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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE SIXTEEN 

The objects for which the Company is established are: To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the arts of orchestral, choral and other music by the organisation and/or presentation of concerts and recitals of high educational and artistic merit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently
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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
31/10/22£1,507£1,602£-94£58£330£3302.5980
31/10/21£1,355£1,331£24£60£429£4293.9845
31/10/20£1,162£1,181£-18£65£360£3603.7100
31/10/19£2,116£2,213£-97£372£376£3762110
31/10/18£1,924£1,885£39£72£466£4663110
31/10/17£1,901£1,925£-24£51£427£4272.7100
31/10/16£1,752£1,867£-114£16£442£3872.580
31/10/15£1,834£1,914£-80£347£543£4883.190
31/10/14£1,989£1,952£37£374£621£5663.590
31/10/13£1,619£1,573£46£387£584£5494.290
31/10/12£1,796£1,775£21£389£538£4863.380
31/10/11*£1,556£1,484£73£388£517£5074.180
31/10/10£1,491£1,346£145£332£444£4293.860
31/10/09£1,466£1,374£92£295£300£2802.440
31/10/08£1,235£1,238£-3£195£208£207240
31/10/07£1,137£1,141£-4£159£211£2052.240
31/10/06£706£721£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£964£992£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£920£867£53£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 39 years

www.thesixteen.com

info@thesixteen.com

02079363420

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Scotland, Switzerland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 80 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
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000 29/11/2022
towards The Choral Pilgrimage 2023 touring project (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra - A Plan for Restoration 2021
£200,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£40,000 04/02/2020
as a general contribution which will also support the organisation during the coronavirus crisis (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 16/04/2019
Core Costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 54-89
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/1985, number: 326917
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/07/1985, number: 01930741
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR11: 1 days late,
Main office

The Sixteen
Mary Sumner House
24 Tufton Street
LONDON
SW1P 3RB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR (AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), THE ARTS OF ORCHESTRAL, CHORAL AND OTHER MUSIC BY THE ORGANISATION AND/OR PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND RECITALS OF HIGH EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC MERIT, CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND RECORDINGS, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COUNCIL OF THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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