Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 10

LOVE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS LTD

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	31/05/17	31/05/18	31/05/19	31/05/20	31/05/21	31/07/22	31/07/23
Charitable activities		£73,959				£45,067	£86,768
Donations & Legacies		£178,351					£250,689
Other Income
Investment Income		£28					£304
Total income	£92,031	£252,338	£222,253	£244,763	£166,033	£294,903	£337,761
Charitable activities spending		£206,617				£280,333	£392,105
Fundraising costs		1%				4%	2%
Other spending
Total spending	£69,227	£208,462	£241,105	£213,899	£131,320	£291,457	£399,603
Surplus/deficit	£22,804	£43,876	-£18,852	£30,864	£34,713	£3,446	-£61,842

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Established: 18 years

www.lovemusic.org.uk

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people
Other defined groups

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Fore - Grant to Love Music Productions Ltd
£15,000	01/12/2020 36	Love Music Productions is a music, education and inclusion charity in Edinburgh seeking to remove barriers to participation, bringing together people of different backgrounds and abilities. Love ....more Love Music Productions is a music, education and inclusion charity in Edinburgh seeking to remove barriers to participation, bringing together people of different backgrounds and abilities. Love Music Productions have successfully made the challenging transition to running a community choir remotely, and 95% of participants reported that involvement improved their mental health and wellbeing. Love Music is using funding from The Fore to create new products and resources to share what it has learned with schools and other organisations, extending the reach of its model and generating additional income.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 25-68

AITKEN, Archibald Henry
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Legal Professional

DAVIES, Rachel Mary Sanger
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Arts Administration

DOCWRA, Karen Elizabeth
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Fundraiser

MULLEN, Robert Stuart
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Retired Management Accountant

MURRAY JOHN, Alexander David
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Student

SCHAMBERGER, Magdalena
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Freelance

WEIR, Neil Robert
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Engineer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 04/07/2006, number: SC037370
Registered at Companies House on 30/04/2010, number: SC377848

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

65/8 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1ES

Objectives

7. The Company is established for Charitable Purposes only. 7.1 The Company is established to provide public benefit in Scotland and elsewhere to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, appreciation, understanding of and access to the Arts, in particular to provide high quality access for children, young people and the wider community to create, participate in and perform music, not limited to any particular genre or style.

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