Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending falling: -1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

LOST CHORD UK

Lost Chord UK's mission is to improve the mental health, well-being, and quality of life of people with dementia and other neurological conditions, through the transformative and therapeutic power of interactive music sessions by professional musicians in community and care home settings, across the UK.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
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:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 21 years

www.lost-chord.org.uk

info@lost-chord.org.uk

03001317889

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£126	£161	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£127	£120	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£151	£59	£92	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20	*	£310	£254	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/19		£318	£285	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/18		£284	£258	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£250	£260	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£294	£288	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£264	£287	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£200	£271	£-72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£359	£317	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£366	£0	£366	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£292	£226	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£179	£185	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£194	£193	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£205	£198	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£195	£195	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£168	£163	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£185	£154	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£127	£118	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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 - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,977	10/08/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,850	18/12/2018	The Big Give
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000	26/04/2017	Lost Chord
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP2 - Lost Chord - Where words fail music speaks
£49,884	07/04/2017 12	The group will visit residential homes and day centres to run music sessions for people living with dementia. The project will use music to stimulate the areas of the brain that are still intact, ....more The group will visit residential homes and day centres to run music sessions for people living with dementia. The project will use music to stimulate the areas of the brain that are still intact, maintaining communication with people with dementia as the condition progresses through its different stages. The music sessions will improve people's quality of life and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lost Chord Charity Shop - Memory Lane
£10,000	20/07/2016 12	The organisation will use the funding to open a charity shop which will include opportunities for people in the early stages of dementia to volunteer at the shop as well receive training in retail ....more The organisation will use the funding to open a charity shop which will include opportunities for people in the early stages of dementia to volunteer at the shop as well receive training in retail sales and health and safety at NVQ level one. This will raise awareness of the impact of dementia as well as improve confidence and skills of volunteers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lost Chord
£75,000	11/09/2014 36	towards three years' running costs of a music project delivered in community settings and residential homes for people with dementia in South Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Lost Chord - interactive, therapeutic music for people living with dementia
£10,000	30/05/2012 12	This is a project by an incorporated charity in Rotherham. The organisation will use funding to provide music making sessions for people experiencing the onset of dementia. This will provide ....more This is a project by an incorporated charity in Rotherham. The organisation will use funding to provide music making sessions for people experiencing the onset of dementia. This will provide stimulating activity for participants, aimed at improving their wellbeing and preventing the acceleration of the condition.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Lost Chord
£75,000	10/09/2008 36	Towards Project costs Towards the costs of interactive musical sessions in 20 residential homes to stimulate responses from dementia sufferers.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

BENJAMIN WILLIAM FRITH (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Musician, Other trusteeship: CORBRIDGE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL,

DEBORAH KATHRYN STONE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

EDWARD ANTOUNE HOLMES MR Appointed: 2021

KIMBERLEY JANE BOTTOMLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager

MARK EDMUND PROCTER MR Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/2003, number: 1099385
Registered at Companies House on 10/06/2003, number: 04793062

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR23: 55 days late, AR20: 150 days late,

Main office

Wesley Centre Community Trust
Blyth Road
Maltby
ROTHERHAM
South Yorkshire
S66 8JD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE LIVING WITH (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) DEMENTIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING INTERACTIVE MUSIC SESSIONS BOTH LIVE AND BY A DIGITAL MEDIUM AND BY PROVIDING OTHER FACILITIES AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION FOR THEIR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

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