Overall GiG Score: 27 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

THE PARAORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS 

The Paraorchestra and Friends is a registered charity based in Bristol that aims to further the aims of The British Paraorchestra (the world's first, large-scale professional ensemble for disabled musicians) through an array of ground-breaking musical projects. Artistic Director: Charles Hazlewood.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 9 years
(12 years as a company)

www.paraorchestra.com

info@paraorchestra.com

0117 947 7948

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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
31/03/23£1,093£1,083£10£0£224£2012.290
31/03/22£927£872£55£0£214£1912.670
31/03/21£588£516£72£0£159£1363.270
31/03/20£659£634£25£0£88£460.960
31/03/19£677£675£2£13£63£631.155
31/03/18£381£347£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£397£379£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£137£122£15£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£502,000
Mark Leonard Trust£330,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£130,000
The Foyle Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£300,000 05/07/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to drive transformational change for D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse professional musicians and music makers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£4,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Mark Leonard Trust - Creating and building a new, beneficial ecology within the cultural sector for disabled musicians
£325,000 31/10/2022
Creating and building a new, beneficial ecology within the cultural sector for disabled musicians and building ParaOrchestra’s staffing and capacity for impact
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000 16/09/2021
towards Smoosh, a large-scale, open-air, inclusive live music and dance experience, specifically London and Brighton performances
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£58,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£100,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£20,000 28/04/2020
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towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Mark Leonard Trust - Hardship fund for its self-employed orchestra members (COVID-19 relief aid)
£5,000 09/04/2020
Hardship fund for its self-employed orchestra members (COVID-19 relief aid)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£120,000 26/02/2020
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Towards core costs to underpin the next major step-change in the orchestra's artistic ambition, output and audience reach.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 14/02/2020
The Paraorchestra and Friends - Application to Garfield Weston Foundation for core cost support 2019/20
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Paraorchestra and Friends
£50,000 31/05/2017
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Towards the salary of a new artistic producer post to enable the orchestra to develop its artistic programme, build more integrated partnerships and secure a new pipeline of performance opportunities.
Mark Leonard Trust - Core and development costs
£300,000 02/05/2017
Towards core and development costs, as part of the Trustees' Portfolio of Venture grants.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-67
  • RYLAN GLEAVE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Musician
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2015, number: 1163725
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/12/2011, number: 07874922
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Second Floor
The Station
Silver Street
BRISTOL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO: 3.1.1 ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROMOTION ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, BROADCASTS CONCERTS, RECORDINGS, RECITALS AND EXPLOITATION IN OTHER MEDIA; AND 3.1.2 PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, BY: (A) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, TRAINING, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THOSE PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC; AND (B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF THOSE PERSONS AND ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC; 3.1.3 RELIEVE THE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY AND MENTAL DISABILITIES BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE; FOR THIS PURPOSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF A PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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