Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE MIDI MUSIC COMPANY

The Midi Music Company is a registered charity/company limited by guarantee, providing a space for all children and young people aged five to thirty to be inspired to get into music and the creative industries. MMC's team includes experienced industry professionals who deliver cutting edge creative and inspiring projects, enriching the artistic process for those who are socially disadvantaged.

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

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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		£217	£216	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£231	£244	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£241	£219	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£206	£224	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£210	£234	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£206	£221	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£223	£233	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£249	£246	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£257	£253	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£268	£268	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£254	£242	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£232	£246	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£260	£270	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£290	£332	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£295	£309	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£266	£309	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£255	£261	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£276	£274	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£397	£354	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£279	£317	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.themidimusiccompany.co.uk

theteam@themidimusiccompany.co.uk

02086946093

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Music industry progression and pathways for children and young people
£9,000	18/01/2023	Midi Music is a music education and talent development charity that nurtures children and young people and supports them in their creative ambitions. This grant provides core support for Midi Music ....more Midi Music is a music education and talent development charity that nurtures children and young people and supports them in their creative ambitions. This grant provides core support for Midi Music to continue providing affordable music education and pathways to further and higher education for children and young people. This support will enable Midi Music to work with over 4,000 11-30 year-olds each year across ten core music programmes.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Music industry progression and pathways for children and young people
£120,000	14/03/2022	Midi Music is a music education and talent development charity that nurtures children and young people and supports them in their creative ambitions. This grant provides core support for Midi Music ....more Midi Music is a music education and talent development charity that nurtures children and young people and supports them in their creative ambitions. This grant provides core support for Midi Music to continue providing affordable music education and pathways to further and higher education for children and young people. This support will enable Midi Music to work with over 4,000 11-30 year-olds each year across ten core music programmes.
DCMS - The Midi Music Company
£119,391	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Re-Birth Hi-Tech Security & Safety
£31,154	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Midi Music Company
£19,200	27/11/2014	£19,200 towards the costs of tutors, BSL Interpreters and project management.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-65

CLAIRE SHOMADE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

INDUNIL ARUNI VIDYALANKARA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Pr & Comms Consultant

MERVYN ANTHONY LYN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Executive

ROBERT CHARLES FITZPATRICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Producer - Spotify

ALISTAIR GORDON WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 1994, Occupation: Solicitor

GERAINT WYNNE HOWELLS Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Accountant

ISABEL NEWMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/1995, number: 1045693
Registered at Companies House on 14/11/1994, number: 02989656

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR06: 14 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

77 WATSONS STREET
DEPTFORD
LONDON
SE8 4AU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING ALL FORMS OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ART WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ART OF MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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