Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 12

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Future income +5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 27

THE PARAORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS

The Paraorchestra and Friends is a registered charity based in Bristol that aims to further the aims of The British Paraorchestra (the world's first, large-scale professional ensemble for disabled musicians) through an array of ground-breaking musical projects. Artistic Director: Charles Hazlewood.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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	£1,093	£1,083	£10	£0	£224	£201	2.2	9	0
31/03/22	£927	£872	£55	£0	£214	£191	2.6	7	0
31/03/21	£588	£516	£72	£0	£159	£136	3.2	7	0
31/03/20	£659	£634	£25	£0	£88	£46	0.9	6	0
31/03/19	£677	£675	£2	£13	£63	£63	1.1	5	5
31/03/18	£381	£347	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17?	£397	£379	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£137	£122	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 9 years
(12 years as a company)

www.paraorchestra.com

info@paraorchestra.com

0117 947 7948

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities
Art or music based therapy

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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

Esmee Fairbairn	£502,000
Mark Leonard Trust	£330,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£130,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£100,000
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - Artistic Commissioning and Production Costs
£100,000	23/11/2023 24	Towards artistic commissioning and production costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£300,000	05/07/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs to drive transformational change for D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse professional musicians and music makers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£4,000	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Mark Leonard Trust - Creating and building a new, beneficial ecology within the cultural sector for disabled musicians
£325,000	31/10/2022	Creating and building a new, beneficial ecology within the cultural sector for disabled musicians and building ParaOrchestra’s staffing and capacity for impact
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	16/09/2021	towards Smoosh, a large-scale, open-air, inclusive live music and dance experience, specifically London and Brighton performances
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£58,000	23/06/2021	Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£100,000	05/02/2021	Weston Culture Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£20,000	28/04/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Mark Leonard Trust - Hardship fund for its self-employed orchestra members (COVID-19 relief aid)
£5,000	09/04/2020	Hardship fund for its self-employed orchestra members (COVID-19 relief aid)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£120,000	26/02/2020 36	Towards core costs to underpin the next major step-change in the orchestra's artistic ambition, output and audience reach.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	14/02/2020	The Paraorchestra and Friends - Application to Garfield Weston Foundation for core cost support 2019/20
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£50,000	31/05/2017 24	Towards the salary of a new artistic producer post to enable the orchestra to develop its artistic programme, build more integrated partnerships and secure a new pipeline of performance opportunities.
Mark Leonard Trust - Core and development costs
£300,000	02/05/2017	Towards core and development costs, as part of the Trustees' Portfolio of Venture grants.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-68

CLARENCE ADOO Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Musician

DR KATE MARSH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist

GILES GIBBONS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Ceo, Good Business

JENNY NAOMI GREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Human Resources

KEVIN SATIZABAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Radio Producer And Musician

LOUISE MITCHELL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive

RYLAN GLEAVE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Musician

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2015, number: 1163725
Registered at Companies House on 08/12/2011, number: 07874922

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Second Floor
The Station
Silver Street
BRISTOL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO: 3.1.1 ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROMOTION ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, BROADCASTS CONCERTS, RECORDINGS, RECITALS AND EXPLOITATION IN OTHER MEDIA; AND 3.1.2 PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, BY: (A) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, TRAINING, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THOSE PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC; AND (B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF THOSE PERSONS AND ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC; 3.1.3 RELIEVE THE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY AND MENTAL DISABILITIES BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE; FOR THIS PURPOSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF A PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT.

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