MUSIC FOR OPEN EARS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Overdue
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 9 January 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 December 2023 – 30 November 2024
Latest income: £0
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: JAMES, 60 COLEBRO, LONDON, GREATER LONDON, N1 8AB

Website recorded by the regulator: musicforopenears.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Interactive concerts in Primary School (Islington) to foster children's active listening skills. The chamber musicians we work with are all students or recent graduates from London?s music conservatoires.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2026

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 25 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £18

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £72

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 25 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £72

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £18
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: Yes
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £72
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Received Date: 25 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £72
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: AR18
Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2017
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2018
Ar Due Date: 30 September 2019
Ar Received Date: 18 January 2020
Total Gross Income: £2,174
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,603
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MUSIC FOR OPEN EARS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2015-01-09T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 09 Jan 2015
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY CLASSICAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC, AND IN SO DOING:A) TO ENCOURAGE AND NURTURE AN INTEREST IN CLASSICAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS;B) TO ADVANCE CONCENTRATION AND THINKING SKILLS AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND TO ENHANCE THEIR EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY THROUGH ENGAGEMENT IN MUSIC-RELATED ACTIVITY.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 552539
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: MFOE

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries