Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

KEY CHANGES: POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC LIMITED 

Key Changes provides music engagement and recovery services in hospitals and the community for young people and adults experiencing mental health difficulties. The charity was set up in 1997 at Highgate Mental Health Centre in North London. We now provide work in partnership with health and social care services across London and England providing support for 3,000 people a year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 20 years

www.keychanges.org.uk

info@keychanges.org.uk

03301741989

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£332£551£-219n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/22£490£423£66n/an/an/an/an/a38
31/03/21£431£327£103n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£351£304£47n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£259£248£11n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/18*£180£193£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£203£176£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£154£150£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£144£136£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£90£90£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£65£66£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£66£75£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£82£71£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£71£86£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£97£84£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£91£91£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£123£136£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?£149£145£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£104£96£8£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 35 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£200,310
Youth Music£193,991
National Lottery Community Fund£134,408
Tudor Trust£77,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£12,466
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Shears Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Key Changes
£2,518 21/10/2023
We will support young people overcoming mental ill-health, through studio music making sessions and live performance opportunities to promote enjoyment, confidence and wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Key Changes 'Volunteering 4 Mental Health' Pop Up
£10,000 26/05/2023
The funding will be used to provide therapeutic arts sessions for people experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to improve wellbeing through the build of new social ties.
National Lottery Community Fund - Studio Discovery
£124,408 19/05/2023
Th funding will be used to support Key Changes – Positive Mental Health Through Music Limited to develop their music programme supporting people living with mental health challenges in community ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Key Changes
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Shears Foundation - Key Changes - Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd
£5,000 29/04/2022
Studio Discovery
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Key Changes - Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd - 29/11/21
£1,000 14/01/2022
Core Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Islington Music Forum
£2,500 07/12/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Key Changes' project, a mental health recovery service for young adults who are leaving/preparing to leave hospital in-patient treatment in East Sussex.
Youth Music - Studio Discovery (National)
£99,924 01/10/2021
Studio Discovery (National)
Tudor Trust - Grant to Key Changes
£75,000 06/09/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at a charity delivering music-based therapy programmes for people with complex mental health needs in Islington, Brixton and Brighton
Tudor Trust - Grant to Key Changes
£2,000 21/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd
£163,300 08/12/2020
£163,300 over 5 years (£33,780; £39,880; £34,880; £29,880; £24,880) towards the salary of the Community Gateway Manager (2dpw); studio and hospital mentors; and other associated project costs ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Key Changes: Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd
£15,340 28/09/2020
towards the cost of a part-time Community Gateway Manager whose role will focus on engaging newly discharged mental health patients into appropriate/effective community based support, as outlined in ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Key Changes (Islington Music Forum Ltd)
£12,000 14/09/2020
'Discovery' experiences (5 x taster music studio sessions) for 100 people - supporting their collaboration with professional artists and producers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Key Changes
£10,216 23/07/2020
Grant to Key Changes meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 05/06/2020
Mental health recovery programme for young people
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Key Changes (Islington Music Forum Ltd)
£21,670 19/05/2020
£21,670 towards 3 months of costs as outlined in your application.
Youth Music - Coronavirus - Emergency Fund
£10,000 16/04/2020
Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Adapting and staying inclusive
Youth Music - Different Beats
£84,067 10/05/2019
Different Beats
Camden Giving - Camden & Islington Community Choir
£3,575 30/04/2019
10
The choir provides an accessible, non-auditioned weekly singing session for over 100 members of whom roughly 50% use mental health services. Sessions are led by a specially trained and experienced ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Different Beats
£47,417 28/02/2019
25
The project will support young males who have experienced social isolation through music therapy. The aim is to develop their skills in song writing, vocal technique, music production and live ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Islington Music Forum
£75,000 18/10/2018
36
Key Changes wishes to provide a structured programme of music making, volunteering and learning supporting people leaving residential psychiatric support after extended stays to return to the ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Islington Music Forum
£54,000 27/09/2018
24
over two years towards salaries at a mental health charity delivering music-based support and recovery programmes in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Music Leaders Programme
£9,800 25/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to empower mental health service users to participate in skills based training, music activities and volunteering opportunities.
Camden Giving - Camden & Islington Community Choir
£3,575 22/05/2018
The project is a Community Choir offering inclusive free singing activities to people accessing mental health services from St Pancras Hospital (and their family, friends and hospital staff).
London Catalyst - Key Changes (Islington Music Forum Ltd) - 1
£4,000 09/05/2018
Young Music Leaders Pro-social Volunteering Programme for young adults leaving extended hospital care and transitioning back into the community
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-56
  • ADAM THOMAS (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Advocate
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2004, number: 1103774
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2003, number: 04641867
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 11 days late, AR08: 146 days late,
Main office

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Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE WITH LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCALLY IN ISLINGTON AND CAMDEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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