Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

THE IRENE TAYLOR TRUST 

The Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons' has been working at the forefront of arts and rehabilitation since 1995, bringing creative music projects to men and women of all ages in prisons throughout the UK. The Trust now also works with ex-prisoners and young people on the fringes of the criminal justice system in the community.
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
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 25 years

www.irenetaylortrust.com

luke@irenetaylortrust.com

02070590306

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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
31/03/23£411£521£-110n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£415£446£-32n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£376£355£21n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£500£533£-33£67£374£1383.162
31/03/19£575£518£58£45£408£1002.362
31/03/18£527£462£66£46£350£962.560
31/03/17£407£370£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£446£329£117£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£260£286£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£259£261£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£270£300£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£287£316£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£236£291£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£356£288£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£362£300£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£265£264£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£320£263£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£199£153£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£189£188£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£105£154£-49£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • 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£189,760
Henry Smith Charity£90,000
DCMS£86,000
BBC Children in Need£72,213
The Bromley Trust£40,000
CHK Foundation£25,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£15,000 13/04/2023
to further the charitable objects
Youth Music - Expanding Making Tracks & progression projects
£140,000 28/03/2023
Expanding Making Tracks & progression projects
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£25,000 26/08/2022
Making Tracks
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 31/03/2022
to further the charitable objects
Youth Music - Recharge Fund
£49,760 28/03/2022
Recharge Fund
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 17/01/2022
Music in Prisons deliver innovative music projects to enhance the rehabilitation and education of those in the criminal justice system. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£90,000 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a music rehabilitation project for prisoners and ex-offenders throughout England.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 18/01/2021
12
Music in Prisons deliver innovative music projects to enhance the rehabilitation and education of those in the criminal justice system. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 18/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons'
£1,890 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing to support young men in custody who are increasingly isolated due to Covid-19 with a remote music programme. It will increase their wellbeing.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£5,000 01/05/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Irene Taylor Trust, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
DCMS - Recovery Plan April-June 2020
£76,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons'
£70,323 26/06/2019
36
'Music in Prisons' programme will work with groups of young men in custody to improve confidence and self-esteem, interaction between young people and staff and increase personal skills.
Youth Music - 2 year creative music programme in Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
£30,000 08/03/2019
2 year creative music programme in Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£54,000 01/10/2018
Making Tracks: Youth Offending Team projects To give young people in contact with Youth Offending Teams the opportunity to be inspired through working with professional musicians to gain confidence, ....more
The Fore - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£30,000 13/07/2018
24
Funding from The Fore will enable the Irene Taylor Trust to develop its proven consultancy and training offer to major international arts organisations. The resulting increase in sustainable ....more
Wates Foundation - The Irene Taylor Trust 2018
£20,000 15/05/2018
Towards the salary costs of our Personal Development Coordinator (PDC) during 2018-19 and 2019-20.
The Fore - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£30,000 01/04/2018
24
Established in 1995, the Irene Taylor Trust delivers creative music projects which aid the process of rehabilitation, education and life skills development of offenders, ex-offenders and at-risk ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£8,750 30/01/2018
purchase of a van for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£75,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a music-based rehabilitation project working with prisoners and ex-offenders across the UK
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 25/10/2017
36
Music in Prisons deliver innovative music projects to enhance the rehabilitation and education of those in the criminal justice system. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Youth Music - Making Tracks
£101,500 05/05/2017
Making Tracks
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - 'Making Tracks' - North West
£59,817 30/01/2017
24
The project will pilot ‘Making Tracks’ in Manchester alongside a programme of practitioner training for the musical workforce in partnership with Theatre in Prisons and Probation. Four projects ....more
Walcot Foundation - ‘Making Tracks’, Lambeth
£15,000 22/11/2016
12
‘Making Tracks’, Lambeth
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£45,000 14/03/2016
36
Towards core costs to develop link longer-term work in prison with a stronger community programme, and to reach more people.
Youth Music - Pilot projects with Newham Youth Offending Team
£20,000 27/01/2016
Pilot projects with Newham Youth Offending Team
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons'
£90,000 22/07/2015
42
Towards Sounding Out, a through-the-gate programme providing former prisoners with long-term rehabilitative opportunities through music performance, training and work placements.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sounding Out
£285,000 15/07/2015
48
This is an expansion of work to support current and ex-offenders to help their transition into the community, tackle re-offending, improve wellbeing and relationships and increase motivation and ....more
Walcot Foundation - 'Making Tracks' Lambeth
£15,373 25/03/2015
12
'Making Tracks' Lambeth
Tudor Trust - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£75,000 25/03/2014
36
over three years towards core costs at an organisation working with offenders in prison and in the community promoting rehabilitation through music
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£50,000 13/03/2014
24
towards two years' core costs of a music-based rehabilitation project that works within the prison system to engage with, inspire and increase the skills of prisoners
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£11,225 26/02/2014
The Sounding Out project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust-Music in Prisons
£31,900 26/04/2013
the salary costs of the Artistic Director and Trusts Project Manager including admin & overheads
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons'
£20,000 29/05/2012
Towards Sounding Out a programme to provide longer-term opportunities for ex-prisoners through music.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Irene Taylor Trust
£11,361 24/01/2012
Sounding Out project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-87
  • SARAH DAVIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/12/1998, number: 1073105
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/09/1998, number: 03637201
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
  • 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; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

The Irene Taylor Trust
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London
E1 6LA

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE ARTS AS A REHABILITATIVE ACTIVITY AMONG MEMBERS OF SOCIETY DEEMED IN NEED OF HELP;2)TO OFFER INTO PRISONS, PROBATION SERVICES, HOSPITALS AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, CREATIVE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO RE-INTEGRATE THOSE IN SUCH FACILITIES INTO THE COMMUNITY; AND3) TO PROVIDE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THOSE WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM SUCH PROGRAMS AND TO PURSUE ALL OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY, THOSE WHOSE POVERTY OF LIFE DIMINISHES OPPORTUNITY AND THOSE AT SIGNIFICANT RISK OF COMMITTING CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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