Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    THE OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST

    We provide music therapy for people of all ages with additional needs in order to improve their well-being and quality of life. We work with children, young people and adults with disabilities or illness, people with mental health problems and elderly people. We teach children and young people with disabilities to play a musical instrument and perform. We work predominantly in South West London.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/23£315£312£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/22£297£296£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/21£261£258£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/20£219£218£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/19£158£156£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/18£281£261£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 7 years

    www.okmtrust.org.uk

    info@okmtrust.org.uk

    07435062212

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Hounslow, Richmond Upon Thames,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    City Bridge Trust£78,620
    BBC Children in Need£39,696
    National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Masonic Trust£15,000
    DCMS£12,620
    Youth Music£11,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £36,576 27/02/2023
    36
    This project will provide a weekly music club for disabled children and young people. The sessions will help to improve their communication skills, confidence and help to develop their listening and focus skills.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £78,620 01/02/2023
    24
    £78,620 over two further and final years (£36,880; £41,740) for weekly Music Therapy for 33 children and young people with physical, psychological, behavioural, learning, or emotional disabilities.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £500 20/10/2022
    0
    ‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
    Youth Music - Music for Early Years
    £11,000 21/07/2022
    Music for Early Years
    London Catalyst - The Otakar Kraus Music Trust - 3
    £1,500 29/06/2022
    Partners for Health - Music Therapy for Early Years
    National Lottery Community Fund - OK Music School
    £10,000 29/04/2022
    The funding will be used to continue to run their music therapy school for children and young people with disabilities and complex needs. The project aims to provide access to creative activities which will reduce isolation and increase confidence ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 22/04/2022
    OK Music School
    National Lottery Community Fund - OK Music School
    £10,000 12/03/2021
    12
    The funding is being used to run a music therapy school for children and young people with disabilities both virtually and in person allowing them to have access to a creative activity enabling them to reduce isolation and increase confidence ....more
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £15,000 14/10/2020
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 24/07/2020
    OK Music School
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £10,000 19/06/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £2,620 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund musical instruments for children with learning disabilities isolated at home due to Covid-19, this will improve their mental health and wellbeing.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £2,620 21/05/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £30,000 19/11/2019
    36
    This project will provide a weekly music club for disabled children and young people. The sessions will help to improve their communication skills, confidence and help to develop their listening and focus skills.
    National Lottery Community Fund - OK Music School
    £9,800 27/02/2019
    12
    The project will provide music therapy for children with disabilities. The aim is to improve communication skills and self-confidence.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Otakar Kraus Music Trust
    £34,739 11/10/2016
    36
    This project will offer weekly musical activities to children with a range of disadvantages including children with learning disabilities. Young people will benefit through increased communication skills, improved emotional health and improved life ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 7/8 persons

    • GEMMA LE MARQUER Appointed: 2023
    • JILL CLARK Appointed: 2018
    • JU- CHANG RONALD MIAO (Chair) Appointed: 2018
    • KAMNA MURALIDHARAN Appointed: 2019
    • LAURA PLAIL Appointed: 2018
    • PETER HADFIELD Appointed: 2019
    • RAYMOND LOUVINOUS COLLINS Appointed: 2018
    • THERESA PA SANBECK Appointed: 2024
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2018, number: 1178401
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    6 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from OTAKAR KRAUS MUSIC TRUST on 03/03/2021
    Main office

    112 Broad Lane
    Hampton
    TW12 3BW

    Objectives

    THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ISTHE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH PHYSICAL, LEARNING, MENTAL ORNEUROLOGICAL DISABILITY OR ILLNESS THROUGH THERAPEUTIC MEANS, IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY AND MUSIC PROJECTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE ANDBRING LASTING BENEFITS;(2) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC THERAPY, TRAINING MUSIC THERAPISTS,AND TRAINING PEOPLE TO USE MUSIC AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL.THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOUTH WEST LONDON, BUT THE CIOMAY DELIVER BENEFIT ELSEWHERE IN THE UK OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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