Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BRIGHTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED

Organisation and presentation of annual Brighton Early Music Festival, including concerts, workshops and other events; year-round educational activities relating to training in early music skills and other concerts and events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£127£138£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£217£200£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£91£94£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£213£225£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/19£195£183£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£236£206£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£172£180£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£207£210£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/15£152£151£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/14£142£135£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/13£125£162£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/12£148£169£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/11£272£185£87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/10£131£126£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/09£144£133£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/08£105£122£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/07£133£126£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/06£92£94£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/05£94£79£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/04£46£45£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.bremf.org.uk

simon@bremf.org.uk

01273833746

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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£55,346
Garfield Weston Foundation£12,500
Fenton Arts Trust£6,000
Sussex Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 13/10/2023
BREMF outreach programme: delivering music provision to children and young artists to develop talent & support the future of the sector
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2022 – 2023
£3,000 31/03/2023
BREMF Live will support emerging musicians & provide vital training & performance opportunities to strengthen career paths within the sector
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF)
£3,000 01/07/2021
BREMF will support emerging musicians and provide vital training and performance opportunities to strenghten career paths within the sector.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 28/05/2021
BREMF Early Opera
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Early Music Festival
£5,000 24/08/2020
Brighton Early Music Festival deliversdynamic events designed to make music from the last 1,000 years relevant and exciting to modern audiences. Funding will support for their digital festival, BREMF@home, through 10 high quality multi-media ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 24/08/2020
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
DCMS - Brighton Early Music Festival - Recovery & Resilience
£50,346 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Early Music Festival
£3,000 18/11/2019
2
Funding was provided to support a mini-tour to Rottingdean and Shoreham of 'Feast of Fools' - a community showcase and education project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 15/10/2019
Feast of Fools: A community showcase of music and dance
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Early Music Festival
£700 17/11/2017
1
BREMF produces dynamic events which make music from the last 1000 years relevant and exciting to modern audiences. Funding was provided to pay for artists fees and project management costs associated with taking live music into ten Brighton & ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Brighton Early Music Festival
£65,000 10/03/2010
36
Towards Project costs Towards the development of a training scheme for emerging early music ensembles.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-75
  • CHRISTOPHER BARON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • DR NEIL PARKINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Tv Manager/ Retired
  • KATHARINE RHODES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • MIRELLA MARLOW (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • NICOLAS CHISHOLM MBE, Occupation: Retired
  • PROFESSOR GAVIN DOUGLAS HENDERSON CBE
  • SIMON WILLIAM ALFORD MATHEWS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2003, number: 1097288
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/04/2003, number: 04741864
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

HAM COTTAGE
ALBOURNE ROAD
HURSTPIERPOINT
HASSOCKS
BN6 9ES

Objectives

(A) TO ENCOURAGE, ADVANCE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, APPRECIATION OF AND INVOLVEMENT IN PRE-CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS BY PROMOTING PERIODICALLY A SERIES OF PUBLIC CONCERTS, DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS.(B) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN PRE-CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE AND TO ENCOURAGE THE GIVING OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES BY SCHOOLS, MUSIC SOCIETIES, CHOIRS AND OTHER LIKE ORGANISATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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