Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE RIOT ENSEMBLE 

Riot Ensemble's activity includes - but is not strictly limited to:- Commissioning, planing and presenting contemporary music events;- Advancing, improving, developing and maintaining public education in, and appreciation of, the art andscience of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation ofpublic concerts and recitals;
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/04/23*£238,400£192,003£46,39720
30/04/22£164,154£223,333£-59,17916
30/04/21£157,639£114,728£42,91121
30/04/20£138,119£125,748£12,37121
30/04/19£141,168£152,362£-11,19421
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years
(11 years as a company)

www.riotensemble.com

admin@riotensemble.com

07876504072

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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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/04/2022
Concerts, Commissions, and Education Work May 2022-April 2023
DCMS - Riot Ensemble Transition Back to Operations
£36,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England

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: 35-75
  • JEONGMIN KIM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Musician And Arts Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2018, number: 1178276
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/04/2013, number: 08482425
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
5 returns made; AR23: 8 days late,
Main office

Flat 107
7 Windsor Square
LONDON
SE18 6XR

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”)ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY ENCOURAGING THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, COMPETITIONS OR OTHER MEANS.”

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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