Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 19

MUSIC FOR YOUTH

Music for Youth is a national music education charity providing free access to performance and audience opportunities for young musicians across the UK on some of the World's great stages in an atmosphere of celebration and peer endorsement.

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:

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
31/03/23		£745	£644	£101	£5	£369	£188	3.5	8	0
31/03/22		£702	£594	£108	£17	£268	£268	5.4	8	0
31/03/21		£641	£572	£69	£27	£159	£159	3.3	8	0
31/03/20		£764	£820	£-56	£6	£91	£91	1.3	12	0
31/03/19	*	£837	£881	£-44	£17	£187	£187	2.5	11	0
31/03/18		£905	£876	£30	£18	£270	£270	3.7	10	0
31/03/17		£856	£884	£-28	£24	£263	£263	3.6	10	0
31/03/16	*	£968	£964	£4	£21	£291	£291	3.6	10	0
31/03/15		£881	£869	£12	£36	£287	£287	4	10	0
31/03/14		£1,016	£1,005	£12	£34	£275	£275	3.3	10	0
31/03/13		£947	£1,012	£-65	£58	£263	£263	3.1	9	0
31/03/12		£903	£929	£-27	£60	£329	£329	4.2	11	0
31/03/11		£950	£947	£3	£61	£355	£355	4.5	10	0
31/03/10		£905	£863	£43	£55	£352	£352	4.9	10	0
31/03/09?	*	£1,058	£925	£133	£102	£309	£307	4	9	0
31/12/07		£654	£739	£-85	£120	£176	£176	2.9	10	0
31/12/06		£843	£895	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£860	£882	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	*	£1,003	£821	£182	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 42 years

www.mfy.org.uk

mfy@mfy.org.uk

02077591830

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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
Backstage Trust - Project grant
£20,000	13/06/2022	National Music Festival for young performers
DCMS - Music for Young People - Performance Opportunities
£105,000	22/03/2022	This fund aims to support new opportunities for children and young people from areas of low cultural engagement and high levels of deprivation to design their own programme of workshops, events and productions as well as developing backstage and ....more This fund aims to support new opportunities for children and young people from areas of low cultural engagement and high levels of deprivation to design their own programme of workshops, events and productions as well as developing backstage and technical skills.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£90,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - Music for Young People - Performance Opportunities
£105,000	23/03/2021	This fund aims to support new opportunities for children and young people from areas of low cultural engagement and high levels of deprivation to design their own programme of workshops, events and productions as well as developing backstage and ....more This fund aims to support new opportunities for children and young people from areas of low cultural engagement and high levels of deprivation to design their own programme of workshops, events and productions as well as developing backstage and technical skills.
DCMS - National Portfolio Application 2018-22
£175,002	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Music for Youth
£109,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - MFY Restricted DFE grant 20/21
£105,000	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	28/11/2017	Music for Youth Development Programme
Birmingham City Council - Music For Youth Festival
£4,500	17/02/2016	MUSIC FOR YOUTH FESTIVAL; Arts and culture;

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-70

ALEXANDRA MERCKX Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee

COLLIN HILLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Creative Development

ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Director

ISABEL CHURCHER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee

JOHN MARK DIXON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JONATHAN PELLUET Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Development

JUDITH KINGSTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

SIMON BULL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/1982, number: 285831
Registered at Companies House on 04/02/1982, number: 01611491

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

19 returns made; AR19: 301 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR09: 34 days late, AR04: 15 days late,

Main office

CBSO
Berkley Street
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2LF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR IN MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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