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Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN

To advance education and in particular to advance the education and training in music and orchestral playing of children and young persons
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£1,546£1,517£29£100£703£6675.3150
31/12/22£1,323£1,355£-32£82£672£5865.2120
31/12/21£742£736£6£64£639£5128.380
31/12/20£383£556£-173n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£1,461£1,471£-10£134£803£7085.8100
31/12/18£1,465£1,432£33£142£946£8276.9100
31/12/17£1,452£1,415£37£122£913£7826.6100
31/12/16£1,423£1,472£-49£143£720£5794.7110
31/12/15£1,608£1,536£72£140£768£5764.5120
31/12/14£1,385£1,353£32£268£696£5725.180
31/12/13£1,444£1,368£76£224£663£5474.880
31/12/12£1,243£1,257£-14£211£586£4904.7100
31/12/11?£1,369£1,257£112£232£600£5034.8100
31/10/10£1,123£1,038£85£206£488£3874.590
31/10/09£960£854£106£172£402£3124.470
31/10/08£1,109£996£113£248£295£1982.460
31/10/07£765£850£-85£234£185£1181.760
31/10/06£868£944£-77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05£680£662£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/04£748£590£159n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 50%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 35 years

nco.org.uk

L.WILSON@NCO.ORG.UK

0117 235 0373

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£397,015
Garfield Weston Foundation£105,000
The Foyle Foundation£23,000
Sir George Martin Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain
£2,500 09/11/2023
Core costs for Music/Arts/Culture
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 24/02/2023
NCO Projects: a new programme to enable more children to have their first experience of large-scale orchestral playing.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£23,000 20/09/2022
as match funding to support two key roles for the National Children's Orchestra - Head of Engagement and Head of Safeguarding & Support
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£187,015 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000 12/02/2021
Supporting wellbeing for children through music.
DCMS - To support the financial viability of NCO through an adapted orchestral learning programme for 700 young musicians.
£210,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain
£30,000 18/12/2013
Towards the salary of the learning and progression manager to support new models of engagement.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-74
  • BETHANY ANNE HIGHAM-EDWARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed
  • CHRISTINE WU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Legal Counsel
  • DR CHINYEREUGO UCHENNA NGWE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Musician And Lecturer
  • DR KADIATU GWYNETH KANNEH-MASON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Author
  • GEORGE CAIRD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • JONATHAN MAYES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • LAETITIA STOTT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Brass, Highgate School
  • LOUISE CATHERINE MITCHELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Glasgow Unesco City Of Mus
  • LUCY WOLCOTT MAGUIRE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo And Programme Director, Nucleo
  • WILLIAM DAVID FRANK NORRIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/1990, number: 803026
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/1990, number: 02471385
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

National Childrens Orchestra of
Great Britain
Unit 2.3 Streamline Building
436-441 Paintworks
Bristol
BS4 3AS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MUSIC AND ORCHESTRAL PLAYING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THE FORMATION OF AN ORCHESTRA OR ORCHESTRAS COMPOSED OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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