EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT

Registered charity 801405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E M T P, EMTP

EMTP provides music therapy to children in Ealing with disabilities or any kind of special need

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR ANY DISABILITY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RUNNING OF A MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF EALING.

Area of benefit: EALING LB

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,977 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves closing at £31,877. The trustees note that income remains short-term as school funding is renewed annually, and they are actively appealing for funding to expand services to meet growing demand.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from schools (69% of income)

“Income from schools £74,370”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £32k)

“Unrestricted- Undesignated Reserves at around 3 months operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We are now appealing for funding to expand the service so that we can support the children and young people on our waiting list and meet increasing demand.”

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ealing Music Therapy (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr SANTOSH SHARMAchair
Cidalia Mendes
Colin Lenton-Smith
Kirstie Ferrett
Lydia Howarth
Rachael Nolan
Saz Vora

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£108k	£101k
31/03/2024	£109k	£87k
31/03/2023	£90k	£71k
31/03/2022	£69k	£67k
31/03/2021	£55k	£53k

Common questions

Is EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,977 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves closing at £31,877. The trustees note that income remains short-term as school funding is renewed annually, and they are actively appealing for funding to expand services to meet growing demand. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT as a grant recipient include HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	FY2023	£8k	Music Therapy for children and young people with special needs

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	04/09/2013	£27k	Grant to Ealing Music Therapy
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/10/2007	£95k	Music Therapy in Ealing

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
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	3	£8k
The Barnes Fund	2	£343k
Richmond Foundation	2	£141k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT	2	£83k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	2	£11k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£102k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£60k
DOVEDALE	1	£46k

Charities like this

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

MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
EALING YOUTH ORCHESTRA income £119k
EALING JUNIOR MUSIC SCHOOL income £390k
RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £1.8m
APOLLO MUSIC PROJECTS income £305k
THE MUSICSPACE TRUST income £437k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EALING MUSIC THERAPY PROJECT	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
MUSIC THERAPY WORKS FY2025	£393k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EALING YOUTH ORCHESTRA FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EALING JUNIOR MUSIC SCHOOL FY2025	£390k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£1.8m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
APOLLO MUSIC PROJECTS FY2025	£305k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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