MUSIC PLATFORM LTD

Charity number: 1046108
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Music Platform, trading as English Pocket Opera Company and Children's Music Workshop, uses singing and opera by, with and for children, to inspire childrenÔÇÖs creativity. With cross-curricular programmes tailored to individual school/community requirements its programmes seek to achieve broad educational and social impact and build capacity for long-term sustainability.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 October 2010

Total income: £159,872
Total expenditure: £124,084

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 April 1995: Standard registration
  • 20 December 2011: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ENGLISH POCKET OPERA COMPANY (Working name)
  • POCKET OPERA COMPANY LIMITED (Previous name)
  • THE CAMBERWELL POCKET OPERA COMPANY LIMITED (Previous name)
Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2006 31/08/2007 31/08/2008 31/08/2009 31/10/2010
Total gross income £438.38k £207.55k £275.64k £453.91k £159.87k
Total expenditure £461.44k £186.04k £467.33k £322.56k £124.08k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2011 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2011 Not submitted
Annual return 31 October 2010 19 December 2011 110 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2010 19 December 2011 110 days late
Annual return 31 August 2009 06 July 2010 6 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2009 28 May 2010 On Time
Annual return 31 August 2008 06 July 2010 371 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2008 06 July 2010 371 days late

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 MARCH 1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 7 FEBRUARY 1995, 5TH DECEMBER 1996 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 30 NOVEMBER 2007.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND THE OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC ARTS IN PARTICULAR BY: 1. ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF DRAMATIC ART BY PROVIDING, PRESENTING AND ORGANISING MANAGING AND CONDUCTING PERFORMANCES OF CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY OPERAS OF CULTURAL VALUE TO SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY IN ALL PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF OPERA AND DRAMATIC ART GENERALLY; 2. THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS OF PROMISE AND ABILITY TO EXTEND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND TRAIN THEM IN ALL BRANCHES OF OPERATIC PRODUCTION AND STAGE CRAFT;

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

BRITISH ISLES