Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE GRAND UNION MUSIC THEATRE LIMITED

Grand Union aims to communicate and share the enjoyment of creating and performing music theatre, and to reflect and celebrate today's cross-cultural society. This is achieved by drawing together musicians whose artistic backgrounds embrace an enormous range of cultures and experience to perform and tour new work; run participatory workshops and collaborations in schools and communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

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		£115	£184	£-69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£176	£152	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£138	£88	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£83	£90	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£74	£110	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£123	£124	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£100	£149	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£272	£182	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£247	£281	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£260	£256	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£177	£182	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£201	£172	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£199	£188	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£155	£152	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£258	£268	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£250	£238	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£158	£150	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£138	£155	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£231	£230	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£219	£217	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 37 years

www.grandunion.org.uk

mail@grandunion.org.uk

02089811551

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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	£34,650
Youth Music	£29,200
City Bridge Trust	£15,000
The Foyle Foundation	£13,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£8,000	20/09/2022	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Youth Music - Grand Union Orchestra Re:Generation Programme
£29,200	11/11/2021	Grand Union Orchestra Re:Generation Programme
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	08/07/2021	towards developing a sustainable cross-cultural participatory music programme for local communities and young people over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,000	12/02/2021	Working with the next generation - innovation and improvisation
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Grand Union Music Theatre Ltd
£15,000	08/05/2020	A grant of £15,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - From Roots to Fresh Shoots
£34,650	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - What the River Brings
£8,720	29/11/2017 12	This project will deliver a series of workshops and performances that will improve community relationships and celebrate cultural diversity.
Youth Music - This Isle is Full of Noises
£29,450	27/01/2016	This Isle is Full of Noises

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Age Range of Trustees: 54-78

HABIB RAHMAN, Occupation: Chief Executive Of A Voluntary

ANTONIA MARY BENEDEK (Chair), Occupation: Television Producer

ADAM SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor At Kings College London

SAYARA BEG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager, Other trusteeships: SOCIETY FOR STORYTELLING, ONE-DRUM FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1987, number: 295613
Registered at Companies House on 07/10/1986, number: 02062208

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

15b St Margaret's House
21 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
London
E2 9PL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET AND DANCE, FILMS AND OTHER MEANS OF AUDIO AND AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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