Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

NEW NOTE PROJECTS 

NEW NOTE PROJECTS USES MUSIC TO COMBAT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THEIR FIRST PROJECT IS NEW NOTE ORCHESTRA BASED IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND IS THE FIRST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. AIMS ARE TO HELP PEOPLE STAY SOBER AND TACKLE STIGMAS SURROUNDING ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION. A PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL CONDUCTOR AND THERAPEUTIC FACILITATOR GUIDE WEEKLY REHEARSALS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 9 years

www.newnote.co.uk

info@newnote.co.uk

07492734671

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX

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£102£83£19n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/22£48£83£-35n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21£100£70£30n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£93£76£17n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£51£56£-4n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/18£36£39£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£37£32£5£0£0£0n/a00
01/03/16*£20£8£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 22 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£29,568
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Henry Smith Charity£10,000
Sport England£9,950
DCMS£9,750
The Clothworkers Foundation£7,900
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - New Note Dance
£9,950 23/01/2023
This project will be specifically for people who have experienced addiction, homelessness, challenging mental health and trauma and facilitated by a trauma dance expert. The project will run a weekly ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/08/2022
Green Recovery
National Lottery Community Fund - Strummers Homeless Outreach
£9,930 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to run a weekly guitar group for people affected by addiction and other multiple complex needs such as homelessness poor mental health and poverty. The project aims to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£7,900 18/02/2022
purchase of musical instruments for a charity supporting those experiencing alcohol and substance misuse
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 16/09/2021
towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£4,040 16/07/2021
6
Funding was provided towards the running costs of New Note Strummers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strummers Discs
£9,860 21/05/2021
New Note Strummers will use the funding to create a recording of a guitar group for people who are in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in Brighton and Hove. The project aims to offer a fun ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£12,000 14/09/2020
Core funding for New Note Projects, a registered charity who use music and storytelling to support people in recovery from addiction.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,750 28/08/2020
"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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Note Projects
£10,000 19/03/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of an orchestra and guitar group for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in Brighton
National Lottery Community Fund - Guitar Heroes
£9,778 20/06/2019
12
The project will use funding to deliver rehabilitation programme for a self-help group of people recovering from the effects of drink and drugs addiction, mental health issues, homelessness, prison ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£2,570 15/03/2019
5
Funding was provided for project costs associated with a weekly guitar group ‘New Note Strummers’.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 05/12/2018
New Note Orchestra 'The Parts Of Me’ project
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£5,000 04/12/2018
12
Towards a multi-media project that will see a members of a 'recovery' orchestra create a new musical score and film.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Note Projects
£5,000 12/09/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of a music group for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in Brighton
National Lottery Community Fund - Guitars Save Lives
£9,928 26/04/2018
12
The charity will deliver a music project teaching people in recovery from alcohol and substance misuse to play the guitar and compose their own music; helping to keep participants in increase their ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to New Note Projects
£2,964 16/03/2018
5
Funding was provided as a contribution towards the cost of running a weekly guitar group called New Note Strummers. This group is a New Note project designed for people who have complex needs, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Note Guitars
£9,690 08/02/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a musical programme for people in recovery from alcohol and substance misuse to teach them how to play the guitar alongside receiving peer and professional support. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2015, number: 1161284
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR16: 61 days late,
Main office

New Note Projects
Concorde House
18 Margaret Street
Brighton BN2 1TS
BN2 1TS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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