Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

SINFONIA CYMRU

Sinfonia Cymru is an 'under 30s' orchestra dedicated to championing outstanding young professional musicians from across the UK, and supporting them in the early stages of their careers to give them the very best start. Through this we provide exceptional-quality musical experiences - orchestral and chamber scale - for audiences and participants across Wales.

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23	*	£453	£473	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£350	£289	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£282	£225	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£310	£270	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£424	£370	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18		£314	£336	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17		£344	£346	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16		£534	£448	£86	£24	£135	£135	3.6	4	0
30/09/15		£365	£393	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14		£377	£376	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13		£329	£278	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12		£285	£270	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11		£219	£193	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/10		£361	£368	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/09		£85	£80	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/08		£116	£111	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/07		£109	£106	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/06		£220	£220	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/05		£219	£220	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/04		£149	£150	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

sinfonia.cymru

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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

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000	28/11/2023	to support core artistic programme in the season 2023/24 season
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000	14/02/2020 36	Support for core programme across 3 years
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Sinfonia Cymru
£5,000	01/11/2018	Curate' - a series of four cutting-edge contemporary concerts created and performed by young professional musicians from Sinfonia Cymru.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Sinfonia Cymru
£75,000	19/12/2012	Towards the development of a new chamber orchestra model for Wales, working to develop new generations of players and audiences.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-67

ALISTAIR JOHN VENNART Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Musician

AWEN FFLUR JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

CATRIN SIAN PLUMLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Project And Change Manager

JOANNA MARRIOTT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Manager, Audiences

LLINOS MAIR MADELEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant

RUSSELL STEVEN BRIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

SIMONE WILLIS TANSLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Systematic Reviewer (Researcher)

WIARD MARIUS ALBERT STERK (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1996, number: 1058196
Registered at Companies House on 21/08/1996, number: 03240356

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 15 days late,

Main office

Sinfonia Cymru
103 Bute Street
CARDIFF
CF10 5AD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND DEVELOP AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ORCHESTRA AND THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF WORKS OF MUSIC SO AS TO INCREASE PUBLIC TASTE AND APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH WALES

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