Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 18

MANCHESTER CAMERATA LIMITED

Presentation of concerts by Manchester Camerata and other artists in Greater Manchester, North West and throughout the United Kingdom. Provision of learning and Participation work in Greater Manchester and throughout the North West.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 50 years

www.manchestercamerata.com

info@manchestercamerata.com

01612268696

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/05/23		£2,157	£1,985	£173	£84	£977	£974	5.9	10	1
31/05/22		£1,458	£1,596	£-137	£74	£739	£703	5.3	10	1
31/05/21		£1,122	£757	£365	£54	£876	£835	13.2	10	2
31/05/20		£1,140	£1,195	£-55	£79	£511	£433	4.3	11	1
31/05/19		£1,744	£1,575	£170	£85	£566	£457	3.5	11	4
31/05/18		£1,423	£1,401	£22	£104	£396	£393	3.4	11	0
31/05/17		£1,318	£1,204	£114	£58	£375	£372	3.7	9	0
31/05/16		£1,413	£1,372	£41	£65	£261	£258	2.3	9	0
31/05/15		£1,334	£1,280	£54	£132	£219	£217	2	9	0
31/05/14		£1,219	£1,181	£38	£78	£166	£159	1.6	9	0
31/05/13		£1,013	£1,007	£5	£83	£128	£122	1.4	8	0
31/05/12		£1,063	£1,069	£-6	£74	£122	£122	1.4	11	0
31/05/11		£1,196	£1,203	£-7	£74	£129	£129	1.3	8	0
31/05/10		£1,235	£1,255	£-20	£50	£136	£136	1.3	10	0
31/05/09		£1,175	£1,185	£-10	£96	£156	£156	1.6	9	0
31/05/08		£1,118	£1,152	£-34	£90	£166	£158	1.6	9	0
31/05/07		£955	£1,079	£-124	£88	£200	£192	2.1	9	0
31/05/06		£897	£884	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£966	£771	£195	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04	*	£832	£764	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 11.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester City, Oldham, Staffordshire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

10 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	£388,502
John Ellerman Foundation	£150,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£74,892
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£40,000
Manchester City Council	£28,570
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Backstage Trust - Fund raising grant
£10,000	24/01/2023	Cost of strategic fundraising consultation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	24/06/2022	Manchester Camerata: Music for change
John Ellerman Foundation - Three major new collaborative music commissions and organisational capacity and capability costs
£150,000	25/11/2021 36	Three major new collaborative music commissions and organisational capacity and capability costs
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to Manchester Camerata
£28,570	01/04/2021	to deliver music therapy programme to people living with dementia in the local community. Priority groups: Older people (65+), Disabled People
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Music in Mind Remote - award winning dementia music therapy programme
£74,892	01/06/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=58169
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£40,000	27/05/2020 3	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£159,502	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Manchester Camerata
£229,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£10,000	23/05/2019	Routes to Music
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£156,620	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Music in Mind - Trafford
£8,351	06/08/2018	Manchester Camerata wants to extend our ‘Music in Mind’ programme into Trafford, working in two care settings to deliver a unique music therapy based which will improve the wellbeing of 50+ ....more Manchester Camerata wants to extend our ‘Music in Mind’ programme into Trafford, working in two care settings to deliver a unique music therapy based which will improve the wellbeing of 50+ people with dementia.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£5,000	01/04/2018	Cultural Partnership Agreement grant to fund and support cultural organisations that contribute to making Manchester a thriving, attractive and equitable city with high quality cultural experiences ....more Cultural Partnership Agreement grant to fund and support cultural organisations that contribute to making Manchester a thriving, attractive and equitable city with high quality cultural experiences which all Manchester people can benefit from
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£156,620	01/04/2018	National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
£39,155	01/04/2018	To support National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£5,000	17/03/2018	Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - City of Songs
£56,000	15/12/2017 24	Manchester Camerata will explore and test how song writing can be used to support engagement across the curriculum and key stages in four inner-city primary schools. The organisation will also ....more Manchester Camerata will explore and test how song writing can be used to support engagement across the curriculum and key stages in four inner-city primary schools. The organisation will also explore how best to support schools to commission arts interventions and continuing professional development.
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards Head of Programming salary and artistic production costs o expanding "Up Close" series
£105,000	30/11/2017 36	Towards the expansion of UpClose, an eclectic and experimental concert series, to Glasgow, Lancaster, Leeds and Birmingham.
MACC - This Is Me: recovery and resilience through music
£9,958	09/12/2016	Music-based activities supporting the recovery and inclusion in the community of people 65yrs+ from South Manchester with acute mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, ....more Music-based activities supporting the recovery and inclusion in the community of people 65yrs+ from South Manchester with acute mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, anxiety and dementia. Project participants will engage in enjoyable, therapeutic music-making at each stage of their pathway from hospital, to community services, and on to peer-led groups.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£94,700	08/09/2016 36	towards three years' running costs of 'Music in Mind', a project for people with dementia and their carers in Manchester and Salford
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£30,000	22/10/2014	Youth Forum creative music programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£71,800	13/06/2013 24	towards two years’ running costs of 'Music in Mind', a music project for older people in Lancashire
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Manchester Camerata
£15,000	01/05/2012	Youth Forum

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-67

CAROLINE RUTH MONK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

JOHN GREGORY BATSLEER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed

KAREN GABAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Radio Broadcastry, Other trusteeships: INNER CITY MUSIC LIMITED, MANCHESTER DIGITAL MUSIC ARCHIVE TRUST,

KATHERINE ANNE GREEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Mayor

MARTIN ALEXANDER CARR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

MICHELLE DUNCALF Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Wealth Manager

REBECCA WARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Development Manager

SAMANTHA JANE KENNERLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

SIMON PEDLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

STEPHEN DAUNCEY (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN INSTITUTE,

VERONICA LUCY MAKINSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/1974, number: 503675
Registered at Companies House on 13/08/1973, number: 01128463

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 7 days late,

Main office

THE MONASTERY
89 GORTON LANE
MANCHESTER
M12 5WF

Objectives

2.1. The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to 2.1.(a) advance the arts, in particular the art of music;2.1.(b) advance education;2.1.(c) relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or otherwise, in particular but not limited to those who are living with conditions such as dementia or are experiencing or are at risk of poor mental health;2.1.(d) promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society; and2.1.(e) advance such other exclusively charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit from time to timethrough the innovative use of music, informed by the needs of beneficiaries of the charity and their communities, and driven by the highest standards of artistic excellence.For the purpose of this clause “socially excluded” means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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