grants
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£9k	Recordings
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2026	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	FY2024	£5k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Debut Discs
GERALD FINZI TRUST	FY2024	£5k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward).
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Support their work in Wales, and with young Welsh composer Derri Joseph Lewis
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Debut Discs 2024/5: Mentoring & production costs for first solo albums of acclaimed next generation composers: Daniel Kidane & Hannah Kendall
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Quarterly Grants for Institutions - Round One - The Arts Early Career Projects
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£750
GERALD FINZI TRUST	FY2022	£500	General Grants
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TRUST	FY2025	amount not stated

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£215k
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£180k
THE HAWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£97k
The Ethos Foundation	1	£80k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£50k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£42k
THE EY FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE.

NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE income £1.1m
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE income £714k
NORFOLK COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION income £69k
THE NEW MUSIC PLAYERS income £80k
National Youth Music Theatre Ltd income £950k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TRUST income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NMC RECORDINGS LTD	£413k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE FY2026	£714k	—	above	—	no doubt
NORFOLK COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£69k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEW MUSIC PLAYERS FY2025	£80k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
National Youth Music Theatre Ltd FY2025	£950k	—	below	—	no doubt

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