NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE

Registered charity 702533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre provides a community-based service to help families whose lives are affected by illness or disability. Music Therapy involves active music making as a means of improving physical, psychological and emotional functioning. The charity also provides information, further education, presentations/workshops and a programme of cultural events.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£166k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £1,549 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding operational receipts. The trustees note that salary commitments are not fully covered by therapy fees, creating a reliance on significant annual fundraising to maintain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (67% of income)
We achieved a healthy income from grants (£118,669), considerably higher than in 2023 (£49,100) — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
Our existing commitments for salaries and associated costs are not fully covered by our funds from therapy fees. There is therefore a significant fundraising target to achieve each year. — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£77k£166k
31/12/2024£176k£217k
31/12/2023£123k£146k
31/12/2022£135k£118k
31/12/2021£93k£96k

Common questions

Is NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £1,549 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding operational receipts. The trustees note that salary commitments are not fully covered by therapy fees, creating a reliance on significant annual fundraising to maintain operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£6kProgramme: Scarborough Children and Young People

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2022£10kMusic Therapy & Mental Health
Postcode Lottery27/08/2022£25kStaff salaries

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 MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE£77k0unclearnoted
MUSIC IN HOSPITALS AND CARE FY2025£825k£70,001 - £80,0001unclearno doubt
ANNIE MAWSON'S SUNBEAMS MUSIC TRUST FY2025£494kunclearno doubt
NEURO THERAPY CENTRE LTD FY2025£1.1mbelowno doubt
COMMUNITY MUSIC LIMITED FY2025£194k0unclearno doubt
EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT FY2025£108k0unclearnoted

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