01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045661
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- KW15 1RU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Malawi Music Fund aims to use music and the arts to enable orphaned children in Malawi to improve their lives. To do this the charity works in partnership with Malawian teachers and musicians in: 1 bringing together groups of orphaned children for residential weeks of activities in music, sport and art in each school holiday. 2 providing bursaries for secondary and post-school education. 3 offering the most vulnerable girls we support accommodation in our hostel where they are cared for and nurtured by our two house parents
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
to improve the lives of disadvantaged orphaned children living in Malawi by providing activities in music and the arts in partnership with Malawian teachers and musicians. to provide recreational opportunities not normally available for orphaned children living in Malawi by running residential workshops in music, art and sport during each school holiday, and occasional workshop weekends focusing on traditional dancing and drumming. to advance the education of orphaned children living in Malawi by providing bursaries to pay for school fees, uniforms, shoes and books, thus enabling the children to attend secondary school. to advise on post-secondary school educational opportunities for orphaned young people in Malawi, in consultation with head teachers and further education establishments in Malawi. to advance the relief of poverty through the provision of bursaries to fund further education and vocational training for orphaned young people in Malawi, thus enabling them to break free of a cycle of poverty and unemployment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 2 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £30,674 | £21,415 | 2 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £55,022 | £52,001 | 2 | 16 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £26,945 | £21,016 | 2 | 24 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £26,328 | £24,688 | 2 | 31 August 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
- Easdale House, Easdale Loan, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.malawimusicfund.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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