Annual report and accounts 2023/24

Music in Hospitals & Care is a charity that has been improving the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music since 1948.

Welcome to this annual report that celebrates an important milestone for this wonderful charity.

We have had a fantastic year celebrating 75 years of our amazing Music in Hospitals & Care community. There have been thousands of moments of joy, laughter, singing, fingers tapping and all kinds of participation and expression in that time.

This year we shared 2,324 hours of live music across the UK, reaching over 36,360 people.

Throughout 2023 we shared a series of resources, building on all of the research and knowledge Music in Hospitals & Care has gained about music and health.

Gordon, from Fife, was struggling with depression. He hadn’t spoken a word to anyone for quite some time, and combined with the family issues he was dealing with, he had started to think that life was worthless.

Over the summer we took the opportunity to celebrate partnerships old and new with special live music experiences at health and care settings across the UK.

“The power of music is incredible. I hear families say they can’t believe it because their father has disappeared, but then he’ll be singing all the words of a song they didn’t even know he knew.”

Fundraising has been vital to keep the music playing over the past 75 years. We are so grateful to our 298 regular supporters, who are fantastic ambassadors for the charity.

How we raised and spent money in 2023/24.

In August, we launched our new strategy, setting out our plans for the next three years and our vision: that everyone can access and experience the joy of live music. In our 75th year, we invited everyone to play their part in composing our future.

How you can help to share the healing power of live music for the next 75 years and beyond.

Ever since the grant that established the charity in 1948 from the Ex-services Mental Welfare Association, donations from charitable trusts and foundations have been making our live music possible. We are so grateful to the 93 that donated in 2023/24.

Our charity accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024. Includes: Public benefit, Administrative information, Independent auditor’s report to the trustees, Statement of financial activities, Balance sheet, Statement of cash flows and Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.