Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

OMNIMUSIC

The charity works with people with disabilities and uses specialist equipment to enable them to create and make music. The charity also aims to develop technology to help further these aims.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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*£71£49£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£75£79£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£27£32£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£47£41£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£40£28£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£32£14£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.omnimusic.org.uk

info@omnimusic.org.uk

07708539834

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Manchester City, Stockport, Tameside,
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
The Fore£30,000
Youth Music£26,392
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£20,530
Manchester City Council£15,613
Power to Change£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Stockport MBC£9,980
DCMS£9,920
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Fore - Grant to OmniMusic
£30,000 01/12/2023
36
Operating across Greater Manchester, OmniMusic uses pioneering digital technology to help people with disabilities enjoy the creative benefits of music making. OmniMusic teaches people with profound multiple learning disabilities to play instruments ....more
Power to Change - COM-TECH - OmniMusic
£12,000 02/10/2023
360G-ptc-gr-18803COM-TECH - OmniMusic
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£20,530 01/05/2023
Funds enabled weekly specialist music sessions for profoundly disabled children and adults to improve wellbeing and reduce social isolation.
Forever Manchester - OmniMusic Programme
£1,000 20/04/2023
Development of new assistive technology to enable disabled children and adults to make and play music.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 10/06/2022
OmniMusic Core Costs and Organisational Development
Youth Music - Recharge Fund
£26,392 28/03/2022
Recharge Fund
Stockport MBC - Grant to Omnimusic 
£9,980 02/01/2022
Supporting adults with learning disability to play music through assisted technology.
National Lottery Community Fund - Plug In and Play
£9,785 23/04/2021
The project aims to support young people and adults with profound physical/learning disabilities and complex needs by using assistive music technology. The project will produce 5 ‘demo’ videos in which those music enthusiasts describe challenges ....more
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to OmniMusic
£15,613 01/04/2021
to fund interactive music making workshops for those with a disability and people with a learning disability (ages 18-65) and their carers. Priority groups: Disabled people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,920 18/09/2020
"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
Stockport MBC - Grant to Omnimusic
£9,450 01/11/2019
Develop a weekly music group for people with disabilities and host a public performance to celebrate their achievements.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stockport Celebrating Sound
£10,000 17/08/2018
12
The charity will be working with Disability Stockport, providing opportunities for people with complex specials needs to make and perform music using innovative technology. The project aims to ensure that beneficiaries can enjoy learning to make ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADRIAN NEIL HOOPER (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • MARK LUDLAM Appointed: 2017
  • MARIA ISABEL RIVERA RIVERA Appointed: 2024
  • MARK ROWLAND Appointed: 2021
  • PHILLIP HOWLEY Appointed: 2023
  • THOMAS NORTHEY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/01/2017, number: 1171097
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
  • 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
6 returns made; AR23: 49 days late,
Main office

DISABILITY STOCKPORT
23 HIGH STREET
STOCKPORT
SK1 1EG

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WHO HAVE PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, OR BOTH, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH:I) THE APPLICATION OF SPECIALIST TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES THEM TO CREATE, PLAY AND PERFORM MUSIC;II) THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE TO MAKE AND ENJOY MUSIC;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PEOPLE IN MUSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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