Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED 

Makes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/09/23£6,735£7,044£-309£0£6,491£6,49111.1630
30/09/22£6,659£6,586£73£0£6,544£6,54411.9600
30/09/21£6,462£6,456£6£0£6,830£6,83012.7610
30/09/20£6,283£6,734£-451£0£6,397£6,39711.4660
30/09/19£7,365£7,123£242£0£6,619£6,61911.2660
30/09/18£7,516£7,060£457£0£6,117£6,11710.4670
30/09/17£7,329£6,757£572£0£5,560£5,5609.9670
30/09/16£7,551£6,943£608£0£4,882£4,8828.4670
30/09/15£7,321£6,879£442£55£4,225£4,2257.4590
30/09/14£7,377£6,989£388£50£3,783£3,7836.5580
30/09/13£7,148£6,675£473£47£3,395£3,3156570
30/09/12£7,033£6,743£289£46£2,922£2,8425.1600
30/09/11£6,563£6,360£204£42£2,564£2,5644.8670
30/09/10£6,450£6,282£168£40£2,360£2,3604.5670
30/09/09£5,774£5,978£-204£200£2,192£2,1924.4700
30/09/08£5,979£6,062£-83£299£2,397£2,3974.7700
30/09/07£242£206£36£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£583£168£415£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£417£168£249£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£195£196£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 49 years

www.hymnsam.co.uk

sue.stapleford@hymnsam.co.uk

01603785908

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 63 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/1975, number: 270060
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1975, number: 01220696
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

HYMNS ANCIENT & MODERN LTD
13A HELLESDON PARK ROAD
DRAYTON HIGH ROAD
NORWICH
NR6 5DR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION.TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT OR AID IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTION, COLLEGE, SCHOOL, SOCIETY OR BODY WHATSOEVER WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION, IS CONNECTED WITH THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR ANY CHURCH IN COMMUNION WITH IT, AND TO SUBSCRIBE AND GUARANTEE MONEY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE.TO AID AND SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTION, COLLEGE, SCHOOL, SOCIETY OR BODY WHICH MAY NOT BE IN A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AS AFORESAID BUT WHOSE AIMS AND OBJECTS ARE, IN THE OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION, SUCH AS A CHURCH OF ENGLAND ORGANISATION COULD PROPERLY AID AND SUPPORT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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