Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

FIRSTBASE

We offer free music and video making workshops and activities to young people, primarily aged 13-25 living in Leeds, focusing on those who are disadvantaged. We also support those young people to start/further their careers in the music industry.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/22		£100	£0	£100	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

sally.hoy60@gmail.com

07495478737

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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
Leeds Community Foundation - Firstbase
£8,153	18/01/2024	Grant to Firstbase
Leeds Community Foundation - Firstbase
£1,765	13/12/2023	We succeeded in gaining charitable status in 2021 Over the last 4.5 years we have worked with over 450 participants. Of those over 80% said their self confidence and musical skills have improved ....more We succeeded in gaining charitable status in 2021 Over the last 4.5 years we have worked with over 450 participants. Of those over 80% said their self confidence and musical skills have improved Young people have performed at Leeds Carnival and the Black Music Festival, and taken part in a joint performance with RJCDance for Lives not Knives. Our main challenge is finding funding to enable us to return to 2 sessions a week as we have young people waiting to join.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CORRINNE ASQUITH Appointed: 2021

DOMINIC CHARLES EARL Appointed: 2021

SALLY HOY (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2021, number: 1196192

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

13 BELLE VUE AVENUE
LEEDS
LS8 2NN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE) IN THE ART OF MUSIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN MUSIC AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A RELAXED, INFORMAL, BUT STRUCTURED ATMOSPHERE.

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