Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 21

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES

To represent and support voluntary and amateur music groups throughout the UK.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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
31/12/22		£703	£771	£-68	£16	£754	£319	5	16	101
31/12/21		£721	£761	£-40	£14	£825	£364	5.7	16	98
31/12/20		£759	£767	£-7	£13	£848	£358	5.6	16	108
31/12/19		£730	£730	£0	£9	£872	£364	6	14	101
31/12/18		£644	£670	£-26	£26	£859	£323	5.8	10	56
31/12/17		£610	£603	£7	£17	£873	£313	6.2	10	0
31/12/16		£532	£536	£-4	£5	£854	£286	6.4	10	0
31/12/15		£636	£627	£9	£21	£846	£225	4.3	10	0
31/12/14		£864	£719	£145	£55	£841	£202	3.4	10	0
31/12/13		£819	£898	£-78	£66	£696	£172	2.3	16	0
31/12/12		£864	£899	£-34	£64	£774	£231	3.1	16	0
31/12/11		£893	£942	£-49	£54	£808	£172	2.2	16	0
31/12/10		£839	£837	£2	£59	£857	£172	2.5	16	0
31/12/09		£792	£822	£-31	£54	£855	£175	2.5	16	0
31/12/08		£819	£846	£-27	£54	£886	£169	2.4	15	0
31/12/07		£829	£783	£45	£52	£912	£141	2.2	13	0
31/12/06		£934	£849	£85	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£902	£979	£-77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£999	£1,004	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 128%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 57 years
(88 years as a company)

www.makingmusic.org.uk

info@makingmusic.org.uk

02079396030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

16 employees
101 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The National Federation Of Music Societies
£19,988	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The National Federation Of Music Societies
£199,880	18/05/2022	Towards unrestricted core costs for supporting community music groups to become more financially and administratively resilient, more inclusive and better able to influence local and national policy ....more Towards unrestricted core costs for supporting community music groups to become more financially and administratively resilient, more inclusive and better able to influence local and national policy making
DCMS - Supporting the return of leisure-time music
£44,429	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Making Music
£78,696	19/01/2012	Towards the salary of a head of volunteer management to lead a volunteering programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-67

CATHERINE ELIZABETH TRAVERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Publishing Consultant

DR EDWARD-RHYS HARRY FRSA Appointed: 2022

KATHERINE MCLEISH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Governance And People Management Officer

NEIL ROBERT WEIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Chartered Engineer

NICHOLAS LEWIS LLOYD JAMES Appointed: 2022

PETER WILLIAM BURCHILL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

RHIANNON LOUISE HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelance Musician

ANDREW HAMILTON DEVINE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: TEESSIDE MUSIC SOCIETY,

DOROTHY JOAN WILSON MBE FRSA Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: GRAND UNION ARTS CIO,

ROBERT ANDREW GUEST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed

THOMAS PAUL MCKINLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Librarian

VALERIE JANICE TAYLOR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer

ANDREW RIXON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: HENRY FAWCETT FUND, NORTH LONDON SINFONIA, ST PETER'S BETHNAL GREEN, HENRY FAWCETT FUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1967, number: 249219
Registered at Companies House on 27/12/1935, number: 00308632

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR04: 17 days late,

Main office

National Fed. of Music Societies
8 Holyrood Street
LONDON
SE1 2EL

Objectives

TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE ART AND PRACTICE AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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