Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 6

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE DACAPO MUSIC FOUNDATION LIMITED

The Charity's objective is to advance music education and appreciation for children and adults in the United Kingdom, using the DaCapo approach. We provide family music centres, enable in-schools music activities led by classroom teachers using DaCapo methods and also a comprehensive teacher-training programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
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:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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

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
31/08/22		£301	£312	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/08/21		£248	£260	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/08/20		£269	£262	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/08/19		£286	£270	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/08/18		£260	£273	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/08/17		£228	£237	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	*	£235	£233	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£228	£223	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	*	£218	£218	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£216	£196	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12?		£216	£206	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£222	£222	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.dacapo.co.uk

jam@dacapo.co.uk

07342134924

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 volunteers

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

The Michael And Betty Little Trust	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,850
John Lyon's Charity	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Decapo Music
£40,000	20/11/2022	DCPM aims to transform music in the primary classroom, delivering a unique programme where teachers (few of whom have musical expertise) learn alongside the children.
National Lottery Community Fund - An Afternoon of Music and Puppets
£9,850	18/02/2022	The funding will be used to bring children and their families together to create an amazing puppet show for their local community. The project aims to help local children from low-income families ....more The funding will be used to bring children and their families together to create an amazing puppet show for their local community. The project aims to help local children from low-income families rebuild key social and cultural skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Restoring Confidence
£10,000	29/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver music based activities for children who have been negatively impacted by Covid-19. The project aims to improve their mental health and social inclusion.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The DaCapo Music Foundation
£4,000	20/07/2020 12	DaCapo Online Summer School

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: 26-75

SRIPRIYA SREEDHER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Data Management

DANIEL SPREADBURY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Manager

ELIZABETH NELL NORMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Customer Success Manager

REBECCA MUENGER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Marketing

JONATHAN MCCLELLAND Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

MONICA HEALY Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2010, number: 1136051
Registered at Companies House on 16/09/2008, number: 06698862

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR16: 33 days late, AR14: 106 days late,

Main office

C/O Wren Academy
Hilton Avenue
Eastern Road
London
N12 9HB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE MUSIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PRIMARILY BY USING THE DACAPO APPROACH TO MUSIC, EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDINGA FAMILY MUSIC CENTRESB IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS AND PROJECTS; ANDC A COMPREHENSIVE TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAMMETHE DACAPO APPROACH TO MUSIC EDUCATION CAN BE DEFINED AS AN INCLUSIVE MUSIC TEACHING METHOD BY WHICH EVERY CHILD CAN PARTICIPATE. IT IS A FUSION OF KODALY, UEURYTHMICS AND CHILD-CENTRED LEARNING WHERE THE CHILDREN'S ENJOYMENT IS AS IMPORTANT AS PROGRESSION

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

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