Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 4
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

The charity's objects include the promotion of English music at regular festivals and other events in the UK; and the promotion of concerts, recitals, drama performances, exhibitions, lectures and other arts events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/06/23*£153£214£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£196£190£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£160£144£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20*£143£123£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19*£152£156£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£150£158£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£182£166£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£185£161£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk

em.marshall-luck@englishmusicfestival.org.uk

07808473889

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 01/03/2024
as match funding towards the costs of staging the 2024 English Music Festival

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DR DAVID WILLIAM GREEN Appointed: 2024
  • DR JOSEPH GERARD SPOONER (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • EM ELTHORONDUR MARSHALL-LUCK Appointed: 2015
  • RUPERT GEORGE MARSHALL-LUCK Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2015, number: 1161268
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR23: 53 days late, AR20: 13 days late, AR19: 13 days late,
Main office

4b Exbury Road
London
SE6 4ND

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND POETRY BY: (1) THE PROMOTION OF ENGLISH MUSIC AT REGULAR FESTIVALS AND OTHER EVENTS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(2) THE PROMOTION, OR THE GIVING OF ASSISTANCE TO THE PROMOTION, OF CONCERTS, RECITALS, DRAMA PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND OTHER ARTS EVENTS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(3) ANY OTHER WHOLLY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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