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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

WE ARE MUSIC LTD

We provide engagement in popular music for young people across Tendring and Essex in what are primarily deprived areas. We also operate other programmes helping emerging artists understand routes into the music industry, work placements and internships. We also work with young people in live sound and events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/05/24£111£90£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/23£96£81£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22£52£55£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£62£64£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20?£45£54£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18£31£32£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£42£33£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£42£37£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£51£37£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£19£19£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13£18£29£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12£33£36£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/11£51£22£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/10£28£17£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.we-are-music.org.uk

chrisscott@we-are-music.org.uk

07907414611

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
Youth Music£108,098
National Lottery Community Fund£79,284
Essex Community Foundation£11,000
People's Health Trust£7,371
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Youth Music - Let's Break the Mould
£27,698 02/03/2023
Let's Break the Mould
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to We are Music Ltd
£1,000 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - We are Music - The way forward
£79,284 15/07/2022
The project is using funding to provide weekly music sessions that help young people make friends with shared interests develop skills and perform at events in the local community.
People's Health Trust - Saturday Sessions
£7,371 10/05/2022
This two-year project delivers a weekly Saturday 'open house' at a music school in Harwich, Essex, for young people. Sessions will include band rehearsals, jam sessions, creating music, time for socialising and organising six gigs a year in local ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to We are Music Ltd
£10,000 28/04/2022
to support the post-Covid operational overheads for young people to take part in music sessions to improve education and employment prospects in Tendring
Youth Music - MUSIC CONNECTS US
£80,400 24/04/2020
MUSIC CONNECTS US
Essex Community Foundation - Primary School after school Rock School sessions
£3,000 02/05/2019
11
To provide music sessions to primary schools in deprived areas of Tendring
Youth Music - Landslide Festivals
£24,750 08/03/2019
Landslide Festivals
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£2,500 14/02/2019
towards the Rock School Club (music tuition for young people aged between 9 and 18)
Essex Community Foundation - Landslide Tour
£4,400 06/12/2018
12
To enable young people to help organise and run run three musical and skate boarding events for other young people in Tendring
Youth Music - Give Them a Chance
£58,420 11/05/2018
Give Them a Chance
Essex Community Foundation - We are Music Core programme support.
£5,354 14/09/2017
11
to support the operating costs of a Harwich based music charity for young people
Youth Music - Get Known -the Next Stage
£21,744 01/12/2016
Get Known -the Next Stage
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • AMBER SCOTT Appointed: 2021
  • CHRISTOPHER SCOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Music Leader
  • JOSEPH PATRICK MCCANN Appointed: 2020
  • ROSS KEMP Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Software Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2009, number: 1130937
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2009, number: 06916641
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

12 QUEEN STREET
GREAT OAKLEY
HARWICH
CO12 5AS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH -A THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEB PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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