Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED

hcmf// is the largest annual, international festival of contemporary, experimental and new music in the UK, taking place over 10 days and consisting of 50 events, including concerts, music theatre, installations,talks and films, with a year round Learning & Participation programme, devised and implemented as an integral part of the artistic programme, and to respond to regional and national need.

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 gender 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 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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£583	£622	£-39	£0	£141	£102	2	4	20
31/03/22		£471	£457	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£381	£255	£127	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	*	£560	£558	£2	£18	£38	£-11	-0.2	5	30
31/03/19		£619	£635	£-17	£12	£37	£37	0.7	5	27
31/03/18		£679	£684	£-5	£5	£53	£53	0.9	5	0
31/03/17		£573	£584	£-11	£0	£58	£53	1.1	4	0
31/03/16	*	£503	£471	£32	£0	£69	£69	1.8	4	0
31/03/15		£541	£530	£10	£41	£37	£33	0.7	4	0
31/03/14	*	£575	£583	£-8	£41	£27	£24	0.5	3	0
31/03/13	*	£570	£576	£-6	£41	£35	£35	0.7	4	0
31/03/12		£557	£606	£-49	£0	£41	£24	0.5	4	0
31/03/11		£684	£608	£76	£32	£90	£25	0.5	4	0
31/03/10		£585	£615	£-30	£37	£14	£14	0.3	4	0
31/03/09	*	£762	£642	£119	£31	£43	£-36	-0.7	4	0
31/03/08	*	£564	£547	£17	£32	£-60	£-82	-1.8	4	0
31/03/07	*	£71	£466	£-395	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£70	£476	£-407	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£414	£438	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£382	£373	£9	£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: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 40 years

www.hcmf.co.uk

info@hcmf.co.uk

01484472900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kirklees,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees
20 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 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
£246,073	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
£50,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
£40,000	08/04/2015 36	Towards learning and participation work in Kirklees, focusing on communities that previously may not have engaged with the arts.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mission Critical
£10,000	15/04/2014 12	Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
£54,000	05/05/2011	Towards the salary of the learning and participation officer.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-78

PROFESSOR NIC CLEAR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor

DR LAURA BOWLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Composer/Performer

PROFESSOR JOHN MICHAEL CLARKE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Professor

PROFESSOR RAYMOND MACDONALD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professor / Composer / Performer

DR MICK PEAKE MB CLB FRCP, Other trusteeships: BRITISH THORACIC ONCOLOGY GROUP, HAY MUSIC TRUST, UPROAR,

KATH PINNOCK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor

MARTEL LOUISE OLLERENSHAW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Freelance Consultant

ANDREW KUROWSKI (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Specialist Music Editor, Other trusteeship: THE RIOT ENSEMBLE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1983, number: 514614
Registered at Companies House on 18/04/1983, number: 01715684

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 241 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 117 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR06: 36 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

RS 1/10
University of Huddersfield
HD1 3DH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND MUSIC, FINE CRAFTS AND ARTS IN PARTICULAR, AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORISE OR PERMIT THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY NOR THE INCOME THEREOF NOR ANY PART OF SUCH PROPERTY OR INCOME TO BE APPLIED OR USED FOR ANY OBJECT OR PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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