Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

KIRKLEES MUSIC SCHOOL

Music education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£1,855£1,962£-107£0£1,033£1,0296.3750
31/08/22£1,754£1,817£-62£0£1,140£1,1377.5790
31/08/21£1,752£1,801£-49£0£1,202£1,1978750
31/08/20£1,775£1,774£0£0£1,252£1,2468.4810
31/08/19£1,761£1,759£2£0£1,251£1,2468.5850
31/08/18£1,799£1,756£44£0£1,249£1,2438.5900
31/08/17£1,795£1,828£-33£0£1,206£1,1977.9900
31/08/16£1,952£1,775£177£0£1,239£1,2298.3910
31/08/15£1,975£1,690£284£8£1,062£1,0497.4510
31/08/14£1,938£1,784£154£8£777£7625.1540
31/08/13£1,936£1,830£106£8£623£6074540
31/08/12£2,016£1,973£43£8£517£5173.1580
31/08/11£1,974£2,002£-27£5£474£4742.8610
31/08/10£2,048£2,076£-28£6£502£5022.9650
31/08/09£2,103£2,102£1£6£636£6363.6670
31/08/08£2,115£2,115£0£6£635£6353.6670
31/08/07£2,013£2,010£3£6£635£6353.8630
31/08/06£2,013£2,010£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£1,770£1,797£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£1,562£1,637£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 21.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years

www.musicakirklees.org

hello@musicakirklees.org

01484426426

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Investment funds
£68,523 08/04/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of ....more
DCMS - Music Education Hub Funding
£645,458 24/03/2022
Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working together to create joined-up music education provision, respond to local need and fulfil ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery - Kirklees
£275,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Music Education Hub funding 2020-2021
£666,802 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working together to create joined-up music education provision, ....more
DCMS - TPS 2019-20
£28,551 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more
Youth Music - Developing Musically Inclusive Practice
£20,000 09/03/2020
Developing Musically Inclusive Practice

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-79
  • ADAM JAMES HARRIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher
  • BRUCE JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • COUNCILLOR ANDREW CHARLES PINNOCK Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Librarian
  • COUNCILLOR BEVERLEY ADDY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Councillor
  • HELEN PATRICIA DAVIES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Strategy Consultant
  • JONATHAN MARK NUNN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • MATTHEW MCKIRGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Manager
  • NINA SIMICA GARFORTH Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/1992, number: 1013838
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/08/1992, number: 02737172
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

7-9 Beast Market
Huddersfield
HD1 1QF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KIRKLEES AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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