Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Large legacies income: +1
Deficit latest year: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 18

THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL TRUST

To provide grants to Guildhall School of Music & Drama to advance the education of students and prospective students of the School in music, drama & production arts and any other object considered to be beneficial to the promotion of music, drama & production arts. To support any charitable purpose in which Guildhall School or any student may engage and promotes music, drama & production arts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 19.7% of total funds
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/07/23		£2,064	£2,565	£-502	£0	£12,993	£827	3.9	0	0
31/07/22		£1,765	£1,980	£-215	£0	£13,050	£582	3.5	0	0
31/07/21		£1,535	£2,000	£-465	£0	£12,514	£662	4	0	0
31/07/20		£1,489	£2,153	£-664	£0	£11,417	£1,167	6.5	0	0
31/07/19		£1,639	£2,023	£-384	£18	£12,466	£1,637	9.7	0	0
31/07/18		£1,527	£2,108	£-582	£39	£11,907	£2,039	11.6	0	0
31/07/17		£1,450	£1,886	£-435	£40	£11,797	£1,633	10.4	0	0
31/07/16		£1,726	£1,381	£345	£35	£10,927	£1,264	11	0	0
31/07/15		£1,448	£1,152	£296	£77	£8,975	£214	2.2	0	0
31/07/14		£1,362	£1,105	£257	£67	£8,615	£127	1.4	1	0
31/07/13		£1,848	£1,569	£280	£81	£7,048	£48	0.4	1	0
31/07/12		£1,274	£996	£278	£77	£5,989	£189	2.3	1	0
31/07/11	*	£1,296	£2,161	£-864	£110	£5,674	£290	1.6	1	0
31/07/10?		£1,951	£1,011	£940	£67	£6,367	£539	6.4	1	0
31/08/09		£1,285	£1,064	£221	£66	£5,347	£497	5.6	1	0
31/08/08		£1,191	£1,099	£92	£63	£5,435	£434	4.7	1	0
31/08/07	*	£1,772	£988	£784	£109	£6,102	£351	4.3	1	0
31/08/06		£1,158	£1,005	£153	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05	*	£1,231	£1,038	£193	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£1,154	£952	£202	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 105%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 24 years

www.gsmd.ac.uk

rachel.davis@gsmd.ac.uk

0207382 7157

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£125,000
The Foyle Foundation	£100,000
The Grocers' Charity	£41,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£100,000	28/11/2023	towards acoustic treatment of office spaces to create electronic and produced music training studios
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Education - Guildhall School of Music and Drama
£10,000	20/10/2023	Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
£1,000	20/10/2023	The Committee agreed to fund a performing venue seat plaque displayed for 30 years for £1,000 next financial year.
Haberdashers' Company - Funding for the Haberdashers' Scholarship and Social Arts programme
£15,000	07/06/2023	Annual award
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Education - Guildhall School of Music and Drama Trust
£10,000	21/10/2022	Bursary
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	29/07/2022	Guildhall School Scholarships Fund
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
£10,000	22/10/2021	Bursary
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Guildhall School Trust
£25,000	04/12/2020 12	To provide scholarships
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama Trust
£10,000	30/09/2020	Bursary
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Guildhall School Trust
£100,000	17/09/2020	To provide scholarships
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Guildhall School Trust of Music and Drama
£10,000	25/10/2019	Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Music for social impact: practitioners' contexts, work, and beliefs
£839,909	01/04/2019	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=AH/S005285/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Research England research Capital England 1819
£123,095	01/04/2018	To support high quality research
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Finding a voice: The art and science of unlocking the potential of adult non-singers
£64,008	15/04/2016	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=AH/N005775/1

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-78

CAROLINE STOCKMANN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

DEBORAH LINCOLN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Svp Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Wb

GILLIAN MARY LAIDLAW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

NEIL ERNEST ALEXANDER CONSTABLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

PHILIP NOEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Theatre Producer

PROFESSOR JONATHAN ANDREW VAUGHAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager Of A Hei

RONGRONG HUO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

STEPHEN BLAND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

THE HON EMILY BENN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2000, number: 1082472
Registered at Companies House on 27/07/2000, number: 04041975

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: THE EDITH MAY CATTELL SCHOLARSHIP
Linked charity: ERIC CUNDELL MEMORIAL FUND
Linked charity: THE HUDDERSFIELD 1980 SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Linked charity: WILLIAM GANZ FUND
Linked charity: THE FORFEITED DEPOSIT FEES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Linked charity: EDWIN EVANS FOUNDATION
Linked charity: SAM HEILBUT SCHOLARSHIPS FUND
Linked charity: PAUL KATZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
Linked charity: THE SUSAN MARY LONGFIELD MEMORIAL AWARD
Linked charity: STUDENTS ENDOWMENT FUND (FOUNDED BY F D BOWLES J P )
Linked charity: THE MADAME WARSHAW DRAMATIC LITERATURE PRIZE AND OTHER PRIZES
Linked charity: NOEL MILLIDGE MEMORIAL PRIZE
Linked charity: CHARLOTTE ANTOINETTE TRYDELL ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP
Linked charity: THE GUIDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC GOLD MEDALS FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE ALLEN HARVEY AND ROSS LIMITED PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE PETER LATHAM LEAVING SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from MRS CLAUDE BEDDINGTON PIANO PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE BUTLER PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE BROOKHOUSE AWARD
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from A MORTEN'S BEQUEST
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE EUGENE CRUFT DOUBLE BASS PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from BROOKHOUSE DRAMA AWARD
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE MARTIN CAHN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR VIOLA PLAYING
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from DANIEL ROBERTS MEMORIAL CHARACTERISATION PRIZES
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE LESZEK DESSENT CHOPIN PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE ALFRED AND CATHERINE HOWARD PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE ALFRED GIBSON MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL PLAYERS PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE CLEATHER SCHOLARSHIP FOR TIMPANI
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from W P TOUSSAINT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE DOVE PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE DOROTHEA CROMPTON MEMORIAL PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from DUDLEY COOKES ANNUAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE CARL FLESCH MEDAL FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE URCH PIANOFORTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE THOMAS WINGHAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from SYDNEY DE VRIES MEMORIAL PRIZES
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE WALTER ROSE PRIZES
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE WALTER HYDE MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE WALTER GEORGE FERNLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE WAINWRIGHT MEMORIAL FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE GREGORY SALZMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR PIANO
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE MAX HECHT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE LUCY KATHERINE GERRISH MEMORIAL FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE ALEXANDER GROSZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE HERBERT NORRIS GRIFFIN PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE CARRIE TUBB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE DOROTHEA CROMPTON MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR LIEDER AND OR CHANSON
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from GLORIA HANKS SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE ROBERT ALEXANDER WISE MEMORIAL AWARD
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from JENNY HYMAN COMMEMORATION PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE HAYWOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from SIR CARL MEYER MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE RAYMOND RAYNER MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE GUY PERTWEE MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZES FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from HELEN IRONSIDE SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE LIBOTTON MEMORIAL PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from L E P SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND L E P PRIZE FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from JOHN SAUNDERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE VIOLIN
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE JUBILEE SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from VIOLET OPENSHAW MEMORIAL PRIZE
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from SIR F G PAINTER BEQUEST
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE LYLIE PRAGNELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE HORACE SHEPHERD MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from MORRIS SMITH SCHOLARSHIP
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE N MIRSKY VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from FRANK RIDLEY DRAMA SCHOLARSHIP FUND
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from HARRY SECOMBE GRANT
06/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from THE JOHN CLIFFORD PETTICAN PRIZE OR PRIZES (ICW THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA)
07/12/2011 - Asset transfer in from CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA

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Filing Record

20 returns made; AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR05: 65 days late,

Main office

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA
SILK STREET
BARBICAN
LONDON
EC2Y 8DT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS (“STUDENTS”) OF THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA (“THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL”) IN MUSIC OR DRAMA (INCLUDING STAGE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED PRODUCTION AND DESIGN) AND ANY OTHER OBJECT CONSIDERED BY THE TRUSTEES TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PROMOTION OF MUSIC AND DRAMA (INCLUDING STAGE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED PRODUCTION AND DESIGN) AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL; AND3.2 TO SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN WHICH THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OR ANY STUDENT MAY ENGAGE AND WHICH PROMOTES MUSIC OR DRAMA (INCLUDING STAGE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED PRODUCTION AND DESIGN).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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