01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043868
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 5
- Postcode
- EH8 8DL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
In furtherance of its objects, LMNS’s activities are focused on the provision of high-quality participatory performances and workshops in community settings, especially for those who are normally excluded from opportunities to experience live music through ill health, disability, isolation or poverty. LMNS’s activities are intended to be inspiring, educational and therapeutic. The majority of LMNS’s work is delivered within projects featuring regular music sessions and working over the medium to long term to provide lasting benefits for participants. LMNS also provides a wide variety of fairly paid performing experiences for exceptionally talented professional musicians in the crucial early years of their careers. Musicians are supported through an induction and training programme to equip them with the necessary skills to act as leaders, both during their work with LMNS and subsequently in the wider profession.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4(A) The objects for which the Company is established are:- (i) The advancement of the arts and culture through the promotion of music and other performing arts, in particular among those members of the public who would otherwise be deprived of the benefit of performances of live music and of other performing arts. and (ii) To advance the musical education of musicians at the outset of their careers as performing artists by providing them with support, specialist training and opportunities to complete their practical education by performing and working in public.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £478,190 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £452,563 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 6 October 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £367,458 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £424,100 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 23 October 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £390,840 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £418,298 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 5 | 12 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £425,956 | £363,812 | £58,922 | £0 | £3,222 | £0 | £357,048 | £439 | £356,609 | £0 | 5 | 23 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £321,616 | £253,802 | £67,111 | £0 | £703 | £0 | £277,850 | £1,676 | £276,174 | £0 | 5 | 24 November 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- The Melting Pot, 15 Calton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.livemusicnow.scot
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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