# YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1009204
- **Other names:** GORDON PARRY CENTRE, OFF BY HEART, YAMSEN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 3, 1992
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1009204


## Contact

- **Address:** Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawsons Corner, Stanningley, PUDSEY
- **Postcode:** LS28 5TA
- **Phone:** 07931717460
- **Email:** diane.paterson2@btopenworld.com
- **Website:** www.yamsen.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO USE MUSIC AS A MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

**Activities:** We provide and promote high quality musical activities and tuition for children and adults who have additional needs. We run CPD courses for staff, and participatory music days and concerts for children/adults with LD. We value music as communication education and for pleasure. We recognise the unique contribution that music plays in peoples lives especially those who have added difficulties.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £28107 | £28508 | — | — |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £27394 | £29598 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £31716 | £24240 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £19484 | £21629 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £21609 | £13775 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Professor Allan House** (Chair) — appointed May 10, 2017
- Diane Paterson — appointed April 25, 2018
- Doris Anne Jackson — appointed April 29, 2015
- Gail Margaret Lawton — appointed May 10, 2022
- Ramesh Narayanan — appointed May 11, 2021