Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

STEEL PAN TRUST

To advance the education for the benefit of the public in the playing of Caribbean steelpans to people of all ages and abilities through tuition and public performances.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

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: 11 years

www.steelpantrust.com

s.gray@steelpanagency.com

02086592131

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
31/07/23	£22	£35	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/07/22	£14	£29	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/07/21	£29	£12	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/07/20	£68	£49	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/07/19	£7	£7	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/07/18	£12	£8	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17	£14	£14	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16	£14	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15	£27	£21	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14	£21	£19	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

Camden Giving	£88,981
City Bridge Trust	£10,050
DCMS	£9,900
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,740
Greater London Authority	£8,760
John Lyon's Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - Steel Pan Trust
£8,760	02/02/2023	This project will enable participants to learn to play steel pan online FAMILY (Friendly, Accessible, Multicultural, Inclusive, Local, Young at Heart). This is for adult Londoners that are all ages ....more This project will enable participants to learn to play steel pan online FAMILY (Friendly, Accessible, Multicultural, Inclusive, Local, Young at Heart). This is for adult Londoners that are all ages and abilities. The steel pan is a perfect instrument as the basic skills are easy to learn and playing the instrument does not require any previous musical experience. It is possible for a group with any level of musical experience to accomplish a simple melody within a short period of time.
National Lottery Community Fund - Senior citizens learn to play steel pan
£9,740	10/06/2022	The funding will be used to deliver steel pan classed for senior citizens. The project aims to address feelings of isolation help bring people together and improve mental wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900	24/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Steel Pan Trust
£10,050	08/05/2020	A grant of £10,050 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to Steel Pan Trust
£5,000	02/12/2019 12	Learn to Play Steelpan and African Drumming
Camden Giving - Learn to play steelpan
£20,000	28/11/2019 23	This project shares live steelpan music-making with audiences to enjoy and play together.
Camden Giving - Learn to play steelpan
£20,000	28/11/2019 12	This project shares live steelpan music-making with audiences to enjoy and play together.
Camden Giving - Camden steelpan FAMILY pop-up pan yard
£48,981	25/10/2019 12	This project will allow people of all ages and cultures to learn and develop a musical skill whilst building on team-spirit.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme.
£300	19/06/2017	Towards a summer play scheme.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CHERYL AUGUISTE Appointed: 2017

EDIVALDO REIS Appointed: 2019

KEVIN JOSEPH Appointed: 2019

SHAREEN GRAY (Chair) Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2013, number: 1153142

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

354 Oldfield Lane North
Greenford
UB6 8PT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PLAYING OF CARIBBEAN STEEL PANS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES THROUGH TUITION AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

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