Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

MUSICA 

Music workshops, mainly for disadvantaged students, funded by grants from various sources.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

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: 11 years

www.musica-workshops.com

admin@musica-workshops.com

07899980524

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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
31/10/22£107£110£-2n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/10/21£65£67£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/10/20£23£21£2n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/10/19£25£33£-8n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/10/18£48£43£4£0£0£0n/a06
31/10/17*£29£25£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£13£17£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£33£29£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£9£9£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
National Lottery Community Fund£148,421
DCMS£11,025
Henry Smith Charity£9,995
Suffolk Community Foundation£4,995
BBC Children in Need£2,995
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent to Recovery
£9,997 28/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a range of social and creative activities for people who have experienced homelessness substance misuse criminal justice involvement and/or mental ill health. The ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Musica
£9,995 23/09/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of a project delivering creative learning opportunities for children and young people who are vulnerable and/or living in disadvantaged communities in Ipswich, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Arts Together
£2,495 17/08/2021
The funding is to provide online outreach musical workshops for people who are in geographically and socially isolated areas of Suffolk. The workshops will be streamed live to their homes or day ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,030 04/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Home Harmonies
£4,995 21/08/2020
4
Supporting the Home Harmonies Project for people of all ages who are disadvantaged by personal circumstances such as disability, ill health, poverty or isolation. Covid19
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Musica
£2,995 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - Grant for music workshops for young people affected by Covid 19. Sessions will increase young people's confidence, self-belief and positive relationships with others.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,995 02/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Harmonies
£9,985 23/01/2020
14
The funding will be used to host a series of music events for vulnerable people. The project aims to build confidence, social skills and opportunities to access community activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hidden Harmonies
£125,944 12/12/2019
36
The Hidden Harmonies project will use funding to offer a unique and immersive musical experience in a safe inspiring environment for people with additional needs across Suffolk. The project will work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Hidden Harmonies
£4,953 04/06/2018
11
The group will deliver music workshops to people with additional needs, as well as delivering concerts for the community at the end of the workshops. The project aims to improve participants' ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Star Power
£9,960 31/05/2018
12
The project will provide guided workshops for 80 adults with additional support needs to build self-confidence, social mobility, and quality of life through participation in shared musical ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hidden Harmonies
£9,305 30/11/2017
10
To run Hidden Harmonies a project for young people with poor emotional health.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Musica
£29,940 10/08/2017
36
The project will provide creative music activities for disabled children and young people, building self-esteem and empowerment and helping them to develop relationships.
Suffolk Community Foundation - FLASH-MOB Samba
£4,195 10/07/2017
12
To deliver 5 FLASH-MOB SAMBA events in partnership with 250 young people who are currently or have recently accessed support from the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation trust.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-76
  • JOHN ROW Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Writer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2013, number: 1150769
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/2012, number: 08169461
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR17: 19 days late,
Main office

23 Wilding Road
IPSWICH
IP8 3SG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE CREATIVE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN CREATIVE ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR MUSIC, TO IMPROVE THE SELF-ESTEEM WELL BEING AND LIFE CHANCES OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS DISABILITY , ILL HEALTH, POVERTY OR ISOLATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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