Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 6

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

MERCURY MUSICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Develops the craft of composers, lyricists & book writers in musical theatre. MMD nurtures & showcases new talent.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£179	£168	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	69
31/03/22		£151	£184	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/21		£164	£109	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	63
31/03/20		£176	£153	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£154	£140	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18		£155	£183	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£128	£133	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£126	£122	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£137	£127	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£135	£111	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£151	£159	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£62	£80	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£62	£80	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£46	£43	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£29	£22	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£20	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£21	£22	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£25	£24	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£40	£44	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.mercurymusicals.com

natalia@mercurymusicals.com

020 3951 7961

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
69 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-2022 (sso) 2
£126,757	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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 high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Digital Innovation in New Musical Theatre
£27,700	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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 high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Mercury Musical Developments
£13,100	07/11/2017 12	BEAM 2018 - a national development showcase of new, excellent and diverse British musical theatre writing.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Mercury Musical Developments
£13,000	26/02/2014	Master Class Sessions

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-59

DANIELLE CLAIRE TARENTO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Independent Theatre Producer

STEVEN GREENHALGH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Theatrical Publishing And Licensing

SUMERAH SRIVASTAVA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Writer

REBECCA GWYTHER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant / Theatre Producer, Other trusteeship: GET INTO THEATRE,

SARAH REILLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant, Other trusteeships: WILLIAM MARNHAM THE ELDER, WILLIAM MARNHAM THE YOUNGER AND GEORGE SMITH, BETHAM'S SCHOOL,

SEAN MARTIN GRAY (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None

STEPHEN MARC PIDCOCK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

TIMOTHY JAMES SUTTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Composer / Musical Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/04/1995, number: 1045606
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/1995, number: 03039699

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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; AR15: 129 days late, AR14: 264 days late, AR08: 24 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 13 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Ground Floor
34 Grosvenor Gardens
London

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC AND PRINCIPALLY THEATRICAL MUSIC ALSO KNOWN AS DRAMATICO-MUSICAL WORKS, MUSICAL THEATRE, MUSIC THEATRE, OPERA, CHAMBER OPERA, OPERETTA AND MUSICAL COMEDY IN ANY MEDIUM OR FORM FOR EVERY VARIETY OF ENSEMBLE AND FOR SOLO VOICES AND INSTRUMENTALISTS, EXPERIMENTAL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC, ACOUSTIC AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND SOURCES OF SOUND FOR PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMATIC MEDIUM OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM OR FORM WITH WHICH MUSIC MAY BE ASSOCIATED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED ALTHOUGH IN PRACTICE LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

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