Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

DUNEDIN CONCERTS TRUST LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • 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
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £537,277 £726,798 £757,489 £528,415 £660,086
Donations & Legacies £57,362 £59,440 £46,960 £92,852 £250,863
Other Income
Investment Income £11 £25 £541 £831
Total income £596,660 £792,220 £805,412 £622,352 £740,723 £914,370
Charitable activities spending £534,793 £709,282 £767,095 £420,129 £814,285
Fundraising costs 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Other spending
Total spending £548,287 £709,399 £768,447 £421,041 £793,002 £815,845
Surplus/deficit £48,373 £82,821 £36,965 £201,311 -£52,279 £98,525
Established: 28 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
Purposes
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Dunedin Consort
£5,000 20/09/2023
Donation from the Cockaigne Fund, towards the Bridging the Gap programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 39-68
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 26/08/1996, number: SC025336
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/06/2009, number: SC361385
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Dunedin Consort, 77 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HZ

Objectives

The objects of the Trust are:- a) to advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the art of music by, amongst other related activities, the presentation of concerts and the production and selling of recordings of musical performances. and b) to advance the education of musicians by developing and improving the education and training facilities available to musicians through the operation of new training courses and by encouraging other organisations to extend existing training courses and facilities to the needs of the musicians

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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