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Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES

To represent and support voluntary and amateur music groups throughout the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23£929£841£88£18£852£42361716
31/12/22£703£771£-68£16£754£319516101
31/12/21£721£761£-40£14£825£3645.71698
31/12/20£759£767£-7£13£848£3585.616108
31/12/19£730£730£0£9£872£364614101
31/12/18£644£670£-26£26£859£3235.8100
31/12/17£610£603£7£17£873£3136.2100
31/12/16£532£536£-4£5£854£2866.4100
31/12/15£636£627£9£21£846£2254.3100
31/12/14£864£719£145£55£841£2023.4100
31/12/13£819£898£-78£66£696£1722.3160
31/12/12£864£899£-34£64£774£2313.1160
31/12/11£893£942£-49£54£808£1722.2160
31/12/10£839£837£2£59£857£1722.5160
31/12/09£792£822£-31£54£855£1752.5160
31/12/08£819£846£-27£54£886£1692.4150
31/12/07£829£783£45£52£912£1412.2130
31/12/06£934£849£85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£902£979£-77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£999£1,004£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 102%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 50%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 57 years
(88 years as a company)

www.makingmusic.org.uk

info@makingmusic.org.uk

02079396030

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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
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The National Federation Of Music Societies
£19,988 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The National Federation Of Music Societies
£199,880 18/05/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs for supporting community music groups to become more financially and administratively resilient, more inclusive and better able to influence local and national policy making
DCMS - Supporting the return of leisure-time music
£44,429 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Making Music
£78,696 19/01/2012
Towards the salary of a head of volunteer management to lead a volunteering programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-68
  • ANDREW HAMILTON DEVINE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • ANDREW RIXON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • CATHERINE ELIZABETH TRAVERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Publishing Consultant
  • DOROTHY JOAN WILSON MBE FRSA Appointed: 2016
  • DR EDWARD-RHYS HARRY FRSA Appointed: 2022
  • JAYNE LOXLEY BARR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Brand
  • KATHERINE MCLEISH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Governance And People Management Officer
  • MARGARET RUTH HARRISON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Museum Curator
  • NEIL ROBERT WEIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Chartered Engineer
  • NICHOLAS LEWIS LLOYD JAMES Appointed: 2022
  • PHILIP O'RAWE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: It Consultant
  • RHIANNON LOUISE HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelance Musician
  • ROBERT ANDREW GUEST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed
  • WILLIAM ALBERT PRIDEAUX Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Choral Conductor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1967, number: 249219
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/12/1935, number: 00308632
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 17 days late,
Main office

National Fed. of Music Societies
8 Holyrood Street
LONDON
SE1 2EL

Objectives

TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE ART AND PRACTICE AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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