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The Tonic Rider programme supports a total of 1,077 active participants across the UK.
In total, the Tonic Rider programme supports 1,077 active participants, who have registered over the past five years.
Service · Metric statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 30
Participants in the Tonic Rider programme have high levels of anxiety and depression, with 65% scoring above the clinical threshold for anxiety.
At the point of registration, the average General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) score was 9 (mild anxiety), with a range between 0 and 21; while the average Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score was 10 (moderate depression), with a range between 0 and 27. In terms of percentages, 65% scored above the GAD clinical threshold and 72% the PHQ clinical threshold.
Metric · Observational claim · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 27
The Tonic Rider programme provides tailored mental health support to music professionals.
Since launching in 2021, the Tonic Rider programme has provided tailored mental health support to working musicians and music professionals, regardless of genre, role and income.
Service · Policy statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 25
The Never Mind The Stigma programme offers Album Clubs and Record Reflection peer groups, as well as Festival Survival, Gig Anxiety, and Music for Mental Health skills workshops.
As part of the Never Mind The Stigma programme, two levels of mental health support are provided: Peer Groups ... Skills Workshops
Service · Procedural statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, pages 16-17
The Never Mind The Stigma programme supports 336 active participants who have registered over the past five years.
In total, the Never Mind The Stigma programme supports 336 active participants, who have registered over the past five years.
Operational · Metric statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 21
The Never Mind The Stigma programme provides tailored mental health support to music fans and hobbyist musicians.
To address this, Never Mind The Stigma was launched to provide tailored mental health support to music fans and hobbyist musicians.
Service · Policy statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 17
There is a lack of mental health support for music fans who do not play an instrument or sing.
Despite this, there is a lack of specialist mental health support for music fans and hobbyist musicians. Most support in this sector requires people to play an instrument or sing, such as music therapy, which does not meet the needs of everyone interested in music.
Context · Observational claim · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 17
Tonic Music's mental health support is free at the point of access for participants who meet eligibility criteria.
All of the mental health support is free at the point of access, although free therapy sessions are only granted to participants who meet the eligibility criteria of our funding referral partners
Service · Policy statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 13
Tonic Music is the only national charity providing tailored mental health support to people who professionally or recreationally engage in music.
By operating the Never Mind The Stigma and Tonic Rider programmes, Tonic Music is proud to be the only national charity providing tailored mental health support to people who professionally or recreationally engage in music
Service · Policy statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 13
Tonic Music's clinical team includes mental health practitioners with significant experience in the music sector.
Our clinical team includes RCPsych-registered psychiatrists, doctoral-level UKCP-accredited psychotherapists, counsellors, mental health nurses and social workers, all of whom have lived experience of working in music
Operational · Procedural statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 13
The Christopher Meredith Foundation funds Tonic Rider, enabling the charity to provide trusted mental health support in a challenging landscape.
Their generosity enables us to create real change by providing trusted, professional support and stability within a mental health landscape that can often feel confusing, inconsistent and difficult to navigate.
Commissioning · Funding statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 6
Tonic Music aims to strengthen the evidence base for its work and ensure services remain sustainable, responsive, and community-rooted.
We enter the next reporting period committed to strengthening the evidence behind our work, increasing access to specialist support and ensuring that our services remain sustainable, responsive and rooted in the communities we serve.
Strategic · Commitment statement · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 5
Tonic Music's group therapy intervention showed a clinically meaningful improvement in participants' psychological distress.
The 12-week programme subsequently demonstrated a clinically meaningful improvement in participants’ psychological distress, with the average CORE-10 score reducing from 18 at the beginning of the intervention to 12 by its conclusion.
Service · Observational claim · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 4
Tonic Music provided initial consultation appointments to 317 new participants in its programmes.
During the reporting period, 317 people newly registered to our Tonic Rider and Never Mind The Stigma programmes and we provided 224 initial consultation appointments.
Service · Observational claim · From Tonic Music for Mental Health LTD — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 4
The charity's restricted funds totalled £86,450 at the end of December 2025.
Restricted funds 86,450 40,750
Financial · Observational claim · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 15
The charity's unrestricted funds totalled £89,842 at the end of December 2025.
Unrestricted funds 89,842 127,041
Financial · Observational claim · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 15
The charity's total expenditure on charitable activities was £236,202 in the year ending December 2025.
Mental Health & Wellbeing 63,603 172,599 236,202 221,712
Financial · Observational claim · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 14
The charity received £243,007 in donations and legacies in the year ending December 2025.
Donations and legacies 2 24,708 218,299 243,007 190,038
Financial · Observational claim · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 14
Rekindle's Reserves Policy is reviewed and updated annually at the last quarterly Trustee board meeting.
The Trustees have agreed that its Reserves Policy should be reviewed and updated at the last quarterly Trustee board meeting of each year.
Governance · Procedural statement · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 12
Rekindle's financial situation is monitored monthly by the Audit & Risk Committee.
The Audit & Risk Committee (chaired by RA Stratton with the Treasurer and Chair as members) is monitoring Rekindle’s financial situation on a monthly basis.
Governance · Procedural statement · From Rekindle — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 December 2025, page 12