Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 9

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 1

ARMONICO CONSORT LIMITED

THE ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, THROUGH PUBLIC CONCERTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, IN THE APPRECIATION OF CHORAL, OPERA, BAROQUE AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS FOR THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES.

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 most of its income

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £239,871 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

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
31/07/23		£683	£659	£25	£39	£-240	£-240	-4.4	10	100
31/07/22		£738	£937	£-199	£68	£-265	£-265	-3.4	11	55
31/07/21		£548	£578	£-30	£61	£-66	£-66	-1.4	9	25
31/07/20	*	£588	£601	£-13	£75	£-35	£-35	-0.7	10	25
31/07/19		£569	£550	£19	£40	£-22	£-22	-0.5	8	20
31/07/18		£675	£671	£4	£14	£-41	£-41	-0.7	9	0
31/07/17		£509	£530	£-21	£14	£-46	£-46	-1	9	0
31/07/16		£651	£624	£27	£14	£-25	£-25	-0.5	9	0
31/07/15		£550	£520	£30	£41	£-62	£-72	-1.7	6	0
31/07/14		£554	£526	£28	£131	£-92	£-111	-2.5	5	0
31/07/13		£475	£439	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12		£472	£420	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11?		£601	£589	£11	£53	£-209	£-226	-4.6	4	0
31/03/10		£499	£444	£55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£530	£670	£-140	£55	£-275	£-303	-5.4	4	0
31/03/08	*	£415	£563	£-147	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£384	£401	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£173	£154	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£132	£128	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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: 420%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

www.armonico.org.uk

LCOUPER@ARMONICO.ORG.UK

01926800109

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

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?

10 employees
100 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

DCMS	£218,846
Garfield Weston Foundation	£150,471
Youth Music	£23,293
The Foyle Foundation	£17,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000	22/07/2022	Accelerating our work post-pandemic to tackle the crisis in music education
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£17,800	11/07/2022	towards educational workshops and performances for schools and in care homes as part of the A Scarlatti Rediscovered tour
Youth Music - Working with children and staff in SEN settings to improve music education
£23,293	30/10/2021	Working with children and staff in SEN settings to improve music education
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£84,399	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 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 funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£100,471	05/02/2021	Weston Culture Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	12/06/2020	"The Coventry Oratorio" - an interactive education, composition and performance project for the city of Coventry
DCMS - Armonico Consort COVID-19 Sustainability Programme
£104,447	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Renewal and Restoration - rebooting music making after lockdown
£30,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	16/05/2018	AC Academy Solihull - providing excellent musical education in areas of deprivation, particularly the North Solihull regeneration area

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

JONATHAN ROBERT SAMPSON QC Appointed: 2012

CLAIRE MONKS Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Manager

JOHN BOYDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

MALCOLM JOHN CHARLES HARBOUR CBE Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: SOLIHULL CHANDOS CHOIR,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/04/2004, number: 1103159
Registered at Companies House on 30/07/2003, number: 04851028

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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 1 days late, AR09: 25 days late, AR08: 13 days late, AR07: 244 days late, AR06: 8 days late, AR05: 16 days late,

Main office

2 New Street
WARWICK
CV34 4RX

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, PRIMARILY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS BY PROMOTING OR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC CONCERTS:3.2 TO ENCOURAGE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY ORGANISING AND PARTICIPATING INA SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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