Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SINFONIA CYMRU 

Sinfonia Cymru is an 'under 30s' orchestra dedicated to championing outstanding young professional musicians from across the UK, and supporting them in the early stages of their careers to give them the very best start. Through this we provide exceptional-quality musical experiences - orchestral and chamber scale - for audiences and participants across Wales.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 28 years

sinfonia.cymru

contact@sinfonia.cymru

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UN SDGs
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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
30/09/22£350£289£60n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/09/21£282£225£57n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£310£270£40n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£424£370£54n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£314£336£-22£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£344£346£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£534£448£86£24£135£1353.640
30/09/15£365£393£-27£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£377£376£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£329£278£51£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£285£270£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£219£193£26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£361£368£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£85£80£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£116£111£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£109£106£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£220£220£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£219£220£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£149£150£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000 28/11/2023
to support core artistic programme in the season 2023/24 season
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000 14/02/2020
Support for core programme across 3 years
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Sinfonia Cymru
£5,000 01/11/2018
Curate' - a series of four cutting-edge contemporary concerts created and performed by young professional musicians from Sinfonia Cymru.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sinfonia Cymru
£75,000 19/12/2012
Towards the development of a new chamber orchestra model for Wales, working to develop new generations of players and audiences.

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: 31-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1996, number: 1058196
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/1996, number: 03240356
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sinfonia Cymru
103 Bute Street
CARDIFF
CF10 5AD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND DEVELOP AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ORCHESTRA AND THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF WORKS OF MUSIC SO AS TO INCREASE PUBLIC TASTE AND APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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