Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP

The Charity was established to advance the education of the public by promoting and developing the artistic taste, knowledge, understanding and appreciation of contemporary music.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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		£782	£850	£-68	£32	£82	£82	1.2	13	0
31/03/22?		£558	£521	£36	£40	£151	£127	2.9	10	6
30/06/21		£546	£514	£32	£38	£114	£114	2.7	10	0
30/06/20		£584	£559	£24	£52	£83	£68	1.5	9	8
30/06/19		£726	£713	£13	£59	£58	£58	1	10	0
30/06/18		£666	£672	£-5	£66	£45	£45	0.8	12	0
30/06/17		£637	£651	£-13	£75	£51	£51	0.9	12	0
30/06/16		£696	£765	£-69	£67	£64	£64	1	10	0
30/06/15		£699	£710	£-11	£67	£133	£128	2.2	8	0
30/06/14		£885	£836	£49	£67	£144	£144	2.1	9	0
30/06/13		£794	£787	£7	£69	£95	£95	1.4	9	0
30/06/12	*	£662	£639	£23	£52	£88	£88	1.7	7	0
30/06/11		£768	£726	£42	£47	£65	£65	1.1	7	0
30/06/10		£846	£848	£-2	£47	£23	£23	0.3	5	0
30/06/09		£668	£660	£8	£40	£25	£25	0.5	5	0
30/06/08		£531	£534	£-3	£43	£17	£17	0.4	7	0
30/06/07		£559	£563	£-4	£32	£20	£20	0.4	7	0
30/06/06		£646	£647	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05		£683	£645	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£501	£497	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 33 years

www.bcmg.org.uk

info@bcmg.org.uk

01216162616

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Throughout London, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

13 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£406,442
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£270,000
The Foyle Foundation	£30,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000	11/07/2022	to support the continuation of the NEXT study scheme in Contemporary Music Performance from September 2022
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	25/11/2020 9	Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is a new music ensemble which commissions composers and emerging international talent. They engage audiences through concerts, programmes, tours, workshops for ....more Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is a new music ensemble which commissions composers and emerging international talent. They engage audiences through concerts, programmes, tours, workshops for young people and other events. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
DCMS - Programme of Work
£325,535	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 - BCMG - Back on Stage
£80,907	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Listen Imagine Compose – Primary
£250,000	09/12/2019 36	In partnership with Sound and Music, Birmingham City University, Bristol Plays Music, Birmingham Music Education Partnership and local primary schools, to deliver high quality composing teaching and ....more In partnership with Sound and Music, Birmingham City University, Bristol Plays Music, Birmingham Music Education Partnership and local primary schools, to deliver high quality composing teaching and learning, to better understand children’s progression as composers, and to improve the quality and frequency of composing in primary schools.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
£5,000	12/03/2015	The BCMG/SAM Apprentice Composer in Residence scheme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-75

BLAIR WINTON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Investment Manager

RUTH JANE HOPKINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo And Artistic Director

SOPHIA JOHNSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Software Developer

ANTHONY DAVID JACKSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: JOHN FEENEY CHARITABLE TRUST,

GARY JOHN SPRUCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lecturer

JONATHAN COCHRANE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Authority Manager, Other trusteeship: MOTIONHOUSE,

KENNETH WILLIAM BAIRD (Chair) Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Arts Administrator, Other trusteeships: MILAP FESTIVAL TRUST, THE LIVERPOOL HOPE CARTER PRESTON FOUNDATION, BITTERN PRESS,

CHARLES JONATHAN CHAMBERLAIN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: JUNIOR SAINT JAMES'S SINGERS,

NIKE JONAH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Creative Producer And Arts Development Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY,

WILLIAM PATRICK CHRISTOPHER BARRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE CRESCENT THEATRE TRUST LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1991, number: 1001474
Registered at Companies House on 24/11/1989, number: 02446126

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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; AR12: 14 days late,

Main office

C B S O
BERKLEY STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2LF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING THE ARTISTIC TASTE,KNOWLEDGE,UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND MUSIC THEATRE,INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPOSED SINCE 1900 PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MIDLANDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRIMARILY IN THE MIDLANDS(BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY)

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