Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 12

Liabilities <10%: +3
Positive trading contribution: +2;Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 23

BRITTEN PEARS ARTS

Artistic programming - concerts at Snape Concert Hall and other locations;Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme - performance driven masterclasses;Aldeburgh Residencies - development for established musicians;Aldeburgh Young Musicians - creative and performing projects for exceptional musicians aged 8 and 18;Learning and Inclusion - engagement with the local community on arts-based projects

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
Fundraising costs are 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 54 years

www.brittenpearsarts.org

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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
31/03/23		£12,780	£13,299	£-519	£544	£58,439	£8,043	7.3	166	209
31/03/22		£11,351	£11,114	£237	£563	£58,833	£8,380	9	144	138
31/03/21		£9,258	£8,942	£316	£511	£57,845	£7,865	10.6	132	164
31/03/20		£12,641	£11,949	£692	£383	£55,970	£5,490	5.5	218	173
31/03/19		£10,830	£10,931	£-101	£5,478	£29,647	£578	0.6	197	107
31/03/18		£10,132	£11,263	£-1,131	£5,423	£29,430	£674	0.7	203	0
31/03/17		£11,195	£10,907	£289	£5,353	£30,511	£380	0.4	198	0
31/03/16		£6,078	£5,710	£368	£5,084	£29,767	£644	1.4	186	0
31/03/15	*	£4,592	£5,616	£-1,024	£776	£28,521	£1,169	2.5	55	0
31/03/14		£6,830	£7,669	£-839	£832	£24,244	£1,240	1.9	61	0
31/03/13		£5,365	£5,739	£-374	£509	£24,085	£1,783	3.7	52	0
31/03/12	*	£5,230	£4,755	£475	£427	£24,069	£1,843	4.6	48	0
31/03/11		£5,204	£4,360	£844	£365	£24,112	£1,586	4.4	49	0
31/03/10		£6,314	£4,425	£1,889	£198	£16,297	£1,316	3.6	45	0
31/03/09		£3,598	£3,559	£39	£175	£14,408	£1,075	3.6	43	0
31/03/08		£4,071	£4,037	£34	£247	£11,661	£979	2.9	44	0
31/03/07		£3,650	£3,615	£35	£306	£9,297	£848	2.8	42	0
31/03/06	*	£3,205	£3,306	£-101	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£3,285	£3,208	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£2,913	£2,863	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 14%
Reserves/Spending: 7.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

166 employees
209 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

DCMS	£2,825,700
The Foyle Foundation	£500,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£250,000
Youth Music	£100,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Britten Pears Arts
£10,000	29/11/2023	TASK fund donation towards the Young Artists programme
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£500,000	28/04/2023	towards capital campaign to improve the sustainability, accessibility and environmental efficiency of buildings, specifically insulation of the auditorium roof and upgrading the theatre lighting with ....more towards capital campaign to improve the sustainability, accessibility and environmental efficiency of buildings, specifically insulation of the auditorium roof and upgrading the theatre lighting with LED equivalents
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Snape Maltings Creative Campus
£11,613	18/01/2023	An international performance venue with artist development and education at heart, Snape Maltings aims to bring the benefits of music to all. This grant will support Snape’s vision to establish a ....more An international performance venue with artist development and education at heart, Snape Maltings aims to bring the benefits of music to all. This grant will support Snape’s vision to establish a Creative Campus - a national centre for music, health and wellbeing.
Youth Music - My Music My Place: Pioneering Musical Pathways
£100,000	12/10/2022	My Music My Place: Pioneering Musical Pathways
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000	08/07/2022	Core Costs
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£1,428,835	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-40 fun ways to explore Aldeburghs heritage collections (Covid-19 Emergency Response)
£5,000	01/04/2020	The Red House, Aldeburgh and Aldeburgh Museum are delighted to be working in partnership to help heritage and collections reach out to Suffolks isolated communities. Both are important heritage sites ....more The Red House, Aldeburgh and Aldeburgh Museum are delighted to be working in partnership to help heritage and collections reach out to Suffolks isolated communities. Both are important heritage sites in rural Suffolk and both are committed to help to engage and inspire communities who may be feeling isolated and alienated at this difficult time. This joint project will help to share the stories and collections from both sites to a wider and more diverse audience now and in in the future. It will help to increase access to our collections, to the most isolated and less culturally engaging communities, helping these families understand their history and heritage while enabling them to work together and develop new skills and qualifications.
DCMS - Spring
£950,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Spring 2
£441,865	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Snape Maltings Creative Campus
£500,000	06/12/2018 48	An international performance venue with artist development and education at heart, Snape Maltings aims to bring the benefits of music to all. This grant will support Snape’s vision to establish a ....more An international performance venue with artist development and education at heart, Snape Maltings aims to bring the benefits of music to all. This grant will support Snape’s vision to establish a Creative Campus - a national centre for music, health and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£150,000	21/11/2018	Snape Maltings and Young People - Driving Change Through Music
Youth Music - Group A
£97,908	15/11/2018	Group A
John Ellerman Foundation - Residencies programme
£90,000	26/07/2018 36	Towards the costs of their Residencies programme which provides time, space and resources for artists at any stage of their career to develop new work
Youth Music - Group A at Aldeburgh Carnival: Celebrating Diversity, Culture and Community
£28,785	28/06/2018	Group A at Aldeburgh Carnival: Celebrating Diversity, Culture and Community
Dunhill Medical Trust - Dementia and Community Project
£30,000	09/03/2015 36	Using music to address the disadvantages faced by older people caused by dementia and helping them to live well with dementia
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Snape Maltings
£500,000	13/09/2012	Towards the development of Open Space - an artist development programme.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Snape Maltings
£122,432	26/03/2009 36	Towards Project costs Towards LAB (Education and Technology) residencies and core costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-71

ALASDAIR WILSON ROBERTSON TAIT Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: THE ANN DRIVER TRUST, COUNTESS OF MUNSTER MUSICAL TRUST,

ANGELA MARIE CHRISTINE MALLINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID ANDREW ROBBIE Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: THE DAVID ROBBIE CHARITABLE TRUST,

DR XERXES MAZDA Appointed: 2023

JAMIE NJOKU-GOODWIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

JANIS ELIZABETH SUSSKIND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director, Other trusteeships: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION, THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED, BRITTEN SINFONIA LTD,

LADY SARAH YOUNGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Director

LAURA WADE-GERY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

ROGER WILLIAM WRIGHT CBE Appointed: 2014

SARAH ANNE ZINS Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Retired

SARAH MARY FAULDER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: THE BRITTEN-PEARS FOUNDATION,

SIR SIMON CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND ROBEY (Chair), Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeship: HEYWOOD FOUNDATION,

STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER NEIL SWIFT Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1970, number: 261383
Registered at Companies House on 21/05/1970, number: 00980281

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

11/04/2017 - Asset transfer in from THE SUFFOLK RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL FUND
15/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from ALDEBURGH PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC ROOM TRUST
07/11/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE ELIZABETH HARWOOD MEMORIAL TRUST

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Paying staff
Risk management
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

20 returns made; AR15: 3 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ALDEBURGH PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC ROOM TRUST on 15/02/2023
Asset transfer in from THE ELIZABETH HARWOOD MEMORIAL TRUST on 07/11/2023

Main office

Britten Pears Arts
SNAPE MALTINGS CONCERT HALL
SNAPE BRIDGE
SNAPE
SAXMUNDHAM
IP17 1SP

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCING, MIME, PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND GRAPHIC ARTS, AND LITERATURE AND POETRY, AND TO EXTEND AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS;2) TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN AND PETER PEARS;3) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE MUSICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL LEGACIES OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN AND PETER PEARS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR PROPERTIES AND COLLECTIONS;4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATED TO PEACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND5) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE AND TO ENGAGE IN ANY FIELD OF CHARITABLE GRANT-MAKING ACTIVITY PERMITTED BY ENGLISH LAW.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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