Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

LEEDS MUSIC TRUST 

Provision of music rehearsal facilities and instruments.Provision of music education.Mentoring in music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/10/22£19£51£-32n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/21*£53£47£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/20£50£55£-5n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/19*£53£65£-12n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/10/18£20£23£-3£0£0£0n/a012
31/10/17£8£19£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16*£8£20£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£12£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14*£57£36£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£4£15£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£24£16£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£9£12£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£39£78£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£124£2£122£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Leeds Community Foundation - Blues Brothers & Soul Sisters
£12,315 14/07/2023
Grant to Leeds Music Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Club
£9,240 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to provide a music club for socially isolated people to engage in music playing. The project aims to bring people together reduce isolation and improve confidence and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Old Chapel Studios Music Heritage Tours
£19,039 08/12/2021
We will research and document the music history of the Old Chapel Studios, placing it in the context of the historic building and local area, and provide interactive visitor tours, and learning, to a ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-65
  • KATIE KENT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Assistant
  • SARAH SMITH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Charity Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2009, number: 1128587
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/07/2008, number: 06660387
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR21: 201 days late, AR19: 154 days late, AR16: 33 days late, AR14: 113 days late,
Main office

Old Chapel Studios
1 Crossland Court
Czar Street
LEEDS
LS11 9PR

Objectives

3.1 ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE ART OF MUSIC BY ANY MEANS THAT ISCHARITABLE; 3.2 ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MUSIC INCLUDING,BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TECHNIQUE, COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION, ANDPERFORMANCE;3.3 PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHERLEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND INORDER TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND3.4 ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITCONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THETRUSTEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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