Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

GAEL MUSIC

Gael Music supports children who, because of their circumstances cannot access wider music making opportunities in their local area

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£70	£71	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22		£11	£43	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£40	£27	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£107	£111	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£69	£63	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£58	£78	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£126	£67	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£80	£47	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£33	£29	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£59	£62	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£34	£42	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£65	£52	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£32	£33	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£35	£33	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£35	£42	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£52	£47	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£25	£12	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.gael.org.uk

office@gael.org.uk

01698207477

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Slough, West Berkshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	21/04/2022	towards “Wait Til You Hear This!” - North Lanarkshire folk tunes and tales explored by young people using computer aided design
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	20/09/2019	towards a new youth-led folk academy in West Dumbartonshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	04/09/2019	West Dunbartonshire Folk Academy
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gael Music
£45,000	26/01/2018	Culture in Common
Youth Music - Culture Together Sounding Sense
£44,576	28/10/2016	Culture Together Sounding Sense
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gael Music
£45,200	27/04/2015	Culture Together

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 71-76

MARK FLASHMAN Appointed: 2021

COLIN JONES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

LINDA HENEGHAN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired Headteacher

MARY ANNE SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2006, number: 1115890
Registered at Companies House on 22/02/2006, number: 05718491

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR07: 14 days late,

Main office

31 Southcote Lane
READING
Reading
Berkshire
RG30 3AG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BUT PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG BY:A) PROVIDING AND ORGANISING WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, SESSIONS, COURSES, ACADEMIES, SCHOOLS, LITERATURE AND OTHER SUCH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.B) PRESENTING, PRODUCING, PROMOTING, ORGANISING, MANAGING AND CONDUCTING EVENTS, TOURS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.C) OTHER SUCH MEANS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE DETERMINED AT THE TRUSTEE'S DISCRETION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE BERKSHIRE

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