Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

COMMUNITY RECORDING STUDIO 

The main activities are to offer a drop-in space for young people primarily between the ages of 13 ÔÇô 25 around music/dance, music technology, performance and design, where they can develop new or existing skills in and around these areas in a friendly environment, free of charge.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 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
  • 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 recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 14 years

https://www.crsstudionotts.co.uk

rachael.crs@outlook.com

07921845763

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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
30/11/22*£209£232£-23n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/11/21£222£284£-62n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/11/20£371£249£122n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/11/19£247£231£16n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/11/18*£262£239£23£0£0£0n/a05
30/11/17£203£201£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£200£225£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£225£213£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£174£134£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£68£67£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£43£62£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£60£48£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£56£47£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottingham City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£192,058
BBC Children in Need£131,787
Youth Music£94,809
DCMS£91,406
Comic Relief£67,420
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£40,000 31/10/2023
This grant will support the development of Trustees and Staff and enable the organisation to build a stronger and more sustainable model; developing the organisation's facilities, capacity and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Us2
£9,544 29/09/2022
The funding will be used to deliver activity sessions for younger people in the community. The project aims to increase self esteem self confidence and resilience.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£29,152 31/01/2022
This project will deliver weekly arts and sports workshops to children and young people experiencing economic deprivation in Nottingham. The activities will result in strong self-belief, positive ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,860 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£62,635 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will deliver online support and guidance to isolated young people, impacted by Covid-19. This will result in reduced isolation, increased confidence and increased resilience to ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£31,283 01/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Comic Relief - Community Recording Studios Recovery Funding
£17,420 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£14,263 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Youth Music - Out of Many, One People
£94,809 24/04/2020
Out of Many, One People
National Lottery Community Fund - Community MCs
£182,514 25/07/2019
60
The project will use Community Recording Studio's facilities and expertise in music performance and production, digital media and the arts to engage hard to reach young people. Using these activities ....more
Comic Relief - Weall
£50,000 03/07/2019
12
Weall is a creative project led by young people that will use a variety of creative genres to educate, raise awareness and reduce stigma around mental health issues. The project works in St Ann’s, ....more
Sport England - Rise Project
£88,916 18/07/2018
24
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Rise Project. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Tone Catchment Strategy
£12,918 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£26,700 23/11/2017
Urban music heritage of St Ann's, Nottingham
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£27,140 13/11/2017
36
The project will deliver behaviour workshops alongside music and video creative and technical skills for young people living in a disadvantaged area. The aim is to reduce aggressive behaviour, ....more
Comic Relief - Windmills
£47,591 27/09/2017
18
Windmills will work with young people aged 10-20 years living in St Anne's, the most deprived inner city community in Nottingham, to create a Hip-Hopera using hip-hop, rap and the spoken word to help ....more
Comic Relief - CrowdMatch
£9,450 27/09/2017
12
Crowdmatch funding towards the creation of a new youth training project in Nottingham.
Youth Music - Sound Machine
£25,069 17/03/2017
Sound Machine
Comic Relief - Mission Studio
£37,520 30/11/2016
24
The Community Recording Studio provides intensive face to face youth work to support disadvantaged young people from the St. Ann’s area of Nottingham. They engage young people to help them move ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Recording Studio
£13,800 09/09/2015
24
The grant will support the charity to develop their governance and provide improved skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-72
  • NORMAN OLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2010, number: 1135011
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/2009, number: 07076892
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR22: 46 days late, AR18: 123 days late,
Main office

RUSSELL YOUTH CLUB
LOWDHAM STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG3 2DP

Objectives

= TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BYORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF MUSIC AND RELATED ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT,MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.:= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN MUSIC AND THEART AND SCIENCE OF STUDIO RECORDING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOTTINGHAM

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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