Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

YORCHESTRA TRUST 

PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM TOGETHER IN A RANGE OF ORCHESTRAL SETTINGS, WHILST RECEIVING QUALITY TUITION, ORGANISED BY PARENTS AND TAKING PLACE DURING MAIN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/10/22£26£26£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/21£15£17£-3n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/20£14£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/10/19£43£42£1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/18£43£41£2£0£0£0n/a030
31/10/17£47£52£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£49£47£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£43£40£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£36£36£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£31£27£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£35£31£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£35£36£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£38£37£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09*£41£42£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£41£40£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07*£35£34£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06*£20£19£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05*£30£30£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04*£27£31£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.yorchestra.org

yorchestratreasurer@gmail.com

01904631819

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Financial support to the poor
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • City Of York,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£105 08/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/1999, number: 1074042
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 5 days late, AR07: 20 days late, AR06: 536 days late, AR05: 119 days late, AR04: 14 days late,
Main office

52 Westminster Road
YORK
YO30 6LY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY FIVE IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF YORK AND AT SUCH OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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