Overall GiG Score: 0 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

CITY MUSIC FOUNDATION 

The City Music Foundation supports selected talented musicians early in their professional careers by providing business and artistic mentors, a broad professional development programme and varied performance opportunities. The CMF team works to equip each soloist or ensemble with the tools, skills, experience and networks they need to build and sustain rewarding and profitable careers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are only 3 trustees

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
Established: 12 years

www.citymusicfoundation.org

info@citymusicfoundation.org

020 76007600

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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
31/07/23£176£271£-95n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/22£193£242£-49n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/21£243£193£49n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/07/20£240£159£81n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/07/19£129£189£-60n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/18£294£287£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£110£208£-99£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£119£266£-146£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£106£359£-253£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£904£277£627£254£644£64427.940
31/07/13*£236£219£17£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - City Music Foundation - Recovery and Future
£40,360 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to City Music Foundation
£20,000 14/03/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2012, number: 1148641
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/07/2012, number: 08133744
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR13: 201 days late,
Main office

CHURCH HOUSE
CLOTH FAIR
LONDON
EC1A 7JQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND EDUCATION; AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG MUSICIANS (AS SOLOISTS OR IN ENSEMBLES) AS THEY START THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SPONSORSHIP, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN LONDON OR ELSEWHERE, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE WHOLLY CHARITABLE IN NATURE AND SHALL BE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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