Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

THE COBWEB ORCHESTRA 

The Cobweb Orchestra operates as a community orchestra for all abilities and ages. The Cobweb Orchestra aims to advance, improve, develop and maintain public eduction in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 17 years

www.cobweborchestra.org.uk

roo.tanner@gmail.com

01913866355

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
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
01/04/23£72£73£-1n/an/an/an/an/a35
01/04/22£43£47£-4n/an/an/an/an/a36
05/04/21£28£23£5n/an/an/an/an/a35
05/04/20£78£76£2n/an/an/an/an/a56
05/04/19£86£77£9n/an/an/an/an/a55
05/04/18£66£70£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£71£79£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£82£89£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£80£69£11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£83£81£2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£85£108£-23£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£73£70£3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£63£65£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£55£58£-3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£69£54£14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£89£52£37£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 35 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • City Of York, Cumbria, Durham, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Northumberland,

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
County Durham Community Foundation - Ludworth Orchestra Project
£3,550 26/07/2018
To provide an opportunity for people to play music together by running a weekly orchestra in Ludworth Community Centre.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76
  • DR SILVIA ORR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2007, number: 1118758
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/2007, number: 06057812
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

89 Gilesgate
Durham
DH1 1HY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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