Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: -7

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -10

MUSTARD SEED SINGERS LTD

The charity provides singing groups for people with mental health problems. These groups are take place in Canterbury and Whitstable. There are currently approx 60 members within the groups.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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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
31/03/23	*	£12	£10	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£3	£6	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£6	£3	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£17	£16	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19	*	£4	£14	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£26	£11	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years
(12 years as a company)

www.mustardseedsingers.org

ecaldon@yahoo.co.uk

07737937414

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Mustard Seed Singers
£1,000	26/05/2022	Support of the restarting of the group inc recruitment drive and fees for rehearsals
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers
£9,845	20/05/2022	The funding will be used to restart face to face singing workshops and talk time sessions for people experiencing poor mental health where participants will be provided with the opportunity to get ....more The funding will be used to restart face to face singing workshops and talk time sessions for people experiencing poor mental health where participants will be provided with the opportunity to get together and sing then discuss issues pertaining to them with the aim of reducing isolation and promoting positive mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers 2019-2020
£9,075	27/03/2019 12	The aim of this project is to support people with mental health issues by providing singing sessions to improve their health & wellbeing, self-confidence and reduce social isolation
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers, singing for health and wellbeing.
£9,865	13/12/2017 12	This project will run choir sessions to support people with mental health issues, with the aim of reducing social isolation and improving health and wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mustard Seed Singers Ltd.
£12,500	11/06/2015 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing singing activities for people with mental health problems in Kent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-58

ADRIAN CHARLES BAWTREE (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Musician

ALICE CORFIELD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Social Worker

ESTHER NEVELL BA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Sales Assistant

ELSA LEWIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self Employed

SARA MACDONALD-SMITH BA PGCE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2014, number: 1159446
Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2012, number: 07974785

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR23: 104 days late, AR19: 10 days late, AR18: 6 days late,

Main office

2 Oakwood Road
Sturry
CANTERBURY
CT2 0LX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS A CHOIR

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