Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SEED STUDIOS 

Promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society by providing a community music and arts serviceBased in Trafford, Greater Manchester
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 7 years

seedstudios.org

enquiries@seedstudios.org

07764815335

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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
31/12/22£50£58£-8n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/12/21£42£28£13n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/12/20£14£17£-2n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/12/19£20£10£10n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/18£33£33£0£0£0£0n/a023
31/12/17£16£16£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City, Salford City, Trafford,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 14 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment£68,360
National Lottery Community Fund£29,951
Co-Operative Group£13,745
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council£1,550
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing the Seed
£9,980 25/08/2023
The funding will be used towards the salary costs of a community worker for a music therapy programme. The project aims to be able to support more of the community and ensure they have access to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sowing the Seed
£9,975 08/04/2022
The organisation will hire staff to run a project which will deliver additional music and wellbeing sessions for people who have been referred through social prescribing. The project aims to improve ....more
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Seed Studios
£1,550 31/10/2021
free access confidence-building and educational music workshops
National Lottery Community Fund - Sowing the Seed
£9,996 10/03/2020
12
The project aims to continue the organisation's work within the community by recruiting a community co-coordinator. They will further offer peer to peer support sessions that will improve well being ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trinity Centre
£13,745 15/11/2019
We want to improve the lives of local people through a variety of social action projects, including the community larder and dementia cafe.
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Committing to the Future
£68,360 21/07/2019
The organisation has identified the need to invest in leadership, and a cohesive plan for sustainability and increased capacity. The funding applied for will enable the appointment of a Creative ....more
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Building Operational Capacity
£9,800 16/04/2018
This project aims to develop operational capacity in the organisation to make best use of the volunteers, premises and equipment that we have at our disposal. We aim to do this by recruiting a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Take Notice, Learn, Connect
£9,900 17/01/2018
12
The group will run activities to bring together people experiencing emotional distress and poor mental health. This will build confidence and self esteem and reduce isaoltion.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Seed Studios
£6,600 07/12/2017
purchase of musical equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in Timperley
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Seed Studios
£427 24/06/2017
12
Funding for one-to-one work with people interested in music but unable to afford instruments/lessons.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Seed Studios
£1,955 17/06/2017
12
Supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing through guitar based music sessions.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Seed Studios
£2,730 12/07/2014
Seed Studios - Studio 1 would like to purchase the Behringer X32 Producer, a modern digital audio desk. The X32 is the most common audio desk for concerts and TV broadcasting. Knowledge of using ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2017, number: 1172658
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

54-56
Seymour Grove
Old Trafford
Manchester
M16 0LN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY PROVIDING A COMMUNITY MUSIC AND ARTS SERVICE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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