Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

B SHARP LTD

B Sharp, based in Lyme Regis, West Dorset, provides high quality music-making opportunities to excite and inspire young people. Our aim is to bring out the strengths in every child building confidence and self esteem. Our professional music leaders have between them the highest level and range of experience. We have a regular ongoing offer of extra curricular projects for 11- 18 year olds.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£97£95£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£126£79£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£78£58£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£95£96£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£115£104£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£86£119£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£200£140£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£128£105£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£88£109£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£92£70£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.bsharp.org.uk

info@bsharp.org.uk

07947 334138

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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
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Dorset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Youth Music£299,971
Dorset Community Foundation£16,236
Postcode Local Trust£10,000
DCMS£5,000
Devon Community Foundation£1,996
Co-Operative Group£1,009
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Rural Umbrella Music Centre Development
£200,000 26/10/2023
Rural Umbrella Music Centre Development
Co-Operative Group - Grant to B Sharp
£1,009 21/10/2023
We wish to run music activities for young people aged 0–25, after-school clubs and 1–1 sessions, and work with local pre-schools, schools and community partners who support vulnerable young people.
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£10,000 29/09/2023
This funding supported B Sharp to run weekly inclusive music clubs for children to support creativity and wellbeing.
Dorset Community Foundation - Listen Up!
£6,130 15/02/2023
Supporting young people from BEAF and local youth clubs to create a climate campaign and present their ideas through music at 3 local performances
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to B Sharp
£1,996 27/07/2022
Free music-making activities for young people attending Axminster youth club
Youth Music - West Dorset Inclusive 'Umbrella Music Centre'
£99,971 30/09/2021
West Dorset Inclusive 'Umbrella Music Centre'
Dorset Community Foundation - Songs of Here: Songs of Now
£10,106 07/05/2021
Contribution towards Atlantic Academy's Wildlife Garden and local growing space, hosted at a local school in order to provide activities for students/residents to increase their knowledge and respect for the natural environment and how to protect it.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 25/09/2020
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Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/05/2019
Core Costs/Unrestricted
Youth Music - B Sharp Music For All Programme 2018 - 2021
£100,000 03/05/2018
B Sharp Music For All Programme 2018 - 2021
Youth Music - B Sharp 2017 - 2018 'Sound & Vision'
£30,000 17/11/2017
B Sharp 2017 - 2018 'Sound & Vision'
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ELLA ROSE FOXHALL Appointed: 2024
  • JULIE SHEPPARD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • NIGEL ALAN CLEGG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director Semi Retired
  • RAJA ADEL JARRAH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • SARAH FEALEY Appointed: 2024
  • THEODORE SUDBURY SLIGHT Appointed: 2022
  • TRACEY BLECH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Barrister
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/10/2012, number: 1149237
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/07/2012, number: 08148527
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR20: 8 days late,
Main office

St. Michael's Business Centre
Church Road
LYME REGIS
DT7 3DB

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN LYME REGIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF MUSIC ACTIVITY AND EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC OF HIGH ARTISTIC CALIBRE COMPOSED BY LIVING MUSICIANS AND OF SUCH MUSIC GENERALLY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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