Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC ACTION INTERNATIONAL CREATE LIFE-CHANGING MUSIC PROGRAMMES WITH WAR SURVIVORS TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF WAR-RELATED TRAUMA. EVERY YEAR, WE SUPPORT AROUND 2000 CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AFFECTED BY WAR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TORTURE, DISCRIMINATION, HATE CRIME, AND RELATED TRAUMA IN THE UK, SIERRA LEONE AND BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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
31/03/23		£151	£169	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£118	£172	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£142	£122	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£206	£228	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£207	£220	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/18		£166	£156	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£191	£119	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£107	£121	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£106	£94	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£67	£61	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£49	£53	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£56	£57	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£66	£27	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.musicaction.org

hello@musicaction.org

07515410688

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bosnia And Herzegovina, Georgia, Sierra Leone, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Youth Music	£101,524
The Bromley Trust	£50,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£31,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards MIA's UK work with people who have experienced torture and abuse
£50,000	30/01/2023	Music Action International (MAI) transform lives destroyed by torture, sexual violence and persecution. They create innovative psychosocial programmes with refugees/asylum seekers, reducing the ....more Music Action International (MAI) transform lives destroyed by torture, sexual violence and persecution. They create innovative psychosocial programmes with refugees/asylum seekers, reducing the effects of trauma and isolation through creative expression in safe environments. This a three year restricted grant towards their UK work with people who have experienced torture and abuse.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	03/12/2021	Creative Action with Refugees
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/10/2021	Weston Charity Award Winners 2020/21 Bonus Award
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	12/06/2020	Weston Charity Award Winners 2020/21
Youth Music - Harmonise, Everyday People & Syria Summer Camp
£101,524	24/04/2020	Harmonise, Everyday People & Syria Summer Camp
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Music Action International
£89,935	06/08/2017 36	This grant will fund various roles, supporting a therapeutic and creative music programme working with Refugee and Asylum seeker CYP.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a creative therapeutic music programme
£1,500	03/11/2016	Towards a creative therapeutic music programme in Salford for refugees that have suffered torture.
Youth Music - Harmonise and Everyday People
£111,104	27/04/2016	Harmonise and Everyday People
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards providing therapeutic music sessions
£2,500	09/02/2015	Towards providing therapeutic music sessions to reduce the effects of war-related trauma to children and adult refugees.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Musicians without Borders
£10,000	14/09/2010 12	Towards Project costs Towards the costs of creative music sessions for refugees and asylum seekers especially victims of torture.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-62

DANIEL DIAZ VERA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Phd Student

JACK STEADMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker

LEENA SAHLOUL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker, Other trusteeship: CHILD GUARDIANS,

ROBERT KEITH BEARDON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr

SEPIDEHSAHAR AMIRI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2010, number: 1136295
Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2009, number: 06859113

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
Investment
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

13 returns made; AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 8 days late,

Main office

BRIDGE 5 MILL
22A BESWICK STREET
MANCHESTER
M4 7HR

Objectives

4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THEFOLLOWING:TO PRESERVE & PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OFTHOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTEDREFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TOADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEWCOMMUNITYTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THEISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM= THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEENDIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENTRACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OFDIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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