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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

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
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/10/23£1,650£1,723£-72£81£259£2591.8960
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£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05£964£992£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/04£920£867£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
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
  • France, Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£200,000
The Foyle Foundation£70,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 27/04/2023
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra - rebuilding singing communities across the UK
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
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Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 31-77
  • ADAM SINGER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • KEITH TONY PARKER Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Company Director
  • LORD CHRISTOPHER ROBERT SMITH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Politician And Chairman
  • MARY DEISSLER Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Fundraiser
  • NAOMI CLAIRE NIKOLAJSEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • OLIVIA CARRINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer
  • RICHARD HENRY TUDOR CHRISTOPHERS, Occupation: Musician
  • RICHARD LLOYD DUFFIELD PRICE, Occupation: Managing Director
  • ROBIN JOHN BLACKMORE BARDA (Chair), Occupation: Barrister
  • SIR MICHAEL BRIGGS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Judge, High Court Chancery Division
  • STEPHEN REGINALD PICKETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Education Director
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
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; 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

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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