Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE MUSICSPACE TRUST 

To provide a community based music therapy service for children, young people and adults throughout Bristol and the South West region
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Established: 35 years

www.musicspace.org

info@musicspace.org

01179531731

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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
30/06/23£306£365£-60n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/22£277£324£-46n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/21£549£289£261£11£410£34714.4120
30/06/20£258£291£-33n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/06/19£305£318£-13n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/18£354£326£27£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£328£321£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£296£299£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£288£273£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£275£261£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£273£270£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£260£270£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£255£260£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£301£317£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£441£590£-149£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£703£701£2£13£312£1773150
30/06/07£691£723£-32£7£311£1542.6210
30/06/06£775£791£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£836£824£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£804£838£-34£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

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
Quartet Community Foundation£5,195
BBC Children in Need£3,198
DCMS£3,198
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to MusicSpace
£250 09/01/2023
As directed by the donor towards MusicSpace's work providing music therapy for around 400 children, young people and adults each week across the South West. Due diligence checked.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Musicspace
£4,945 02/07/2020
To expand the group's music therapy service to provide secure online sessions to vulnerable clients to support their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MusicSpace
£3,198 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund online support for disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help improve their emotional wellbeing.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,198 27/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MusicSpace
£69,694 28/02/2019
36
This project provides music therapy sessions for young disabled children. The sessions will help them to develop their communication skills and improve their emotional well-being and confidence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MusicSpace (The MusicSpace Trust)
£2,622 29/11/2017
We want to provide music therapy for more children with disabilities, complex health needs and life limiting conditions in Bristol.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MusicSpace
£19,500 29/10/2012
the salary of the Senior Outreach Therapist
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68
  • JUDITH SARA ROSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer Triodos Bank Uk
  • SUSAN DOLBY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/1989, number: 328311
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/08/1989, number: 02411791
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
  • 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; AR04: 26 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STOKES SINGERS on 03/11/2023
Main office

BS3 COMMUNITY
THE SOUTHVILLE CENTRE
BEAULEY ROAD
BRISTOL
BS3 1QG

Objectives

1. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY 2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS AND LIFE-LIMITING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC THERAPY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH THERAPY BY COMMISSIONING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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