Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

MUSIC FOR THE MEMORY

Music for the Memory uses singing to bring together local people from all walks of life with any form of mild to moderate dementia together with their carers in a friendly and fun activity.

Analysis by Giving is Great

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£1,810	£9,882	£-8,072	5
31/03/22	*	£6,083	£9,195	£-3,112	4
31/03/21		£11,277	£5,054	£6,223	4
31/03/20	*	£5,836	£3,414	£2,422	3
31/03/19		£12,004	£4,208	£7,796	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.musicforthememory.net

music4thememory@gmail.com

07545 309200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Music For The Memory
£4,000	16/07/2021 4	Funding was provided to purchase equipment to enable them to continue to offer this service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connections
£5,000	05/03/2021 1	The funding will be used to deliver online singing sessions for elderly and isolated members of the community. The project aims to reduce loneliness and improve mental wellbeing and connectivity ....more The funding will be used to deliver online singing sessions for elderly and isolated members of the community. The project aims to reduce loneliness and improve mental wellbeing and connectivity during the pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR GRAHAM NEIL MCCONKEY Appointed: 2022

JANE MIDWINTER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

MARGUERITE ELLEN GILLOUGLEY Appointed: 2022

PENNY JEAN PHILLIPS Appointed: 2023

SUSAN CAROLINE MUNROE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2018, number: 1178578

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR20: 7 days late,

Main office

Torwood Lodge
23 Collington Rise
Bexhill-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN39 3RS

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, AND PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THE USE OF CREATIVE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR MUSIC AND SINGING.2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DEMENTIA THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MUSIC AND SINGING.

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