Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

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

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 22

THE TENEBRAE CHOIR

The advancement of the arts and culture, specifically to educate the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts (and other musical activities including recordings) and by giving young people, in particular, the opportunity to be coached by and to sing with The Tenebrae Choir.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

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
31/03/23		£1,108	£966	£143	£0	£546	£439	5.5	4
31/03/22		£752	£662	£90	£0	£403	£353	6.4	3
31/03/21		£318	£298	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£865	£734	£132	£0	£294	£244	4	3
31/03/19		£529	£496	£33	£0	£162	£151	3.6	2
31/03/18		£660	£618	£43	£109	£130	£108	2.1	3
31/03/17		£413	£355	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£322	£334	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£181	£163	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14	*	£284	£275	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13	*	£264	£270	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£253	£228	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 8.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 13 years

www.tenebrae-choir.com

info@tenebrae-choir.com

07584193849

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

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees

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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£112,000
DCMS	£50,112
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Singing Schools
£7,000	18/01/2023	Tenebrae is a vocal ensemble that performs internationally and delivers a growing education and outreach programme. Building on pilot work with a primary school partner in the borough of Ealing, this ....more Tenebrae is a vocal ensemble that performs internationally and delivers a growing education and outreach programme. Building on pilot work with a primary school partner in the borough of Ealing, this grant supports Tenebrae to develop a singing programme in four local primary schools, engaging with each school for three years. This initiative aims to build a sustainable culture of singing to support learning in music and across other curriculum areas.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Singing Schools
£105,000	16/05/2022 36	Tenebrae is a vocal ensemble that performs internationally and delivers a growing education and outreach programme. Building on pilot work with a primary school partner in the borough of Ealing, this ....more Tenebrae is a vocal ensemble that performs internationally and delivers a growing education and outreach programme. Building on pilot work with a primary school partner in the borough of Ealing, this grant supports Tenebrae to develop a singing programme in four local primary schools, engaging with each school for three years. This initiative aims to build a sustainable culture of singing to support learning in music and across other curriculum areas.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	16/09/2021	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - The Tenebrae Choir - Culture Recovery Fund
£50,112	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	11/09/2019	Tenebrae - Core Support
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salary of General Manager and Concerts & Promotions Officer
£90,000	26/01/2017 36	Towards the salaries of the General Manager and the Concerts & Promotions Officer, to allow the ensemble to respond to increasing demand for their concerts and outreach work.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-73

KAVI VIPINKUMAR HARIDAS PAU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant

JAMES DANIEL MAHILRAJAN KANAGASOORIAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Data Strategy

ANDREW WILLIAM HALSTEAD Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Diocesan Secretary

JAMES HENRY MIDDLETON TURNBULL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Entrepreneur

JONATHAN LAWRENCE LANE (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Investment Banker

NICK BLAND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

SABRINA LESLEY SHELFORD RODRIGUEZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Digital Marketing Professional, Other trusteeship: ENSEMBLE ORQUESTA,

MS ELIZABETH ANDREWS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Musician, Other trusteeship: VITUS ARTS LIMITED,

NICOLA ANNE OPPENHEIMER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Head Hunter, Other trusteeships: THE ENGLISH CONCERT, THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/05/2011, number: 1142138
Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2011, number: 07549890

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR14: 2 days late, AR13: 2 days late,

Main office

c/o Lakin Rose
Pioneer House
Chivers Way
Histon
CAMBRIDGE
CB24 9NL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, SPECIFICALLY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS (AND OTHER MUSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RECORDINGS) AND BY GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COACHED BY AND TO SING WITH THE TENEBRAE CHOIR.

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