Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Income diversified: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LTD

WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE IS A PROFESSIONAL CONCERT HALL DELIVERING OVER 100 CONCERTS A YEAR FEATURING WORLD CLASS ARTISTS. IN ADDITION IT WELCOMES AROUND 60,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, COUNTY AND WIDER REGION. THE CENTRE IS MANAGED BY AN INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
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

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 31 years

www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

info@wiltshiremusic.org.uk

01225860110

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
31/03/23		£913	£1,161	£-248	£39	£2,339	£2,205	22.8	13	67
31/03/22		£860	£991	£-131	£32	£2,643	£2,465	29.8	13	87
31/03/21		£866	£672	£193	£9	£2,747	£254	4.5	12	27
31/03/20		£1,023	£1,200	£-177	£56	£2,446	£2,280	22.8	13	130
31/03/19		£1,004	£1,187	£-182	£57	£2,715	£2,578	26.1	14	120
31/03/18		£1,174	£1,039	£135	£46	£2,869	£908	10.5	14	0
31/03/17		£916	£955	£-39	£44	£2,750	£779	9.8	13	0
31/03/16	*	£872	£874	£-2	£38	£2,692	£681	9.4	11	0
31/03/15		£1,324	£814	£510	£45	£2,749	£689	10.2	10	0
31/03/14		£1,086	£848	£238	£73	£2,226	£278	3.9	10	0
31/03/13	*	£728	£743	£-15	£52	£1,976	£291	4.7	9	0
31/03/12		£608	£759	£-151	£88	£1,960	£266	4.2	9	0
31/03/11		£698	£777	£-79	£37	£2,114	£352	5.4	9	0
31/03/10		£701	£759	£-58	£52	£2,183	£389	6.2	8	0
31/03/09		£617	£669	£-52	£30	£2,164	£331	5.9	8	0
31/03/08		£557	£598	£-40	£28	£2,274	£414	8.3	8	0
31/03/07		£468	£566	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£516	£574	£-58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£474	£479	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£351	£394	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 22.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

13 employees
67 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

DCMS	£406,458
National Lottery Community Fund	£385,500
Wiltshire Community Foundation	£46,429
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£15,244

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£2,149	01/09/2022	The grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Department for Work and Pensions - WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST LIMMITED
£6,388	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,090	01/03/2022	The grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£15,000	16/12/2021	Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for mainly ....more Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for mainly young adults with learning disabilities.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,088	15/12/2021	he grant is restricted to support Wiltshire Music Centre work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,052	03/09/2021	Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,071	01/06/2021	Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key ....more Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key objectives is to provide the opportunity for young people who may never have heard love music like this before to experience the inspirational power of music. Ensuring that these opportunities are accessible through low pricing and free opportunities for project participant is central to this.
Department for Work and Pensions - WILTSHIRE MUSIC CENTRE TRUST
£8,856	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,051	03/02/2021	Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key ....more Wiltshire Music Centre has been working to bring live music performance and participation to people in Wiltshire for 189 years with a special focus on children and young people. One of our key objectives is to provide the opportunity for young people who may never have heard love music like this before to experience the inspirational power of music. Ensuring that these opportunities are accessible through low pricing and free opportunities for project participant is central to this.
DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
£28,928	18/01/2021	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Celebrating Age Wiltshire: Melksham
£4,240	17/12/2020	Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in ....more Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in Melksham, engaging vulnerable older people in arts activities.
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£103,546	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre - Culture Recovery Fund grants
£188,158	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - WMC CRF Round 2 Application
£56,898	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	20/03/2020	Core income to help the Centre into its third decade, building capacity to ensure a stable and sustainable financial future
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Age Wiltshire
£385,500	20/03/2020 59	The funding will enable a collaboration between several local organisations, which aims to use arts, heritage, culture and creativity as a vehicle to improve or maintain the health and wellbeing of ....more The funding will enable a collaboration between several local organisations, which aims to use arts, heritage, culture and creativity as a vehicle to improve or maintain the health and wellbeing of older people, including those who are socially isolated or vulnerable due to dementia, reduced mobility, ill health or caring responsibilities.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Celebrating Age Wiltshire: Melksham
£14,688	27/02/2020	Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in ....more Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of their Celebrating Age Wiltshire project in Melksham, engaging vulnerable older people in arts activities.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£5,000	23/01/2020	Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young ....more Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young adults with learning disabilities.
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£101,675	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£25,419	01/04/2018	To support Wiltshire Music Centre
DCMS - Wiltshire Music Centre
£101,675	01/04/2018	Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£10,000	24/01/2018	Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young ....more Wiltshire Music Centre runs a professional concert hall as well as supporting other music and arts activities. Funding will go towards the costs of running “Zone Club”, a monthly club for young adults with learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Zone Club at Wiltshire Music Centre
£36,147	26/07/2017 36	This project will deliver a monthly club for young adults aged 16 -25 with learning disabilities. The group welcomes people with a wide range of learning difficulties from across the country and will ....more This project will deliver a monthly club for young adults aged 16 -25 with learning disabilities. The group welcomes people with a wide range of learning difficulties from across the country and will meet at Wiltshire Music Centre to create and perform music and dance sessions allowing participants to develop skills and build confidence. At least one public performance event will occur annually where members will have the opportunity to perform their own music, songs and dance in front of an audience.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£4,500	27/04/2016 1	Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims are to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. Funding was to support a Special Schools Festival for children with special needs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£2,805	04/03/2016 12	Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. The grant supported costs of a music project.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£15,100	01/03/2016 36	High-quality learning opportunities for young people,
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wiltshire Music Centre
£4,370	15/05/2015 12	Wiltshire Music Centre’s aims to advance music education for all ages and abilities in and around Wiltshire. The grant supported the costs of the bi-annual Special Schools Festival.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-76

ALEXANDER PAUL SEGRAVE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Concerts Manager

EMMA DIANA SANDBERG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bursar

ESME JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Marketing Manager

IAN LESLIE THORN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: WILTSHIRE RURAL MUSIC SCHOOL LIMITED, Friends of The Marden Valley,

JAMES ANTHONY IGNATIUS WETZ Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Education Consultant

JONATHAN CROSS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Professor Of Musicology

MARK ANTHONY LEE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Consultant

MIRANDA KATE HOUGHTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Psychotherapist

ROSA CORBISHLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1993, number: 1026160
Registered at Companies House on 08/11/1991, number: 02661682

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

28/04/2015 - Asset transfer in from LACOCK ABBEY (L.A.R.) RECITALS LIMITED
14/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from THE NORTH WILTS HOLIDAY CLUB FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
30/12/2022 - Asset transfer in from BRADFORD ON AVON ARTS ASSOCIATION
04/05/2023 - Asset transfer in from COMBINED CHARITIES FUND FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 11 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR04: 26 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE NORTH WILTS HOLIDAY CLUB FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS on 14/07/2020
Asset transfer in from BRADFORD ON AVON ARTS ASSOCIATION on 30/12/2022
Asset transfer in from COMBINED CHARITIES FUND FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED on 04/05/2023

Main office

ASHLEY ROAD
BRADFORD ON AVON
BA15 1DZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF THE ART OF MUSIC (INCLUDING OPERA, MUSIC, DRAMA, BALLET AND ALL ART FORMS CONSISTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF MUSIC) IN PARTICULAR IN THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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