Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

NORTHBURN STEELBANDS 

Northburn Steelbands is a community based music organisation that provides steelpan music tuition and performance opportunities for the children,young people and adults of Cramlington, Northumberland.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 7 years

www.cramcaribbean

cramlingtoncaribbeancrew@outlook.com

01670733736

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£6£9£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£7£0£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£8£9£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£8£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£14£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - instrument tuning for young members
£750 04/02/2021
instrument tuning for young members
County Durham Community Foundation - Northburn Steelbands
£5,500 22/06/2017
Towards new instruments.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2016, number: 1170034
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 13 days late, AR19: 4 days late,
Main office

6 DEARHAM GROVE
CRAMLINGTON
NE23 3FR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ART OF STEELPAN MUSIC IN NORTHBURN CRAMLINGTON IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT, PLAY AND PERFORM STEELPAN MUSIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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