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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Pension deficit: -5
  • Volatile income -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HALLE CONCERTS SOCIETY

The Halle Concerts Society maintains and manages the Halle Orchestra. It promotes concerts by the Orchestra and other artists and ensembles in Manchester; presents concerts throughout the UK and overseas in association with local promoters, produces recordings and radio and television broadcasts and undertakes a full programme of educational and outreach work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £7,088,000 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • There is a pension deficit of £8,709,000
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£9,676£10,167£-491£305£10,992£-7,088-8.412315
31/03/22£9,325£8,818£507£311£12,062£-7,210-9.812215
31/03/21£7,699£6,701£998£225£9,848£-9,425-16.912015
31/03/20£11,673£9,684£1,989£396£8,273£-9,834-12.212057
31/03/19£12,551£10,034£2,517£383£5,655£-10,925-13.111859
31/03/18£12,183£9,278£2,905£358£2,929£-11,243-14.51050
31/03/17£9,279£10,025£-746£476£-2,555£-12,428-14.91090
31/03/16£8,434£8,914£-480£368£389£-8,762-11.81080
31/03/15£9,166£9,169£-3£456£312£-8,487-11.11070
31/03/14£7,922£8,176£-254£424£1,762£-6,654-9.81060
31/03/13£9,461£8,290£1,171£442£76£-7,270-10.51030
31/03/12£8,425£8,035£390£394£863£-4,836-7.21060
31/03/11£8,791£6,648£2,143£549£-133£-4,973-91070
31/03/10£8,662£8,445£217£410£-1,129£-5,629-81070
31/03/09£7,855£8,142£-287£465£17£-4,371-6.41070
31/03/08£8,076£7,676£400£469£1,251£-3,451-5.41120
31/03/07£7,215£6,373£842£362£1,906£-2,560-4.81120
31/03/06£6,703£6,648£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£6,387£6,523£-136n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£6,568£6,628£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -64%
Reserves/Spending: -8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years
(125 years as a company)

www.halle.co.uk

info@halle.co.uk

01612377000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£647,750
National Lottery Heritage Fund£200,489
Wolfson Foundation£190,300
The Foyle Foundation£150,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Halle Concerts Society
£3,000 15/03/2024
Core costs for Music/Arts/Culture
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£150,000 28/11/2023
for phase one of plans to improve the storage and display of archives
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Halle Concerts Society
£20,300 07/12/2022
Installation of solar panels on the Hallé St Peter’s building
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Halle Concerts Society
£200,489 24/03/2022
Exploring the Halle archive and its potential for reaching new communities, physical and digital
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£647,750 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Halle Concerts Society
£170,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Reaching people living with dementia in the community through music
£60,000 09/12/2019
24
To test the effectiveness of different methods of engaging community members living with dementia.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Halle
£1,152 01/12/2019
Grant towards Xmas event
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£300,000 21/06/2017
Halle St Peter's - Phase Two
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Halle Concerts Society
£50,000 16/06/2017
Teaching and rehearsal facilities in Hallé St Peter’s building
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Hallé Concerts Society
£10,000 30/01/2013
Cost of acoustic screens, percussion and brass stolls, cello chairs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-74
  • AILEEN TERESA WISWELL MBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • ALASTAIR JOHN RICHARD NUTTALL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Auditor
  • AZRA ALI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor
  • CAROLINE SIMPSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • CATHRYN MERRYL WEBSTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Choral Director
  • DARREN PAUL DRABBLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DEBORAH ANNE FRANCIS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • EAMONN JOHN BOYLAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • JANET ANN EMSLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Elected Member At Rochdale Borough Council
  • JOHN PHILLIPS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • JUERGEN MAIER CBE Appointed: 2020
  • PROFESSOR LINDA JOYCE MERRICK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Principal Of Music College
  • SHARON AMESU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Leadership Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/1963, number: 223882
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/01/1899, number: 00062753
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ANTONY COSTLEY- WHITE MUSIC TRUST on 18/03/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE BARBIROLLI SOCIETY on 03/04/2024
Main office

Halle Orchestra
Bridgewater Hall
Great Bridgewater Street
MANCHESTER
M1 5HA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ART OF MUSIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY THE GIVING AND ARRANGEMENT OF CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS IS THOUGHT FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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