Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    LOVE MUSIC TRUST

    The Love Music Trust (LMT) is committed to providing access to high quality music education and exposure to outstanding musical experiences to all pupils in Cheshire East. The LMT is owned, led and managed by schools, and supported by carefully chosen key partners within the local community. LMT offers music education services to all primary, secondary and special schools within Cheshire East.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

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

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/08/23£983£957£26£0£379£2833.5720
    31/08/22£927£902£24£0£353£2453.3720
    31/08/21£808£811£-3£0£329£1802.7710
    31/08/20£811£778£33£0£332£1712.676
    31/08/19£932£919£13£0£299£1862.478
    31/08/18£862£854£7£0£286£1772.570
    31/08/17?*£331£290£42£0£237£80.3150
    31/03/16£846£688£159£0£187£80.1270
    31/03/15£757£788£-31£788£28£10230
    31/03/14*£701£947£-247£0£59£00170
    31/03/13*£731£426£306£34£306£0n/a330

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 20%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.9
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 12 years

    www.lovemusictrust.com

    dosborne@sandbachschool.org

    01270766214

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cheshire East,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Youth Music - Hear Me
    £20,507 15/07/2022
    Hear Me
    DCMS - Music Education Hub Funding
    £487,291 24/03/2022
    Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working together to create joined-up music education provision, respond to local need and fulfil ....more
    DCMS - Music Education Hub Funding
    £485,520 18/03/2021
    Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working together to create joined-up music education provision, respond to local need and fulfil ....more
    DCMS - Music Education Hub funding 2020-2021
    £483,565 01/04/2020
    We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - My Whole World- a live musical soap opera for modern times.
    £9,950 31/05/2018
    12
    This project is about examining the issues that affect young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), looked after or have emotional and behavioural difficulties. Through music theatre the group aims to build positivity and ....more
    Youth Music - Life On Stream
    £45,800 05/05/2017
    Life On Stream
    Youth Music - Life On Reshuffle
    £30,000 21/07/2016
    Life On Reshuffle
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 35-71
    • DR JONATHAN PETER JOHNSON SAVAGE (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Academic
    • DR MARK HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
    • DR ROBERT GARDINER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Music Education Lecturer
    • JANE COWELL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
    • JONATHAN DAVID HILL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
    • MARK PARKINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
    • PHILIP MICHAEL DICKSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Executive Headteacher
    • SARAH IRENE BURNS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Headteacher
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/2012, number: 1148615
    • Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2012, number: 08123495
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    11 returns made; AR17: 12 days late, AR14: 39 days late, AR13: 1 days late,
    Main office

    UNIT 2A BRADWALL COURT
    BRADWALL ROAD
    SANDBACH
    CHESHIRE
    CW11 1GE

    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND THE ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY:(1)SEEKING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN THE REGION AGED FIVE TO EIGHTEEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (OTHER THAN VOICE) THROUGH WHOLE-CLASS ENSEMBLE TEACHING PROGRAMMES FOR IDEALLY A YEAR (BUT FOR A MINIMUM OF A TERM) OF WEEKLY TUITION ON THE SAME INSTRUMENT;(2)PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN ENSEMBLES AND TO PERFORM FROM AN EARLY AGE;(3)ENSURING THAT CLEAR PROGRESSION ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE;(4)DEVELOPING A SINGING STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PUPIL IS SINGING REGULARLY AND THAT CHOIRS AND OTHER VOCAL ENSEMBLES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA;(5)OFFERING CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SCHOOL STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO DELIVER MUSIC IN THE CURRICULUM;(6)PROVIDING AN INSTRUMENT LOAN SERVICE, WITH DISCOUNTS OR FREE PROVISION FOR THOSE ON LOW INCOMES;(7)PROVIDING ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE AND/OR HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EXPERIENCES FOR PUPILS, WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND/OR VENUES;(8)DELIVERING MUSIC EDUCATION WHICH WILL GIVE SCOPE FOR ALL PUPILS TO PROGRESS AND REACH THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE;(9)PROVIDING JOINED UP HIGH QUALITY MUSIC SERVICES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MUSIC TUITION, EVENTS, TRIPS AND ENSEMBLES) TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL;(10)ENSURING THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF THE ARTS;(11)PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CHARITY AND THE WIDER LOCAL CULTURAL OFFERING;(12)COLLABORATING WITH SCHOOLS, OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE WIDER LOCAL COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF DELIVERING MUSIC SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADVOCATING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION TO SCHOOL LEADERS;(13)ENSURING THAT A DIVERSE RANGE OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE THAT WILL RESPOND TO LOCAL NEEDS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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