Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

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

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL LIMITED

To produce a music festival to the highest standards, on a rotational basis in the cities and surrounding area of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester, augmented by outreach and participation activity in the local community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/22		£2,013	£986	£1,027	£0	£1,247	£297	3.6	10	10
30/09/21		£869	£917	£-48	£0	£133	£90	1.2	11	10
30/09/20		£362	£368	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/19		£1,045	£1,021	£25	£0	£177	£136	1.6	11	60
30/09/18	*	£972	£945	£27	£0	£149	£149	1.9	10	200
30/09/17		£1,139	£1,045	£93	£0	£118	£118	1.4	11	0
30/09/16		£918	£959	£-41	£0	£21	£21	0.3	10	0
30/09/15		£1,041	£1,097	£-57	£10	£57	£57	0.6	26	0
30/09/14	*	£1,102	£1,092	£10	£9	£113	£113	1.2	29	0
30/09/13		£839	£902	£-64	£5	£101	£101	1.3	3	0
30/09/12	*	£872	£846	£26	£7	£162	£162	2.3	2	0
30/09/11	*	£857	£872	£-15	£27	£132	£132	1.8	1	0
30/09/10		£751	£818	£-68	£6	£149	£149	2.2	1	0
30/09/09		£744	£682	£62	£6	£215	£215	3.8	1	0
30/09/08		£784	£737	£47	£6	£153	£153	2.5	2	0
30/09/07?		£695	£683	£12	£5	£116	£116	2	1	0
31/03/06	*	£753	£761	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£599	£628	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£487	£493	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 24%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Established: 62 years
(67 years as a company)

www.3choirs.org

info@3choirs.org

01452768928

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

10 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£133,713	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - Three Choirs Festival Association Oct20-Mar21
£230,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Dulverton Trust - the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester, 2013
£2,500	19/06/2013	the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester, 2013

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-76

ALEXANDRA CATHERINE DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Arts Administrator

ALISON VICTORIA MARLOW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Manager

ALLEN EDWARD PRIOR FCII Appointed: 2021

BEJAMIN COOPER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Antiques Dealer

DR NAOMI SIAN BELSHAW (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

KATHARINE O'CARROLL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

MAN PUI BILLY LAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Digital, Other trusteeship: THE MANCHESTER MID-DAY CONCERTS SOCIETY,

SEPTEMBER LILY TURNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sales And Marketing

CHARLES FREDERICK BASIL WOODD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actuary, Other trusteeships: JOHN JONES, FRIENDS OF CIRENCESTER PARISH CHURCH, NEW BREWERY ARTS LIMITED, THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT,

DR BRUCE HERRIOT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF LEDBURY AND DISTRICT HEALTHCARE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/1962, number: 204609
Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1957, number: 00580176

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

21/08/2019 - Asset transfer in from THREE CHOIRS FOUNDATION
22/11/2022 - Asset transfer in from THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL SOCIETY

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 24 days late, AR14: 56 days late, AR12: 127 days late, AR11: 22 days late, AR06: 22 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THREE CHOIRS FOUNDATION on 21/08/2019
Asset transfer in from THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL SOCIETY on 22/11/2022

Main office

7C COLLEGE GREEN
GLOUCESTER
GL1 2LX

Objectives

2.1 The Objects of the TCF are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of singing and music, drama, mime and dance, and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefor provided that all Objects of the TCF shall be of a charitable nature.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTER WORCESTER HEREFORD

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