Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF BARBERSHOP SINGERS 

Association of Barbershop Harmony Clubs providing singing and musical education locally and nationally at Harmony College in August and Directors College in January as well as many other events. Annual Convention in May.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/09/22£272£333£-61n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/09/21?£86£53£33n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/20£146£103£43n/an/an/an/an/a63
31/12/19£382£355£27n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/12/18£381£396£-15£0£0£0n/a0300
31/12/17£365£368£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£378£378£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£439£413£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£425£424£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£338£343£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£327£322£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£274£275£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£353£352£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£333£367£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£316£364£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£274£228£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£251£212£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£237£208£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£214£203£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.singbarbershop.com

administrationdirector@singbarbershop.com

020 7388 2444

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • SHANNA WELLS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2000, number: 1080930
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

GOODMAN JONES LLP
29-30 FITZROY SQUARE
LONDON
W1T 6LQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ANY AND ALL ASPECTS OF BARBERSHOP HARMONY (AS DEFINED IN THE APPENDIX TO THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES) AND SINGING IN THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY STYLE (THE OBJECTS)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

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