Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

NOTTINGHAM MUSIC SERVICE

Our vision is that all children and young people in Nottingham have an inspiring and rewarding experience of making music with others. Our mission is to facilitate joyous, life-enhancing and confidence-building experiences that equip children and young people with perseverance, self belief and a life-long love of music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • The latest accounts were qualified

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
?31/03/23£1,090£1,148£-58£17£906£7327.7401
31/03/22£997£1,012£-15£4£963£7609371
31/03/21£999£884£115£0£978£74510.1331
31/03/20£987£967£20£3£864£6007.4270
31/03/19£994£909£85£12£844£5417.12210
31/03/18£934£929£5£16£759£5336.9260
31/03/17£877£875£1£13£754£1862.6200
31/03/16£872£823£49£10£753£1982.9240
31/03/15£1,593£889£704£16£704£971.360
31/03/14£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk

info@nottinghammusichub.org.uk

07719146007

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottingham City,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£1,206,165
BBC Children in Need£30,000
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Backstage Trust£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Nottingham Music Service
£30,000 28/03/2023
24
Funding is for the Robin Hood Youth Orchestra to enable CYP from less affluent backgrounds to participate in music education. The intended outcome is for CYP from different backgrounds to make music together in a diverse and inclusive environment.
Backstage Trust - Production grant
£4,000 30/11/2022
The Great Orchestra Experiment for Primary School children
DCMS - In Harmony
£98,335 24/03/2022
In Harmony is a national programme that aims to inspire and transform the lives of children in deprived communities, using the power and disciplines of ensemble music-making.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 03/12/2021
to support the training orchestra, RHYO InterConnect, during the 2022/23 academic year
DCMS - Music Education Hub Funding
£453,786 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 - Nottingham Music Hub
£120,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - In Harmony (DfE)
£79,167 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 where everyone of us has ....more
DCMS - Music Education Hub funding 2020-2021
£454,877 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: 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, ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Area Band Network
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Nottingham Music Service
£7,110 27/03/2018
12
The Robin Hood Youth Orchestra (RHYO)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Nottingham Music Service
£28,457 13/11/2017
36
The project will provide after school band activities including group and one to one support, singing, movement, rehearsals and performances. Children will have increased confidence in their own abilities and increased aspirations to engage and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CHERYL SUSAN ATKINSON Appointed: 2024
  • COURTNEY HARRISON Appointed: 2023
  • ELIZABETH LESQUEREUX Appointed: 2023
  • JAMES MICHAEL GIBBONS (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • MICHAEL HENRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • NIGEL COOKE Appointed: 2018
  • ROSEMARY JACOBS Appointed: 2021
  • UTKARSHA JOSHI Appointed: 2023
  • WENDY BARBARA SMITH Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/09/2013, number: 1153716
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
  • 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
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Litehouse
Crocus Street
Nottingham
NG2 3DP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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