Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

AWARDS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS 

We work across a number of partnership programmes to enable musically talented young people from low income families to fulfil their potential.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 26 years

www.a-y-m.org.uk

enquiries@a-y-m.org.uk

0300 302 0023

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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
31/12/22£1,354£1,406£-53£90£737£2312810
31/12/21£1,117£1,197£-80£73£821£3423.4710
31/12/20£823£904£-81£68£903£3304.4610
31/12/19£1,372£848£524£67£977£4486.3520
31/12/18£773£664£109£56£445£1472.7420
31/12/17£538£461£77£45£339£1213.230
31/12/16£428£397£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£262£306£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£227£265£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£161£240£-79£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£226£201£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£151£168£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£140£132£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£66£118£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£48£110£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£53£96£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£46£88£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£78£101£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£55£89£-33£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 31%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Youth Music£330,000
DCMS£55,695
The Childhood Trust£31,738
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation£30,100
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Backstage Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Furthering Talent Connect
£300,000 12/10/2022
Furthering Talent Connect
Backstage Trust - Programme Costs grant
£25,000 12/10/2022
Furthering Talent programme
The Childhood Trust - C-59243
£6,038 28/06/2022
Musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn?t: family finances and other obstacles too often get in the way. We're here to change this in two key ways. We: · Support young musicians ....more
The Childhood Trust - Give young people the chance of a musical life.
£20,000 12/06/2022
Musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn?t. Our Awards programme supports talented young musicians from low income families so they can progress further and reach their potential. In 2023, we ....more
DCMS - Investment Funds
£55,695 30/11/2021
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 ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Awards for Young Musicians
£6,000 21/10/2021
Running costs for the Furthering Talent (FT) programme in Sunderland
The Childhood Trust - Furthering Talent in Lewisham
£5,700 22/06/2021
We're fundraising to work with 30 children with emerging musical talent & from low income families to progress their musical development in partnership with Lewisham Music. Each child will ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Awards for Young Musicians
£5,000 02/06/2021
Towards core costs to fully support 10 of 150 Young Musicians £500 awards.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 05/03/2021
Awards for Young Musicians: Application for core costs
Community Foundation for Surrey - Awards - Surrey
£5,000 17/01/2020
23
Support for Young Musicians Awards for young people from Surrey
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Awards for Young Musicians
£30,100 26/11/2019
36
Attune - Covid-19 flexibility agreed
Youth Music - Scale, enrich, transform: creating an Online Individual Learning Plan (O-ILP) for 1000s of young people’s musical progression
£30,000 23/10/2019
Scale, enrich, transform: creating an Online Individual Learning Plan (O-ILP) for 1000s of young people’s musical progression
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/01/2019
Presto match-funding campaign
Youth Music - Furthering Talent and Practical Progression
£159,700 19/01/2018
Furthering Talent and Practical Progression
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Awards for Young Musicians
£20,100 08/03/2017
12
Furthering Talent (FT)
Youth Music - Furthering Talent and Practical Progression
£149,900 28/10/2016
Furthering Talent and Practical Progression
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 20-77
  • FIONA HARVEY Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Arts Mangement Consultant
  • MAX BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1998, number: 1070994
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/07/1998, number: 03602851
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 5 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHORAL SOCIETY on 01/11/2021
Main office

PO BOX 2754
BRISTOL
BS4 9DA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PROMOTION OF SPECIALIST MUSIC EDUCATION AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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