Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 13

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

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

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 16

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a world renowned orchestra which plays on original instruments. Being run and artistically led by its players, it works with leading artists as well as nurturing the next generation of musicians. The OAE strives to reach the widest audience possible through performance, its school residency and established education programmes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 37 years

www.oae.co.uk

info@oae.co.uk

02072399370

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/09/22	£3,154	£3,321	£-167	£352	£1,500	£1,351	4.9	18
30/09/21	£1,868	£2,067	£-199	£527	£1,645	£1,439	8.4	15
30/09/20	£2,789	£2,324	£465	£409	£1,843	£1,476	7.6	17
30/09/19	£4,137	£4,110	£27	£360	£1,379	£1,014	3	18
30/09/18	£4,066	£3,641	£424	£319	£1,350	£925	3	16
30/09/17	£3,108	£2,932	£176	£305	£928	£690	2.8	15
30/09/16	£3,297	£2,948	£349	£290	£752	£537	2.2	15
30/09/15	£3,353	£4,287	£-934	£271	£120	£69	0.2	15
30/09/14	£2,386	£2,605	£-218	£253	£339	£56	0.3	16
30/09/13	£3,144	£3,228	£-84	£269	£319	£274	1	16
30/09/12	£2,866	£2,954	£-88	£227	£403	£403	1.6	14
30/09/11	£3,660	£3,633	£27	£239	£491	£491	1.6	14
30/09/10	£3,523	£3,481	£42	£271	£464	£460	1.6	14
30/09/09	£3,690	£3,596	£94	£231	£421	£418	1.4	14
30/09/08	£2,753	£2,819	£-65	£178	£328	£327	1.4	11
30/09/07	£2,647	£2,554	£93	£172	£393	£393	1.8	6
30/09/06	£2,632	£2,570	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/05	£1,966	£1,966	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/09/04	£2,561	£2,536	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

Who works here?

18 employees

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Throughout England,

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	£320,156
The Linbury Trust	£150,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£123,900
Youth Music	£97,538
The Foyle Foundation	£65,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Engagement programme - OAE
£150,000	13/12/2023	A grant over three years to focus on the education and engagement programme that supports Ackland Burghley School.
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
£10,000	30/10/2023	TASK fund donation towards core costs
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£40,000	07/02/2023	for the purchase of orchestra/audience seating and a storage unit for the base in Acland Burghley School
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Musical Connections
£5,900	18/01/2023	Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a world leading orchestra who work with artists to nurture the next generation of musicians. They deliver a national education and outreach programme ....more Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a world leading orchestra who work with artists to nurture the next generation of musicians. They deliver a national education and outreach programme aimed at reaching people with least access to the arts. This grant supports OAE to partner with schools in London and Ipswich, one mainstream secondary school and one SEND school in each location. They will co-create programmes that support transferable skills building for students, while modelling music-based practice for teachers and wider staff.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment
£250	15/03/2022	Donation from the Kinlochaline Trust
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Musical Connections
£118,000	14/03/2022	Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a world leading orchestra who work with artists to nurture the next generation of musicians. They deliver a national education and outreach programme ....more Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a world leading orchestra who work with artists to nurture the next generation of musicians. They deliver a national education and outreach programme aimed at reaching people with least access to the arts. This grant supports OAE to partner with schools in London and Ipswich, one mainstream secondary school and one SEND school in each location. They will co-create programmes that support transferable skills building for students, while modelling music-based practice for teachers and wider staff.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	27/05/2020	to support the education programme in 2020/21 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
£15,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£207,656	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 ....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 - OAE Culture Recovery Fund Application
£75,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - OAE Culture Recovery Fund Application
£37,500	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Youth Music - Our Band
£97,538	08/11/2019	Our Band
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
£90,000	24/01/2018 36	Towards the salary of a new box office and data manager post, enabling OAE to establish its own in-house box office and improve its marketing and fundraising functions.
Youth Music - Our Band – making music for individual growth and collective communication
£81,966	05/05/2017	Our Band – making music for individual growth and collective communication
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
£120,000	24/08/2011	Towards the continuation of Night Shift, OAE's late night format for new audiences at The Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
£100,000	26/03/2009 36	Towards Core costs Towards 'Night Shift' a late night concert format for new audiences.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-72

ADRIAN CHARLES FROST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Investment Manager, Other trusteeships: THE EVELYN TRUST, ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST,

ALISON MCFADYEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeships: KALI THEATRE COMPANY LTD, GIVE OUT,

ADRIAN PETER BENDING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Musician

ANDREW JOHN ROBERTS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Musician

CECELIA CATHERINE BRUGGEMEYER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Classical Musician (Self-Employed)

CHRISTINE STICHER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Musician

CRISPIN PETER WOODHEAD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chief Executive

DANIEL ALEXANDER QC Appointed: 2021

DAVID NORMAN MARKS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION, THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION, THE APAX FOUNDATION, THE JC EUDAIMONIA FOUNDATION,

DENYS CALDER FIRTH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director, Finance, Other trusteeships: THE ETON FIVES CHARITABLE TRUST, LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA,

DR SUSAN MARY TRANTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive Of Edmonton Academy Trust

IMOGEN PATRICIA CHARLTON OVERLI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Property Developer, Other trusteeship: ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT TRUST,

KATHERINE ANN SPENCER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Musician, Other trusteeship: SOLENT MUSIC FESTIVAL,

REBECCA JAYNE MILLER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Communications Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/10/1986, number: 295329
Registered at Companies House on 23/07/1986, number: 02040312

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

OAE
Acland Burghley School
93 Burghley Road
London
NW5 1UH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, SINGING AND ALL FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR PART OF MUSIC) AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AS PLAYED ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANYWHERE IN WORLD

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