Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

PLYMOUTH MUSIC ZONE LIMITED 

PMZ's an award winning charity using music to reach out and transform the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children, young people and vulnerable adults. Music Leaders deliver music workshops and training using music as a tool to reduce social isolation and improve the emotional wellbeing and interpersonal skills of many of the most marginalised groups, including the elderly and disabled.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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£213£353£-140n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/22£449£346£103n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/21£365£344£21n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£371£409£-38n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£409£386£23n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£346£415£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£421£435£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£438£422£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£360£374£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£409£376£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£306£292£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£346£325£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£378£384£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£489£480£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£459£427£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£396£410£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£455£471£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£442£410£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£383£258£125£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.plymouthmusiczone.org.uk

info@plymouthmusiczone.org.uk

01752213690

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 13 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Youth Music£286,708
DCMS£263,967
Co-Operative Group£15,200
National Lottery Community Fund£9,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Level Out Music
£150,000 06/04/2023
Level Out Music
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone
£3,873 22/10/2022
We would like to deliver music workshops for adults living with neurological conditions, such as MS, Parkinson's or if they have suffered a stroke.
National Lottery Community Fund - Musical Touchstones
£9,400 14/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver community singing lessons and music workshops for young people living with learning difficulties older musicians and people living with Parkinson's. The project ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone
£5,958 23/10/2021
Our tailored activities will support people living with bereavement by working through the healing process of collective music-making, which is often filled with both laughter and tears.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£62,688 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
DCMS - National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
£132,392 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: 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 ....more
DCMS - Back to the Future
£68,887 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone
£5,370 15/11/2019
We want to deliver creative music and singing sessions in older people's residential homes to combat isolation through the joy of music.
Youth Music - Breakthrough Music - Repeat and Share
£136,708 15/11/2019
Breakthrough Music - Repeat and Share
DCMS - National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
£130,000 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Dunhill Medical Trust - Capability Development
£3,700 17/07/2018
12
Learning Partnership with Royal Philharmoic Orchestra
DCMS - National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
£130,000 01/04/2018
National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
DCMS - National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
£32,500 01/04/2018
To support National Portfolio organisation 2018-22
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone
£3,249 29/11/2017
We want to deliver creative music sessions for mothers and children in a refuge who are fleeing domestic abuse in fear of their lives.
Youth Music - PMZ's Breakthrough Music programme
£134,130 10/11/2017
PMZ's Breakthrough Music programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Tunes
£499,889 01/06/2016
47
This is the expansion of a project using music to reduce isolation, break down barriers between generations and support vulnerable people. There will be weekly music activities for older people in ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Rhythm and Respect
£49,430 13/04/2016
A Plymouth programme bringing isolated people of all ages together to make music, develop skills and showcase performances. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone Limited
£75,000 17/03/2016
36
Charity has an older people grant which ends in April 2016. The charity uses music to support the lives of disadvantaged children, young people and vulnerable adults. The grant will fund the ....more
Dunhill Medical Trust - Sounds with Soul Project
£48,625 11/06/2015
24
A weekly programme of tailired creative music-making and singing sessions for older people in residential care homes and palliative care units
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Plymouth Music Zone Limited
£146,400 07/12/2012
The Keep Singing, Keepsake Project of Plymouth Music Zone is about using music as a tool to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged elderly people.It will support activities in at least eight ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Crossovers
£282,825 17/05/2012
48
This continuation and expansion project for Plymouth Music Zone Ltd aims to engage the most disabled, isolated and vulnerable groups by using music and cutting edge technology as a tool to develop ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-62
  • PETER MICHAEL JEROME Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Engagement Services, University Of Reading
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2003, number: 1100878
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/01/2003, number: 04653409
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

PLYMOUTH MUSIC ZONE LTD
RAGLAN ROAD
PLYMOUTH
PL1 4NQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL TO THE PLYMOUTH DEVON AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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