Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3

NOTTINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

The promotion, fostering, improvement and advancement and public education in the art and science of music, singing, and dance and the arts, and the operation of an amateur orchestra of a charitable nature only
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 19 years

http://www.nottinghamsymphony.org.uk/

nso@nottinghamsymphony.org.uk

01332875939

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/08/22£23£22£1n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/08/21*£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£23£23£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£29£27£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£40£33£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£119£117£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£38£37£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£87£89£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£30£32£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£26£33£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£30£30£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£25£22£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£27£23£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£23£31£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£35£34£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07*£27£27£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£40£45£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2005, number: 1108791
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/08/2003, number: 04856202
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR21: 141 days late, AR07: 238 days late,
Main office

3 MAYLANDS AVENUE
BREASTON
DERBY
DE72 3EE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, FOSTER, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, SINGING, AND DANCE AND THE ARTS CO-RELATED THEREWITH RESPECTIVELY, AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO OPERATE AN AMATEUR ORCHESTRA OF A CHARITABLE NATURE ONLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTHWELL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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