Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

MAGIC ME 

Magic Me brings generations together to build a stronger, happier community. Young people 8 plus and older people 60 plus come together in creative activities, building relationships, learning about one another's viewpoints, sharing skills and ideas. 1014 people participated in Tower Hamlets and other London Boroughs last year. Training, consultancy and publications take our practice nationwide.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 35 years

www.magicme.co.uk

info@magicme.co.uk

02032226064

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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
31/03/23£272£343£-71n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£373£426£-53n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£480£433£46n/an/an/an/an/a38
31/03/20£410£452£-42n/an/an/an/an/a216
31/03/19£294£388£-95n/an/an/an/an/a423
31/03/18£303£338£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£456£316£140£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£378£334£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£262£250£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£209£256£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£268£260£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£298£213£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£167£182£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£138£126£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£155£179£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£176£196£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£149£158£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£163£135£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£167£189£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£148£122£26£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£393,500
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£150,000
DCMS£136,099
The Rayne Foundation£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Wates Foundation£8,636
The London Community Foundation£6,381
Camden Giving£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Expanding Artists’ Residencies in Care Homes into Essex
£1,500 18/01/2023
Magic Me will extend its Artist Residencies programme to work with a new cohort of leading performing arts companies and care homes in Essex. Over 4 years, this will develop ambitious new artistic ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Magic Me - 23/11/22
£2,500 20/12/2022
Core Funding
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Magic Me
£20,000 24/11/2022
Towards developing, testing and implementing sustainable ways of scaling up Magic Moments in care homes across England.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Magic Me
£150,000 06/05/2021
Intergenerational arts projects and activities, in east London, enabling older people as active creative citizens to combat social isolation and build community.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Magic Me - 25/03/21
£1,250 13/04/2021
Core Funding
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Magic Me
£20,000 05/10/2020
Towards a pilot partnership project, with three care homes in London, aiming to improve the quality of life for older people and support care home staff in difficult times.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£102,000 23/09/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Wates Foundation - Magic Me
£8,636 09/07/2020
Support for Inside Out, a new partnership project with three care homes for older people in London, their residents, staff and families.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Magic Me
£6,381 30/06/2020
The funding is for the set up and additional costs of adapting Magic Me’s regular intergenerational arts projects, to deliver our new At Home Together programme. This will serve 400 people, many ....more
DCMS - Magic Me
£136,099 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 17/01/2020
Generation Rebellion
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Expanding Artists’ Residencies in Care Homes into Essex
£290,000 13/05/2019
48
To extend the Artist Residencies programme to work with a new cohort of leading performing arts companies and care homes in Essex, and to provide training and support for the local arts and care ....more
Camden Giving - Cocktails in Care Homes at Roseberry Mansions
£4,000 30/04/2019
3
The project, Cocktails in Care Homes at Roseberry Mansions, combats social isolation, connecting lonely older care home residents with young adult volunteers at monthly evening parties.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 08/03/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Camden Giving - Cocktails in Care Homes
£3,000 22/05/2018
12
The project combats social isolation, connecting isolated older care home residents with young adult volunteers at monthly evening parties. They would run 11 parties, plus volunteer inductions and ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Magic Me
£75,000 03/05/2018
36
Learning for All Ages (LFAA) - a 3 year programme of intergenerational arts activity, connecting 8 centres for older people with 8 primary schools in Tower Hamlets.Partner venues will grow ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/07/2017
Decorum
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Magic Me
£90,000 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Cocktails in Care Homes' project, which brings young volunteers into east London care homes to plan and host monthly evening parties for residents
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Magic Me
£25,600 05/11/2014
Rooms with a View
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Magic Me
£32,000 28/03/2014
The charity works with older people to reduce isolation and improve well being. The funding will support their volunteer programme so they can engage with more people to meet demand.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Magic Me
£60,000 11/03/2014
36
over three years as unrestricted funding for an organisation using creative and social activities to bring older and younger people together in East London
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Magic Me
£69,000 05/03/2014
Towards core costs and the development of programmes bringing generations together through shared creative activity.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Magic Me
£36,200 12/09/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of the Cocktails in Care Homes Project, an inter-generational project that brings young volunteers into care homes to plan and host monthly evening parties for ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Magic Me
£73,290 05/08/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the project director to enable the charity to develop and extend its inter-generational work in Tower Hamlets.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-57
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/1989, number: 328331
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/1989, number: 02394189
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 3 days late,
Main office

Magic Me
26 Pott Street
LONDON
E2 0EF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AGEING AND THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND METHODS BY WHICH THOSE NEEDS MAY BEST BE MET

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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