Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

MUSIC FOR ALL 

Music for All is dedicated to changing lives across the UK by improving access to music making. We are a passionate, focused and ambitious UK charity helping disadvantaged music makers experience the joys and far-reaching benefits of making music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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£146£192£-46n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/22£270£173£97n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£245£69£175n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£125£124£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£119£113£6n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£115£96£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£73£63£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£38£49£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£41£66£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£26£33£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£63£24£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£24£14£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£32£19£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£5£10£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£22£3£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£77£68£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£37£43£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/05*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/04*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.musicforall.org.uk

help@musicforall.org.uk

01403 628892

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-66
  • IAN CULLEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • JILL SHEVLIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/05/1996, number: 1055371
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/1996, number: 03193551
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 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 221 days late, AR04: 66 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LLANFERRES OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE on 01/09/2023
  • Asset transfer in from SHINE FOR DEMENTIA CIO on 23/04/2024
Main office

Music for All
7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR

Objectives

TO ADVANCETHE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR MUSIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE GREAT BRITAIN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase

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