Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 15
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Attitude is Everything improves Deaf and disabled people's access to live music by working in partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry to implement a Charter of Best Practice across the U.K.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£766£655£112£63£481£4818.811946
31/03/22£689£575£114£57£369£3687.711943
31/03/21£594£480£114£56£255£2516.310851
31/03/20£557£522£35£66£141£1042.410776
31/03/19£503£490£12£64£106£932.39668
31/03/18£456£430£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£365£356£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£339£361£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£311£310£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£307£282£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£255£262£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£188£202£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£187£186£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£223£226£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£246£168£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

info@attitudeiseverything.org.uk

0203837979

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Deaf people
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£441,904
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£315,000
DCMS£254,294
John Ellerman Foundation£120,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Beyond the Music
£441,904 23/02/2023
The funding will be used to develop accessible and inclusive volunteering and employment opportunities in music and live events for disabled people across England. The project will address under-representation and help disabled people to achieve ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Attitude is Everything: Core funding
£15,000 18/01/2023
Attitude is Everything improves disabled people's access to live music. This grant is part of four-year continuation funding including ongoing support for two key staff roles. This will underpin the organisation's ability to deliver and further ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core and staff costs to grow Attitude is Everything's campaigning and social justice work
£120,000 28/07/2022
Core and staff costs to grow Attitude is Everything's campaigning and social justice work
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Attitude is Everything: core funding
£300,000 08/03/2021
Attitude is Everything improves disabled people's access to live music This grant is part of four-year continuation funding including ongoing support for two key staff roles. This will underpin the organisation's ability to deliver and further ....more
DCMS - Attitude is Everything NPO 2018-2022
£254,294 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Beyond the Music
£472,697 28/11/2019
47
This project will develop its volunteering programme to address the quality of experience for disabled volunteers as well as the quantity of opportunities. This will address challenges associated with accessibility through improving the practical, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Breaking the Sound Barriers
£279,000 07/11/2016
48
Attitude is Everything supports the music industry to improve deaf and disabled people's access at music venues and festivals. This grant enables the organisation to develop and expand its programmes, increasing its evidence base and ability to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-62
  • ADRIAN CHARLES CALVERT BOSSEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Academic
  • BENJAMIN JOHN LUKE PRICE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Music Manager
  • DANIEL JOHN POUNDER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • ESTHER ORAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Events Manager
  • HANNAH PHELAN MCLENNAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Affairs
  • JACQUI ADENIJI-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Artist
  • JAMES DRURY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Writer
  • JANE MARY DYBALL (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Music Industry Executive
  • JESSICA JONES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Festival Operations
  • RACHAEL BURTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Producer
  • RACHEL POPE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Creative Talent Acquisition,
  • RUBEN GOVINDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Communications
  • SAMANTHA OLDHAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Venue Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2007, number: 1121975
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/2007, number: 06397532
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ARTSLINE LIMITED on 31/03/2021
Main office

54 CHALTON STREET
LONDON
NW1 1HS

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF IMPROVING DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO MUSIC, WHETHER THEY BE AUDIENCE, STAFF OR ARTISTS.2 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY WORKING WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DISABILITY ISSUES AND REMOVE PHYSICAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS THAT MAY EXIST IN THE SECTOR.3 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.1 THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;3.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE ISSUES THAT DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLE FACE WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY;3.3 PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;3.4 CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON DISABILITY EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;3.5 CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF DISABILITY EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.4 IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLEE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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