Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

LIVE MUSIC NOW LIMITED

Live Music Now is a UK-wide music outreach charity, established in 1977 by Yehudi Menuhin with two strategic aims; To bring live music of the highest quality to those for whom access to its benefits is normally restricted; To support the professional development of musicians at the outset of their careers, ensuring the highest quality of delivery through a rigorous selection and training process.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£1,282£1,574£-293£71£460£390.31730
31/03/22£1,392£1,169£223£80£753£2372.41660
31/03/21£971£773£199£0£571£1402.21718
31/03/20£953£982£-29£6£372£1171.417110
31/03/19£995£945£50£1£402£1652.116115
31/03/18£1,136£1,046£90£0£352£1892.2160
31/03/17£850£887£-38£1£262£520.7150
31/03/16£858£820£38£2£300£270.4180
31/03/15£788£710£78£6£262£751.380
31/03/14£850£911£-62£49£184£1261.730
31/03/13£1,109£1,144£-35£63£246£600.630
31/03/12£1,089£1,221£-133£70£281£1321.340
31/03/11*£1,444£1,392£51£5£414£1281.140
31/03/10£1,291£1,399£-108£5£362£121140
31/03/09£1,194£1,220£-26£6£471£1241.240
31/03/08£1,426£1,610£-184£292£497£2311.720
31/03/07£1,107£1,133£-26£164£313£400.420
31/03/06£1,108£1,123£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,066£1,097£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,026£997£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 9%
Reserves/Spending: 0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 7.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 48 years

www.livemusicnow.org.uk

info@livemusicnow.org.uk

020 7759 1803

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
DCMS£168,653
The Linbury Trust£150,000
Youth Music£100,000
The Rayne Foundation£75,000
City Bridge Trust£70,600
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£61,390
National Lottery Community Fund£39,840
Rank Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Live Music Now
£2,500 09/11/2023
Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
The Linbury Trust - Music in Care Programme - Live Music Now
£150,000 05/10/2023
36
A grant over three years towards the Music in Care Programme, using music to support older people with dementia.
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Live Music Now 2023 - Full
£25,000 27/04/2023
Live Music Now received a Cost of Living Grant to help cover staff salaries, database/software costs as well as insurance and other running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Musical Memories
£9,980 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue to deliver music performances at local Memory Cafes in Devon for older people who are experiencing isolation and/or living with dementia. The project aims to provide fun music and reminiscence activities to help ....more
Youth Music - Live Music Now Inspire
£100,000 14/02/2022
Live Music Now Inspire
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Live Music Now
£4,795 16/12/2021
Towards project costs to fund two LMN musicians in-residence at a care home for 10 weeks (10 half-day workshops), working alongside care staff to deliver regular weekly singing and music activities with residents.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Live Music Now South East
£70,600 02/12/2021
24
£70,600 over two further and final years (£32,876; £37,724) towards the costs of interactive music workshops and staff training across care homes in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Including Me - music-making for children with disabilities
£10,000 25/11/2021
Live Music Now which works in Limavady Garvagh and Ballykelly is using a £10000 grant to deliver music sessions to children and young people with special educational needs. These activities will use music and mentoring to improve their mental ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now
£10,000 03/11/2021
purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting children with disabilties Nationally
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 - The Place
£9,960 19/10/2021
Live Music Now in Swansea will use £9960 to provide free creative sessions online for NHS workers and care home staff. The sessions will use music and song writing to support them to voice emotions and memories to support mental health recovery ....more
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Including Me - music for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and their families
£4,350 22/09/2021
Towards an on-line music programme for children with special needs and their families
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Live Music Now
£2,200 07/07/2021
Core costs for Music/Arts/Culture
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Musical Memories
£2,430 25/02/2021
Self-isolating - providing online music performances to elderly isolated people, particularly those with dementia, and their carers.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Live music in schools
£61,390 27/01/2021
6
Live Music Now (LMN) develop the talents of young musicians and brings high quality live music performances to people with less access. Through a network of seven branches across the UK, LMN delivers participatory music sessions to people in special ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Live Music Now Limited
£9,800 09/11/2020
#15 Unlocked (Datgloi)
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Soundtrack
£9,900 15/04/2020
6
Live Music Now Wales in Cardiff will provide online support for children and young people experiencing mental health issues with one-to-one support and access to live musical performances. This will improve their mental health and wellbeing and ....more
DCMS - Thrive not Survive
£168,653 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now
£75,000 02/12/2019
36
Towards funding to contribute to and enhance LMN’s extensive ongoing programme of carefully delivered live music activities with people who live and work in adult social care (ASC) .
Quartet Community Foundation - Musical Care Homes
£4,250 22/10/2019
11
Musical Care Homes will provide a regular programme of high quality music sessions and develop the skills of carers to deliver music in care homes.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 21/10/2019
36
"Bringing Music to Life"
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hopeless Pirate
£9,700 25/07/2019
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Live Music Now Ltd in Cardiff will provide interactive live music workshops for early years children, and those with special educational needs, in 24 schools across South Wales. This grant for £9,700 will fund musicians' ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - All Together Now
£5,000 30/04/2019
12
All Together Now
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to LIVE MUSIC NOW
£40,000 07/12/2018
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Musical Memory Cafe
£10,000 22/11/2018
12
The project will deliver singing sessions for older people with dementia. The project aims to improve relationships.
Youth Music - “SEND Inspire”– LMN’s national programme of music support for special schools and their pupils
£99,995 16/11/2018
“SEND Inspire”– LMN’s national programme of music support for special schools and their pupils
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Musicians in Residence Programme for special schools
£249,000 14/11/2018
48
Live Music Now is a UK-wide initiative that delivers interactive music programmes in care homes and hospitals, and a range of community and healthcare settings. Through this grant, the organisation will extend and develop a Musicians in Residence ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Live Music Now!
£85,500 07/09/2018
36
£85,500 over three years (£28,000; £28,500; £29,000) towards the costs of interactive music workshops and staff training across care homes in London.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 20/06/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - All Together Now
£9,050 15/03/2018
12
All Together Now
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£261,398 01/04/2017
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now
£10,100 08/03/2017
12
Pathways into Music Programme
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now Ltd.
£25,000 09/02/2017
To further develop a business case for A Choir in Every Care Home.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Live Music Now South West
£15,700 08/02/2017
Menuhin's Violin
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now Ltd.
£10,000 25/10/2016
To develop, promote and disseminate materials produced in Phase One of A Choir in Every Care Home.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - LMN Fellowship Programme: Musicians in Residence for special schools
£60,000 08/02/2016
17
This project will deliver a SEND Music Fellowship Programme equipping early career professional musicians from Live Music Now to become Musicians in Residence in special schools. They are seeking to fully evaluate the Musicians in Residence model ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs towards salary
£82,500 28/01/2016
36
Towards core costs, specifically the salary of an Operations Director to support its programme of interactive music in care homes, hospitals and a range of community and healthcare settings.
National Lottery Community Fund - Joyous Celebration
£10,000 10/01/2013
12
The 'Joyous Celebration' project will use the grant to deliver live music sessions in care homes and community centres throughout Co Derry/L'derry. The sessions will involve live musical performances and direct interaction with participants. The ....more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Live Music Now
£20,000 24/09/2012
2 year programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-80
  • COLLEEN KECK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lawyer
  • DR PETER SYDNEY FREEDMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant Physician (Retired)
  • LISA MARIE CALMIANO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Transformation Director
  • LOWRI MAIR CLEMENT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant
  • PROFESSOR GEORGE ADAM OCKELFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor Of Music
  • SIMON MILLWARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • SIR VERNON ELLIS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chairman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/05/1977, number: 273596
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/1977, number: 01312283
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR11: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TUNBRIDGE WELLS JAZZ CLUB on 13/12/2023
Main office

46 MONTCLAIR DRIVE
LIVERPOOL
L18 0HB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING, BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY INTERACTIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, IN PARTICULAR AMONG THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE DEPRIVED OF THE BENEFIT OF PERFORMANCES OF LIVE MUSIC AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS. (II) TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF MUSICIANS AT THE OUTSET OF THEIR CAREERS AS PERFORMING ARTISTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT, SPECIALIST TRAINING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM AND WORK IN PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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