Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

MAKE SOME NOISE LTD 

Make Some Noise's vision is that the lifes of children and young people in Staffordshire and Stoke - on - Trent will be significantly enhanced by high quality opportunities to make music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 15 years

www.make-some-noise.com

info@make-some-noise.com

01785278454

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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
31/03/23£182£238£-56n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£272£291£-19n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£359£275£84n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£265£292£-26n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£277£297£-20n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£281£315£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£268£276£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£298£276£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£262£249£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£214£249£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£267£233£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£236£220£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£325£319£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£352£281£71£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Wolverhampton,

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£110,721
Co-Op Foundation£105,000
Ministry of Defence£66,667
Youth Music£59,542
DCMS£54,940
Co-Operative Group£3,610
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Make Some Noise Complex Community wellbeing - Upbeat Families
£30,000 28/09/2023
Make Some Noise Complex Community wellbeing - Upbeat Families
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Make Some Noise West Midlands
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Op Foundation - I Will Transition
£35,000 28/11/2022
I Will Transition will work to develop Make Some Noise’s existing relationship with three secondary schools and expand to nine primary schools. The primary schools and secondary schools will be ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Make Some Noise Ltd #iwill School Transitions application
£70,000 19/11/2020
To deliver a co-created school transition project in Staffordshire. Pupils can explore experiences of transition through music, informing older pupils to design a peer-to-peer support programme for ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,932 24/09/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,008 11/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Make Some Noise West Midlands
£13,428 24/07/2020
Grant to Make Some Noise West Midlands meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Youth Music - Positive Sounds
£29,542 04/03/2020
Positive Sounds
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Make Some Noise
£3,610 15/11/2019
We want to print musical resource kits for parents and children to continue playing music together at home for fun.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Make Some Noise West Midlands
£95,043 16/07/2019
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The Charity supports teenage parents in Stoke on Trent using music as the engagement tool. The grant funding will contribute to provision of one to one support, advocacy and workshops to build ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Songs of Belonging
£70,000 29/11/2018
Older secondary school pupils will deliver loneliness workshops in primary schools and a family music festival to help tackle loneliness among younger children starting secondary school.
Youth Music - Positive Sounds
£46,535 29/06/2018
Positive Sounds
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 18/06/2018
Positive Labels Breakthrough
Co-Op Foundation - Inclusive music making project
£35,000 16/11/2017
In Stoke-on-Trent, older pupils will be running a family music festival to support younger pupils entering secondary school.
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£19,619 01/04/2017
Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaping Access
£9,970 01/03/2017
12
This is a project by a charity in Stafford benefiting people in Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent. They will use the funding to consult children and young people living with the effects of special ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Make Some Noise West Midlands
£57,243 20/07/2016
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Providing innovative approaches that work towards better access to music for young people. The grant will fund core costs and project costs.
Youth Music - The New EnginEars
£29,957 27/01/2016
The New EnginEars
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Make Some Noise West Midlands
£29,000 28/06/2013
Staffordshire based charity will use music activities to engage with young people across Stoke and East Staffordshire, who are isolated, have chaotic family backgrounds, low confidence or behavioural ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-62
  • JULIE TANNER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired - Nhs Hr Director
  • NIGEL SENIOR (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Funding Manager
  • ROSIE MILSOM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Fundraising Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2009, number: 1127578
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2008, number: 06764151
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
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o 2 Staffordshire Place
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST16 2LP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ART OF MUSIC, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR THOSE WHO ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE IN TAKING PART IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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