Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE VOICES FOUNDATION 

Provides music education training in state primary schools throughout England
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 30 years

www.voices.org.uk

vf@voices.org.uk

02075201430

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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
31/07/22£544£546£-2£27£204£1693.760
31/07/21£456£444£12n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/07/20£535£501£34£15£193£1563.761
31/07/19£521£517£4£1£159£1473.460
31/07/18£456£431£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£421£408£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£332£352£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£314£341£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£234£268£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£311£309£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£246£261£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£265£274£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£350£361£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£475£420£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£511£513£-2£22£177£127320
31/07/07£498£440£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£447£368£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£386£341£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£351£318£33£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£288,122
The Segelman Trust£90,000
DCMS£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Tedworth Charitable Trust£45,435
The Foyle Foundation£40,000
The Childhood Trust£6,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards the Voices Digital programme
£7,000 05/12/2023
Towards the Voices Digital programme
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Scaling and supporting Singing Schools
£13,467 18/01/2023
The Voices Foundation aims help schools, academies, Music Education Hubs and other partners across the UK to establish sustainable and effective music education in their settings. This grant provides ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards its Big Give Christmas Appeal 2022
£3,435 06/12/2022
Towards its Big Give Christmas Appeal 2022
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards its Big Give Christmas Campaign 2022.
£5,000 31/08/2022
Towards its Big Give Christmas Campaign 2022.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£25,000 11/07/2022
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Childhood Trust - Voices Foundation Singing Schools, Nationwide
£6,250 12/06/2022
Far too many children across the country don?t get any musical opportunities. Singing in the classroom is a guaranteed way to give these children the chance to make music. Singing together is ideal ....more
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Core costs
£20,000 20/05/2022
Towards its core costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Scaling and supporting Singing Schools
£257,000 14/03/2022
The Voices Foundation aims help schools, academies, Music Education Hubs and other partners across the UK to establish sustainable and effective music education in their settings. This grant provides ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 03/09/2021
Voices Foundation 2021 - 2023, transforming opportunities for disadvantaged children through singing
The Segelman Trust - Grant to The Voices Foundation
£90,000 04/05/2021
36
To support core costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£17,655 02/09/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 21/08/2020
Voices Foundation 2021 - 2023, transforming opportunities for disadvantaged children through singing
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£10,000 21/05/2020
Towards core costs
DCMS - Still singing - a bridge to sustainability
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Voices Foundation - cultural recovery funding
£25,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 02/07/2019
towards integrating the Online Teaching Learning Centre, a digital platform where teachers can access classroom resources into other Voice Foundation digital offers
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Running costs and music education development activities
£10,000 23/08/2018
Towards running costs and music education development activities.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Embedding singing as an agent for overall school improvement
£150,000 28/06/2018
24
The Voices Foundation is a national charity which uses the power of singing to improve the lives of children and young people in the UK. Through this initiative The Voices Foundation and David Ross ....more
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Voices Foundation
£90,000 17/04/2018
36
To support the core costs of the organiation
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs and development
£5,000 10/11/2017
Towards core costs and development.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Running costs and music education development
£10,000 20/07/2017
Towards running costs and music education development activities.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Running costs and music education development activities
£10,000 27/06/2016
Towards running costs and music education development activities.
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Voices Foundation
£90,000 17/03/2016
36
To strengthen and evaluate their programme of delivering high quality music education for school pupils from an early age
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Music education training and development activities
£10,000 22/06/2015
Towards the charity's music education training and development activities.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Singing-based programme to primary schools
£3,000 27/06/2006
Towards helping bring the singing-based programme to state primary schools in Warrington, Scunthorpe and Westminster
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/1993, number: 1029834
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/04/1993, number: 02814203
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from INDEPENDENT OPERA on 09/06/2022
Main office

THE MUSIC BASE
KINGS PLACE
90 YORK WAY
LONDON
N1 9AG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE UNIQUE VALUE OF A SYSTEMISED MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH CHORAL SINGING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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