Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE RODOLFUS FOUNDATION LIMITED 

The aim of the charity is to promote musical education through (i) the organisation and promotion of choral courses for children and young people aged from 8 to 21 years; and (ii) the activities of a choir for talented young singers selected from those who have participated in such courses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/09/22£403£382£21n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/21£301£270£31n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£82£79£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£380£404£-24n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£195£169£26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£160£158£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£149£145£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15*£171£154£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£141£146£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£110£123£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£55£50£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£22£23£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£51£53£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£67£53£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£31£28£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£35£32£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£14£14£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£36£25£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£12£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk

charlotte@therodolfusfoundation.com

07905788001

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Department for Transport£2,800
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Rodolfus Foundation
£1,000 17/10/2022
Supporting the development of a Rodolfus Choral Academy in Kennington
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/08/2022
The Rodolfus Foundation: Education & Access Programme
Department for Transport - Workplace Charge Points 21/22
£1,050 01/04/2021
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a voucher-based scheme that provides businesses, charities, and the wider public sector, with support towards the up-front costs of the purchase and ....more
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/4056
£1,050 01/04/2021
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Department for Transport - EVHS / Home Chargers 21/967
£700 01/04/2021
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 04/12/2020
Inspiring tomorrow's singers

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1994, number: 1033702
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/01/1994, number: 02886300
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 22 days late,
Main office

8 HOLYROOD STREET
LONDON
SE1 2EL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND OF PERFORMERS IN THE ART OF SINGING AND AND OF MUSIC IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENRALITY OF THE FOREGOING ) BY MEANS OF THE MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT OF A CHOIR KNOWN AS THE RODOLFUS CHOIR TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER THE STUDY PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE UNDRESTANDING APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OPERA AND BALLET) AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS GENERALLY AND TO FORMULATE PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE OF CHARITABLE NATURE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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