Lewisham Music

Registered charity 1169721 · since 2016lewishammusic.org·Greater London·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£31,305

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From the Charity Commission register

Key takeaways

Lewisham Music's work is accessible music education and participation for children and young people, delivered through schools and community settings in Lewisham, so projects with that aim are the closest fit.
The Charity Commission register records annual giving of £31,305, but the grant range is not stated, so size any request to your own costs rather than to an assumed typical amount.
No application process for grants is published, so contact the charity first to ask whether it is open to proposals; its account of trust partnerships suggests a relationship-led approach may suit it.
Its Furthering Talent nominations, made on a form returned by email, are for individual young people in years 5 to 6 or 7 to 8 at a non-fee paying school who live or are educated in the London Borough of Lewisham and who show musical potential.
Organisations whose young people fall outside those criteria should not nominate them.

Overview

Lewisham Music is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1169721).

Lewisham Music is a charity that wants every child and young person in Lewisham to experience the power of music through accessible, inclusive programmes. Its objects are to advance education, particularly in relation to music, to advance the arts and culture, and to provide for the recreation of members of the public. It is the lead music education hub organisation in Lewisham, funded by Arts Council England, and its bursary fund subsidises music tuition and group music-making for children and young people from low-income families. Its Furthering Talent programme supports 30 young musicians from Lewisham each year, and its annual report records a grant of 31,305 for the distribution of instruments.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Lewisham Music’s work centres on accessible, inclusive music education and participation for children and young people. It delivers musical opportunities through schools and community settings in Lewisham, aiming to develop young people’s musical, social and cultural skills. Its bursary support subsidises tuition and group music-making for children and young people from low-income families; its Furthering Talent partnership provides young musicians with tuition, group music-making and additional bursaries. In its account of trust partnerships, Lewisham Music identifies community bursaries, mental health through music, access for disadvantaged young people, creative careers training and community development as supported work. Its approach is collaborative and youth-led, with young people co-designing activity around wellbeing, identity and mental health. The annual report also records an institutional grant for instrument distribution.

Themes

Music education
Music bursaries
Music and mental health
Creative careers training
Community development

What they don't fund

Furthering Talent only:
- Young people who do not demonstrate musical potential and show a passion to learn on any musical instrument
- Young people who are not in years 5 – 6 (Primary) or years 7-8 (Secondary) and attend a non-fee paying school
- Young people who do not live or are not educated in the London Borough of Lewisham
- Young people who are not from a family that is struggling to meet the costs of learning an instrument and/or those experiencing barriers to accessing music education (i.e. Looked after child, young carer)
- Young people whose family/carer does not support them to benefit from the opportunities provided through the programme

How to apply

For Furthering Talent, use the nomination form and return it via email to Layla.

What to send:

Furthering Talent: 2 years of paid instrumental music lessons; an Individual Learning Plan; an annual bursary of £50 to reach their self-set musical goals; termly ‘Get Togethers’ to broaden their musical experiences.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Greater London

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£891,399	£927,657	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,241,359	£1,172,798	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,179,734	£1,241,574	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,198,730	£1,208,651	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,250,670	£1,296,546	£31,305	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.