Registered charity · London
Hear Me Out Music
- 11 trustees
- Income £371k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- SUE LukesChair · since 2007
- Aksa CanolliTrustee · since 2025
- Clare Scott BoothTrustee · since 2019
- Hannah WilkinsonTrustee · since 2019
- Joanna RidoutTrustee · since 2010
- Kaveh Ghandizadeh DezfuliTrustee · since 2022
- Kidu Zerabruk GebreegziabherTrustee · since 2025
- Marie-Anne MackieTrustee · since 2014
- Seyedardavan NikaeenTrustee · since 2025
- Uju Judith EziokwuTrustee · since 2026
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLMTrustee · since 2007
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Scotland, Bedford, Cumbria, Durham and more
- Website
- www.hearmeoutmusic.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Hear ME OUT Music
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£371k£333k
- 2024£286k£364k
- 2023£347k£351k
Earlier years
- 2022£320k£232k
- 2021£257k£242k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE DETAINED UNDER IMMIGRATION LAWS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE POSITION AND EXPERIENCE OF IMMIGRATION DETAINEES, AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE LIVING IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CURRENT AND FORMER IMMIGRATION DETAINEES, IN THE CREATIVE ARTS.
Grants received
38 grants · £1,979,337 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £1,246,715 (7 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £152,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £120,000 (3 grants)
- A B Charitable Trust · £99,000 (7 grants)
- Youth Music · £91,087 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- SUE Lukes Chair since 2007
- Aksa Canolli since 2025
- Clare Scott Booth since 2019
- Hannah Wilkinson since 2019
- Joanna Ridout since 2010
- Kaveh Ghandizadeh Dezfuli since 2022
- Kidu Zerabruk Gebreegziabher since 2025
- Marie-Anne Mackie since 2014
- Seyedardavan Nikaeen since 2025
- Uju Judith Eziokwu since 2026
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLM since 2007
Trustees past 6 years
- SUE Lukes Chair since 2007
- Clare Scott Booth since 2019
- Hannah Wilkinson since 2019
- Joanna Ridout since 2010
- Marie-Anne Mackie since 2014
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLM since 2007
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Aksa Canolli since 2025
- Hannah Wilkinson since 2019
- Joanna Ridout since 2010
- Kaveh Ghandizadeh Dezfuli since 2022
- Kidu Zerabruk Gebreegziabher since 2025
- Marie-Anne Mackie since 2014
- Seyedardavan Nikaeen since 2025
- Uju Judith Eziokwu since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- SUE Lukes Chair since 2007
- Clare Scott Booth since 2019
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLM since 2007
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119049
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/09/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/03/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/02/2014 as amended on 09 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 05943893 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07548558741 · hello@hearmeoutmusic.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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