Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE

North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre provides a community-based service to help families whose lives are affected by illness or disability. Music Therapy involves active music making as a means of improving physical, psychological and emotional functioning. The charity also provides information, further education, presentations/workshops and a programme of cultural events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 34 years

www.music-therapy.org.uk

enquiries@music-therapy.org.uk

01653 628725

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/12/22	£135	£118	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/21	£93	£96	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/20	£91	£83	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/19	£44	£98	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/18	£40	£60	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4
31/12/17	£32	£36	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£64	£36	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£47	£38	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£46	£41	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£35	£39	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£40	£41	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£59	£72	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£74	£80	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£71	£79	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£94	£81	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£240	£83	£157	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£91	£81	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£75	£72	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£71	£74	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

City Of York, North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,590
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£16,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
The Foyle Foundation	£6,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,600
Sir George Martin Trust	£3,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,724

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy & Mental Health
£9,600	28/10/2022	The funding will be used to continue and develop the groups delivery of weekly music therapy sessions for elderly people living with Dementia and adults with mental ill health. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to continue and develop the groups delivery of weekly music therapy sessions for elderly people living with Dementia and adults with mental ill health. The project aims to reduce loneliness and improve health and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	22/07/2022	Core support for Music Therapy Development
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Sing and Sign Inclusive Choir
£5,500	11/02/2022	Funding for overheads, staff, equipment costs for a music therapy programme. This programme will engage children and young people, with and without special needs, in an inclusive choir in order to ....more Funding for overheads, staff, equipment costs for a music therapy programme. This programme will engage children and young people, with and without special needs, in an inclusive choir in order to improve their mental health, emotional resilience, self-expression, communication skills and understanding of diversity. aims to deliver “10 sessions for the actual choir and 10 sessions to support young people in developing their projects and ideas in the community”.The project delivers about 120 days of music therapy a year with four SEN schools in the region.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre
£4,600	03/11/2021	purchase IT equipment for charity supporting people with disabilties in York
Co-Operative Group - Grant to North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre
£2,724	23/10/2021	We would bring people together through music and music-making - from babes in the womb to individuals at the end of life. We would provide a safe environment for expression and communication.
National Lottery Community Fund - Music therapy in the community: recovery and growth
£9,990	27/08/2021	The funding will be used to support core staff costs to allow the group to deliver music therapy activities to people with a range of needs. The project aims to allow the group to provide post covid ....more The funding will be used to support core staff costs to allow the group to deliver music therapy activities to people with a range of needs. The project aims to allow the group to provide post covid community based support and improve wellbeing and reduce isolation.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre
£3,000	07/07/2021	Core costs for Older People's Welfare
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	11/02/2021	towards core costs, primarily towards the salary costs of music therapy staff (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000	16/07/2020	Funding to support the core costs of the organisation which has faced a significant loss in income. The funding will provide 82 sessions and enable the organisation to get up and running immediately ....more Funding to support the core costs of the organisation which has faced a significant loss in income. The funding will provide 82 sessions and enable the organisation to get up and running immediately in September with delivering face-to-face sessions (should restrictions allow it).
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£1,000	23/04/2020	Funding to 1) provide 4 free online workshop/music therapy sessions and 2) to maintain the premises (rent). Sessions aimed at parents and provide home based family activities. Clients are distressed ....more Funding to 1) provide 4 free online workshop/music therapy sessions and 2) to maintain the premises (rent). Sessions aimed at parents and provide home based family activities. Clients are distressed families who mostly live in isolation.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM DICKSON Appointed: 2022

BERNADETTE MARIE CULLEN Appointed: 2023

CHRISTINE LOUGHRAN HINES Appointed: 2022

DR NICHOLAS VAVASOR HAMMOND Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: THE ALKAN SOCIETY,

JO DANISCHEWSKY (Chair) Appointed: 2016

SUE HOGGETT Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1990, number: 702533

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Byre
Unit 4
Wath Court
Hovingham
YORK
YO62 4NN

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS GENERALLY. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER TH E AGE OF 18 YEARS SUFFERING FROM MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPING ILLNESSES WHO ARE IN NEED OF EDUCATION SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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