Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION 

The principal activity of the charity is to foster, promote and increase public interest in, and knowledge and understanding of, the Arts in general and, in particular, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
31/03/23£831£864£-33£81£2,079£3354.7727
31/03/22£683£750£-66£58£2,112£3225.2820
31/03/21£700£633£67£22£2,178£2885.5919
31/03/20£992£819£173£79£2,111£2894.2818
31/03/19£856£836£20£83£1,938£2824724
31/03/18£817£855£-38£102£1,918£2713.870
31/03/17£789£845£-56£99£1,956£2423.450
31/03/16£774£826£-53£98£2,012£2423.550
31/03/15£945£857£88£90£2,064£2673.740
31/03/14£920£843£77£91£1,976£2353.340
31/03/13£880£821£59£101£1,899£1642.440
31/03/12£714£773£-59£87£1,840£1712.730
31/03/11£887£870£17£78£1,899£1922.730
31/03/10£883£902£-19£93£1,902£1902.540
31/03/09£956£899£57£135£1,921£2212.930
31/03/08?£490£494£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£745£740£4£230£1,867£530.930
30/09/06£689£685£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05*£616£612£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£439£468£-28£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 5
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.ncem.co.uk

info@ncem.co.uk

01904645738

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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
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 27 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
DCMS - National Centre for Early Music
£275,444 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
DCMS - NCEM - Culture Recovery Grant
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£28,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - NCEM - CRF2
£25,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 28/11/2019
towards the capital programme of works
Youth Music - Music4U
£150,000 22/03/2018
Music4U

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: 31-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/1998, number: 1068331
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/1998, number: 03499629
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 42 days late,
Main office

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EARLY MUSIC
ST. MARGARETS CHURCH
WALMGATE
YORK
YO1 9TL

Objectives

A. TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL MUSIC;2. TO PROTECT AND AND CONSERVE OR ASSIST IN THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND BUILDING ARTEFACT MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION ARCHIVE OR OTHER RECORDS WHICH ARE OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST VALUE OR IMPORTANCE TO THE LOCAL REGIONAL OR NATIONAL HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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