MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 12 February 2002
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04202335
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £179,870
Latest expenditure: £301,802
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: BISHOP & SEWELL LLP, 59-60 RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 4HP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.africanchildrenschoir.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To generate hope and healing for innocent and abandoned children of Africa caught up in areas of conflict and crisis bya) providing for their long term well being and educational needsb) instilling ethical and moral principles through teaching and leading example; andc) serving as an advocate of the beauty and dignity of the African child around the world

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £179,870
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,802

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 17 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £146,428
Total Gross Expenditure: £317,048

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £536,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £195,130

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £197,650
Total Gross Expenditure: £204,835

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 21 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 21 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £213,771
Total Gross Expenditure: £199,181

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £179,870
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,802
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £146,428
Total Gross Expenditure: £317,048
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £536,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £195,130
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £197,650
Total Gross Expenditure: £204,835
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £213,771
Total Gross Expenditure: £199,181
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 2

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 376900
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 158114
Income Investments: 1084
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 536098
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £195,130
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 195130
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 7837
Expenditure Support Costs: 31129
Expenditure Depreciation: 578
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -578
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £70,000
Assets Total Fixed: 2031
Assets Own Use: 2030
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £586,321
Assets Total Liabilities: £50,314
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £538,038
Creditors One Year Total Current: 50314
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £560,962
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 538038
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 538038
Count Employees: 3
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: South Africa
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: United States
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Kenya
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Uganda
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Canada
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2002-02-12T00:00:00

Charity Name: MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-12-19T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 327694
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 327694
Assoc Charity Name: FRIENDS IN THE WEST INTERNATIONAL

Charity Name: MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-12-19T00:00:00
Reason: Does not operate
Assoc Organisation Number: 327694
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 327694
Assoc Charity Name: FRIENDS IN THE WEST INTERNATIONAL

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 20TH APRIL 2001 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 4TH JANUARY 2002.
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS WITH AN EMPHASIS TOWARDS MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND DANCE.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures