Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 10

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE OHMI TRUST

- Enabling inclusion in music-making for people with physical disabilities through the creation and provision of instruments capable of performance at the highest level. Instruments and enabling apparatus are acquired principally through the annual OHMI Competition.- Encouraging the teaching of these instruments- Raising awareness of current exclusion of disabled people from music performance

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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

Established: 13 years

ohmi.org.uk

admin@ohmi.org.uk

07491331599

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/08/23	£221	£144	£77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/22	£112	£110	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/21	£148	£105	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/08/20	£118	£102	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/19	£109	£110	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/18	£132	£159	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£117	£155	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£186	£93	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£38	£35	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£31	£25	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£46	£6	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£15	£8	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£150,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£17,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to The OHMI Trust
£2,000	25/05/2023	Develop and purchase instrumental solutions for those with upper limb impairment
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting Music Hubs to deliver Inclusion for Physically Disabled Children & Young People
£150,000	09/05/2023	The One-Handed Musical Instrument (OHMI) Trust does pioneering work with and for people with congenital and acquired upper limb impairment. They aim to remove the physical barriers to learning and ....more The One-Handed Musical Instrument (OHMI) Trust does pioneering work with and for people with congenital and acquired upper limb impairment. They aim to remove the physical barriers to learning and playing an instrument faced by children, young people and adults who do not have the full use and control of two upper limbs. This grant will enable OHMI to support Music Hubs in delivering full equitable access to early music making for physically disabled children and young people. They will do this through needs assessment, providing instruments and additional support to young learner musicians, providing training to music teachers and inclusion managers in Music Hubs. They will also deliver ongoing sector support and development through original research, refining and disseminating best practice; and partnership with others.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000	05/08/2022	The OHMI Trust
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to The OHMI Trust
£2,000	26/05/2022	Develop and purchase instrumental solutions for those with upper limb impairment
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to OHMI Trust
£17,000	24/05/2022	purchase musical equipment for a charity supporting people with disabilities in West Midlands
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to The OHMI Trust
£1,000	14/09/2021	Funded 25 lessons for the OHMI Music-Makers programme
National Lottery Community Fund - OHMI Music-Makers
£10,000	06/04/2021	The funding will be used to provide adapted musical instruments and tuition to children with physical disabilities. The project aims to remove the barriers to making music and improve the wellbeing ....more The funding will be used to provide adapted musical instruments and tuition to children with physical disabilities. The project aims to remove the barriers to making music and improve the wellbeing of disabled children through socialising and learning a new skill.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	08/05/2019	The OHMI Trust
Youth Music - OHMI Music Makers
£30,000	08/03/2019	OHMI Music Makers
National Lottery Community Fund - OHMI Music Makers
£7,000	29/11/2018 12	A programme will be funded centred on developing and adapting musical instruments for people living with disabilities. The project aims to remove the barriers enabling participants to develop and ....more A programme will be funded centred on developing and adapting musical instruments for people living with disabilities. The project aims to remove the barriers enabling participants to develop and learn new skills.
Community Foundation for Surrey - OHMI Music Makers Surrey
£9,000	29/10/2018 9	Adapted musical instrument lessons for children and young people with a range of upper limb disabilities.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000	21/02/2018	Music activities for people with physical disabilities.
Youth Music - Teaching musical instruments to pupils with a physical disability
£29,926	06/07/2017	Teaching musical instruments to pupils with a physical disability
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to OHMI Trust
£15,000	22/04/2016	purchase of musical instruments for a charity which works with disabled people in Birmingham
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teaching pilot of specially adapted musical instruments.
£60,000	17/11/2015 18	This grant supports a teaching pilot of specially adapted musical instruments to 7-11yr olds and 18-24yr olds who have only one arm or hand. The project will take place in the South East and West ....more This grant supports a teaching pilot of specially adapted musical instruments to 7-11yr olds and 18-24yr olds who have only one arm or hand. The project will take place in the South East and West Midlands, ensuring these groups can participate in music making, test the instruments and the teaching methods. Results from the pilot will be shared widely to improve practice.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLARE PADDI SALTERS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE CONSTITUTION SOCIETY, HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE,

EMMA BROWN Appointed: 2022

MARTIN DYKE Appointed: 2011

NICOLA MCLAUGHLIN Appointed: 2011

PROFESSOR MARTIN FAUTLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professor Of Education

PROFESSOR ANDREW PALMER MCPHERSON Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR MATTHEW WRIGHT Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2011, number: 1143623

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

Tyndallwoods Solicitors Ltd
29 Woodbourne Road
Harborne
BIRMINGHAM
B17 8BY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE AND ENABLE THE CREATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN BE PLAYED: (A) WITHOUT THE USE OF ONE HAND AND ARM AND (B) THAT ARE CAPABLE OF FULLY AND ACCURATELY EMULATING A TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT TO ENABLE DISABLED INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE UNDIFFERENTIATED PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC MAKING AND SUCH SIMILAR AND ASSOCIATED MUSICAL PROJECTS FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABILITY.TO ADVANCE AND ENABLE THESE OBJECTS BY: - PROVIDING AND ASSITING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES AND FUNDING; - THE CREATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, BOTH IN GREAT BRITAIN AND INTERNATIONALLY; - BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE; - CREATING A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT TO PROMOTE THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH SOPHISTICTATED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AND - BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

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