Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

ORCHESTRAS FOR ALL 

The advancement of musical education for the public benefit, in particular for young people with special education needs and/or disabilities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and providing advice, information and support to their teachers and parents or carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 11 years

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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
30/06/23£535£589£-53£19£187£1623.395
30/06/22£439£398£41n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/21£297£287£10n/an/an/an/an/a49
30/06/20£323£317£6n/an/an/an/an/a70
30/06/19£377£337£40n/an/an/an/an/a45
30/06/18£380£337£42£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£306£268£38£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£214£214£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£206£166£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£231£168£63£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 9 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
The Foyle Foundation£95,000
Youth Music£60,000
The Rayne Foundation£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£30,000
Esmee Fairbairn£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£45,000 18/09/2023
to support the youth orchestra over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 03/12/2021
Orchestras for All
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£30,000 03/12/2021
to support the National Orchestra for All over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£30,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
Youth Music - National Orchestra for All: The Way We See It
£60,000 12/02/2021
National Orchestra for All: The Way We See It
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestras For All
£15,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Orchestras for All
£45,000 02/12/2019
36
Towards a programme that aims to tackle inequalities in the provision of music making opportunities and music education across the UK.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 02/07/2019
towards core costs to support staff involved in developing the 2020 to 2025 strategy during the period July 2019 to June 2020
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£50,000 06/02/2018
The National Orchestra for All
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestras For All
£90,000 24/01/2018
36
Towards core costs to promote and support participation and learning in ensemble music making for children and young people who have barriers to accessing mainstream provision.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Orchestras for All
£22,305 10/05/2017
36
This project uses weekly and annual music events to improve the life skills, self-esteem and social networks of 693 disadvantaged children and young people, particularly targeting refugees and recent ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Conductors for Change - conducting training for teachers leading mixed-ability ensembles
£58,000 08/05/2017
24
This work builds on the Conductors for Change programme, a small pilot with Teach First music teachers, which successfully initiated and sustained mixed-ability ensembles in secondary schools. ....more
Youth Music - 2017-2018 National Orchestra for All (NOFA) Season: Widening participation for young people in challenging circumstances
£28,674 17/03/2017
2017-2018 National Orchestra for All (NOFA) Season: Widening participation for young people in challenging circumstances
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Orchestras for All
£3,500 21/03/2016
IT equipment for a charity in London
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the shortfall of the orchestral residential course
£1,000 05/08/2015
Towards the shortfall of the orchestral residential course for disadvantaged young people.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to National Orchestra for All
£45,000 12/03/2015
Young musicians
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestras For All
£90,000 08/10/2014
Towards the core costs of an organisation that challenges disadvantage through music-making.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£5,000 04/03/2014
Core funding
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/2013, number: 1150438
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
  • 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
  • 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cecil Sharp House
2 Regent's Park Road
London
NW1 7AY

Objectives

2.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS AND/OR DISABILITIES AND/OR FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, AND PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO THEIR TEACHERS AND PARENTS OR CARERS;2.1.2 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND MUSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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