Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SPITALFIELDS FESTIVAL LIMITED 

Founded in 1976 as an annual summer music festival, for over 40 years Spitalfields Music has been putting music at the heart of East London. We aim to bring artists, audiences and communities together so that everyone can find, explore and share extraordinary music in one of the most vibrant areas of London
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 28 years

www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

info@spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

07311622393

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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£302£529£-228n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£581£546£35£64£565£2766.150
31/03/21?£373£299£74n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£479£465£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£553£668£-115£56£383£1152.19100
31/08/18£617£765£-147£85£491£1472.3120
31/08/17£606£792£-186£113£620£2754.2110
31/08/16£1,001£1,105£-104£151£783£4394.8150
31/08/15£964£1,110£-146£144£801£5115.5150
31/08/14£1,040£1,057£-17£68£943£6537.4160
31/08/13£801£798£3£70£909£5608.4120
31/08/12£829£811£18£66£844£5117.6120
31/08/11£905£906£-2£62£814£4836.4120
31/08/10?*£559£546£13£41£867£50411.1100
31/12/09£553£547£6£76£877£50511.170
31/12/08£645£748£-104£133£541£2283.7100
31/12/07£697£748£-51£168£810£4106.6100
31/12/06£613£639£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£628£625£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£948£553£396£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Hackney, Newham, Throughout London, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£300,183
The Childhood Trust£12,969
City Bridge Trust£4,940
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Childhood Trust - New Young Voice Collective
£7,500 12/06/2022
New Young Voice Collective is a non-auditioned youth choir based in Newham, London, led by Artistic Director Naveen Arles, for young people aged 11-25. Formed in 2013, they sing a programme of music ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£67,315 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 ....more
The Childhood Trust - Music and wellbeing for children and young people
£2,948 08/12/2020
Spitalfields Music and our dedicated and diverse team of freelance of music leaders will build on decades of experience of working with children and young people in London's East End to bring ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£4,940 15/05/2020
A grant of £4,940 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£71,288 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
DCMS - Spitalfields Music - Building Back Better
£93,772 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Moving to the New Normal
£67,808 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Childhood Trust - Create Music in Neighbourhood Schools
£2,521 10/12/2019
A series of bespoke creative projects designed in partnership with local schools to enhance educational attainment, support personal development, and nurture talent and creativity in young people ....more
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£70,000 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Spitalfields Festival Ltd
£30,000 24/09/2018
36
Towards a cross-arts project in three Tower Hamlets care homes, aiming to reduce isolation, reimagine care relationships and improve the wellbeing of up to 180 older people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 30/07/2018
The Endless Imagination Project 2018-21
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£40,000 03/05/2018
24
The Endless Imagination Project: Using the arts and creativity to improve wellbeing and reduce isolation of older people in residential care, including those living with dementia.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£70,000 01/04/2018
National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£17,500 01/04/2018
To support National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£90,000 31/01/2018
36
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards "The Endless Imagination" arts programme in care homes on the condition that the charity raises the balance of funds from other sources.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2016
£13,500 02/12/2016
An innovative series of creative music projects in six mainstream and special educational needs schools in Tower Hamlets, offering creative learning and performance opportunities to disadvantaged ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2015
£25,000 18/12/2015
An innovative series of creative music projects in six mainstream and special educational needs schools in Tower Hamlets, offering creative learning and performance opportunities to disadvantaged ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£100,000 18/02/2015
24
Towards the development of a micro touring circuit for music productions for early years children and their families.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2014
£25,000 18/12/2014
An innovative series of creative music projects in twelve mainstream and special educational needs schools in Tower Hamlets, offering creative learning and performance opportunities to disadvantaged ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2013
£20,000 18/12/2013
Takeover! will take pupil-led music festivals into 6 primary schools in Tower Hamlets, offering creative learning opportunities to disadvantaged children. We aim to build pupils’ arts and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£60,000 18/07/2012
Towards the salary of the director of learning and participation.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spitalfields Music
£90,000 01/07/2009
36
Towards Core costs Towards the costs of a programme to embed work within the local community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-74
  • ZOE ARMFIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Arts Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/1996, number: 1052043
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/12/1995, number: 03138347
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
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 17 days late,
Main office

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
327 MILE END ROAD
LONDON
E1 4NS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, BALLET, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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