Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

MUSICAL BOROUGHS TRUST

PROMOTES THE ARTS (AND MUSIC IN PARTICULAR) BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, RAISING AWARENESS AND GRANTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM, KENSINGTON & CHELSEA, AND WESTMINSTER.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23	£79,182	£18,855	£60,327	10
31/03/22	£32,477	£8,488	£23,989	13
31/03/21	£1,464	£370	£1,094	2
31/03/20	£5,914	£3,657	£2,257	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

02037456024

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides other finance

Where it operates

City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

John Lyon's Charity	£94,200
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,788

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Musical Boroughs Trust
£1,788	21/10/2023	'Music Makes Me' champions young people who may struggle to have their voice heard, e.g. those who are deaf, disabled and neurodiverse. It results in a huge musical concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Musical Boroughs Trust
£94,200	17/11/2022	SEND Musical Access, Inclusion and Belonging 2022-25
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£15,000	20/09/2022	to purchase musical instruments and equipment of all types for beginners and more advanced learners

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

LINLIN JIN Appointed: 2019

CAROLINE HANSEN Appointed: 2023

CATHERINE MARRIS Appointed: 2020

EDWARD MCGOVERN Appointed: 2020

EVA MORRISON Appointed: 2019

GRACE LEE Appointed: 2023

JONATHAN CHARLES CHAMBERS Appointed: 2023

MILICA VUKOVIC-SMART Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS UK,

SOCORRO ELENA TORRES-DUARTE Appointed: 2023

SUSAN LYNN SCHMIDT WHIDDINGTON CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2021

TIMOTHY GARRARD Appointed: 2020

IAN MCLEAN ADAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Nhs Manager, Other trusteeships: LONDON HANDEL SOCIETY LIMITED, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK SECTION CHARITABLE TRUST, EMPLOYERS NETWORK FOR EQUALITY AND INCLUSION, ORION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/05/2019, number: 1183585

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

TRI-BOROUGH MUSIC HUB
LYRIC HAMMERSMITH
LYRIC SQUARE
KING STREET
LONDON
W6 0QL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THREE WEST LONDON BOROUGHS SUCH AS HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM; THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA; AND CITY OF WESTMINSTER AREA:(A) THE ARTS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, RAISING AWARENESS AND GRANTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION; AND(B) THE ARTS VOLUNTARY SECTOR BY PROMOTING COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES (THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES) FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS; AND(C) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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