Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

SURREY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Organises, publicises, and delivers an annual classical music festival and other concerts.Provides performance opportunities for postgraduate music students from London conservatoires, other music students and young professional musicians.Supports a Music in Education (Strings Scheme) in Guildford-area primary schools.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
Established: 7 years

shimf.co.uk

hello@shimf.co.uk

01483205369

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
30/09/23£89£75£14n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/22£90£90£0n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/21£74£60£14n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/20£34£28£6n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/19£112£108£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/18£82£70£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£49£46£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Extension of Royal Grammar School, Guildford Strings Scheme to Boxgrove School, Merrow
£8,100 09/10/2017
46
Purchase stringed instruments for use of pupils at Boxgrove School and launch their Strings Scheme by providing pupil tuition for 4 years.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Extension of Royal Grammar School, Guildford Strings Scheme to Boxgrove School, Merrow
£8,100 09/10/2017
46
Purchase stringed instruments for use of pupils at Boxgrove School and launch their Strings Scheme by providing pupil tuition for 4 years.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Extension of Royal Grammar School, Guildford Strings Scheme to Boxgrove School, Merrow
£8,100 09/10/2017
46
Purchase stringed instruments for use of pupils at Boxgrove School and launch their Strings Scheme by providing pupil tuition for 4 years.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Extension of Royal Grammar School, Guildford Strings Scheme to Boxgrove School, Merrow
£23,100 18/09/2017
46
Purchase stringed instruments for use of pupils at Boxgrove School and launch their Strings Scheme by providing pupil tuition for 4 years.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/01/2017, number: 1171264
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Lodge
Upper Street
Shere
Guildford
GU5 9JA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS FORMS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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