Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

MUSICA

Music workshops, mainly for disadvantaged students, funded by grants from various sources.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/04/24?£97£98£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£107£110£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£65£67£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£23£21£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£25£33£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£48£43£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17*£29£25£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£13£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£33£29£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£20£19£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£9£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.musica-workshops.com

admin@musica-workshops.com

07899980524

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£148,421
DCMS£11,025
Henry Smith Charity£9,995
Suffolk Community Foundation£4,995
BBC Children in Need£2,995
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent to Recovery
£9,997 28/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a range of social and creative activities for people who have experienced homelessness substance misuse criminal justice involvement and/or mental ill health. The project aims to build emotional resilience social ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Musica
£9,995 23/09/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of a project delivering creative learning opportunities for children and young people who are vulnerable and/or living in disadvantaged communities in Ipswich, Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Arts Together
£2,495 17/08/2021
The funding is to provide online outreach musical workshops for people who are in geographically and socially isolated areas of Suffolk. The workshops will be streamed live to their homes or day support services for participants who have profound ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,030 04/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Home Harmonies
£4,995 21/08/2020
4
Supporting the Home Harmonies Project for people of all ages who are disadvantaged by personal circumstances such as disability, ill health, poverty or isolation. Covid19
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Musica
£2,995 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - Grant for music workshops for young people affected by Covid 19. Sessions will increase young people's confidence, self-belief and positive relationships with others.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,995 02/06/2020
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Harmonies
£9,985 23/01/2020
14
The funding will be used to host a series of music events for vulnerable people. The project aims to build confidence, social skills and opportunities to access community activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hidden Harmonies
£125,944 12/12/2019
36
The Hidden Harmonies project will use funding to offer a unique and immersive musical experience in a safe inspiring environment for people with additional needs across Suffolk. The project will work with 10 community support hubs and support 220 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Hidden Harmonies
£4,953 04/06/2018
11
The group will deliver music workshops to people with additional needs, as well as delivering concerts for the community at the end of the workshops. The project aims to improve participants' confidence and community relationships through the medium ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Star Power
£9,960 31/05/2018
12
The project will provide guided workshops for 80 adults with additional support needs to build self-confidence, social mobility, and quality of life through participation in shared musical experiences, compositions, and performances. In addition the ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hidden Harmonies
£9,305 30/11/2017
10
To run Hidden Harmonies a project for young people with poor emotional health.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Musica
£29,940 10/08/2017
36
The project will provide creative music activities for disabled children and young people, building self-esteem and empowerment and helping them to develop relationships.
Suffolk Community Foundation - FLASH-MOB Samba
£4,195 10/07/2017
12
To deliver 5 FLASH-MOB SAMBA events in partnership with 250 young people who are currently or have recently accessed support from the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation trust.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-77
  • ANDREW SCOULDING Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Senior Support Worker
  • JOHN ROW Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Writer
  • JANET MARY SHANKS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • LINDA NIXON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2013, number: 1150769
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/2012, number: 08169461
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
11 returns made; AR17: 19 days late,
Main office

23 Wilding Road
IPSWICH
IP8 3SG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE CREATIVE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR MUSIC, TO IMPROVE THE SELF-ESTEEM WELL BEING AND LIFE CHANCES OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS DISABILITY , ILL HEALTH, POVERTY OR ISOLATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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