Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE IS A PROFESSIONAL CONCERT HALL DELIVERING OVER 100 CONCERTS A YEAR FEATURING WORLD CLASS ARTISTS. IN ADDITION IT WELCOMES AROUND 60,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, COUNTY AND WIDER REGION. THE CENTRE IS MANAGED BY AN INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE TRUST.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23£913£1,161£-248£39£2,339£2,20522.81367
31/03/22£860£991£-131£32£2,643£2,46529.81387
31/03/21£866£672£193£9£2,747£2544.51227
31/03/20£1,023£1,200£-177£56£2,446£2,28022.813130
31/03/19£1,004£1,187£-182£57£2,715£2,57826.114120
31/03/18£1,174£1,039£135£46£2,869£90810.5140
31/03/17£916£955£-39£44£2,750£7799.8130
31/03/16*£872£874£-2£38£2,692£6819.4110
31/03/15£1,324£814£510£45£2,749£68910.2100
31/03/14£1,086£848£238£73£2,226£2783.9100
31/03/13*£728£743£-15£52£1,976£2914.790
31/03/12£608£759£-151£88£1,960£2664.290
31/03/11£698£777£-79£37£2,114£3525.490
31/03/10£701£759£-58£52£2,183£3896.280
31/03/09£617£669£-52£30£2,164£3315.980
31/03/08£557£598£-40£28£2,274£4148.380
31/03/07£468£566£-99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£516£574£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£474£479£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£351£394£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 22.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

info@wiltshiremusic.org.uk

01225860110

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£406,458
National Lottery Community Fund£385,500
Wiltshire Community Foundation£51,089
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Department for Work and Pensions£15,244
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£2,160 23/03/2023
Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key objectives is to provide the opportunity for young ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£2,500 22/02/2023
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Grant to help with running costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£2,149 01/09/2022
The grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Department for Work and Pensions - WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LIMMITED
£6,388 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,090 01/03/2022
The grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£15,000 16/12/2021
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for mainly young adults with learning disabilities.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,088 15/12/2021
he grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,052 03/09/2021
Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,071 01/06/2021
Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key objectives is to provide the opportunity for young ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST
£8,856 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,051 03/02/2021
Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key objectives is to provide the opportunity for young ....more
DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
£28,928 18/01/2021
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Celebrating Age Wiltshire: Melksham
£4,240 17/12/2020
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in Melksham, engaging vulnerable older people in arts ....more
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£103,546 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
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre - Culture Recovery Fund grants
£188,158 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - WMC CRF Round 2 Application
£56,898 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 20/03/2020
36
Core income to help the Centre into its third decade, building capacity to ensure a stable and sustainable financial future
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Age Wiltshire
£385,500 20/03/2020
59
The funding will enable a collaboration between several local organisations, which aims to use arts, heritage, culture and creativity as a vehicle to improve or maintain the health and wellbeing of older people, including those who are socially ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Celebrating Age Wiltshire: Melksham
£14,688 27/02/2020
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in Melksham, engaging vulnerable older people in arts ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£5,000 23/01/2020
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young adults with learning disabilities.
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£101,675 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£25,419 01/04/2018
To support Wiltshire Music Centre
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£101,675 01/04/2018
Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£10,000 24/01/2018
Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young adults with learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£36,147 26/07/2017
36
This project will deliver a monthly club for young adults aged 16 -25 with learning disabilities. The group welcomes people with a wide range of learning difficulties from across the country and will meet at Wiltshire Music Centre to create and ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£4,500 27/04/2016
1
Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims are to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. Funding was to support a Special Schools Festival for children with special needs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£2,805 04/03/2016
12
Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. The grant supported costs of a music project.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£15,100 01/03/2016
36
High-quality learning opportunities for young people,
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£4,370 15/05/2015
12
Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. The grant supported the costs of the bi-annual Special Schools Festival.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-77
  • ALEXANDER PAUL SEGRAVE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Concerts Manager
  • EMMA DIANA SANDBERG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bursar
  • ESME JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Marketing Manager
  • IAN LESLIE THORN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
  • JAMES ANTHONY IGNATIUS WETZ Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Education Consultant
  • JONATHAN CROSS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Professor Of Musicology
  • MARK ANTHONY LEE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • MIRANDA KATE HOUGHTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Psychotherapist
  • ROSA CORBISHLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1993, number: 1026160
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/11/1991, number: 02661682
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 11 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR04: 26 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE NORTH WILTS HOLIDAY CLUB FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS on 14/07/2020
  • Asset transfer in from BRADFORD ON AVON ARTS ASSOCIATION on 30/12/2022
  • Asset transfer in from COMBINED CHARITIES FUND FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED on 04/05/2023
Main office

ASHLEY ROAD
BRADFORD ON AVON
BA15 1DZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, BALLET AND ALL ART FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) IN PARTICULAR IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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