| Charity Name | Charity Name | School Ground Sounds |
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| Registered | charity | 1159676 | ||
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| Principal Address | 14Henderson Road, London SW18 3RR |
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| Trustees | Tom Keohane —Chairman | |||
| Jack Keeling —Trustee | ||||
| Jack Pickard —Trustee | ||||
| Charles Scott —Trustee | ||||
| Dr Tilean Gordon —Trustee |
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| Dr Tilean Gordon was appointed | a trustee | in April 2020.The other | ||
| trustees all acted forthe whole |
year. | |||
| Chief Executive | Tom Scott |
| Type ofgoverning | Constitution | ||||
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| How the charity | is | Charitable | Incorporated | Organisation | (CIO) |
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| Trustee selection | New trustees appointed | by resolution | ofexisting trustees. | ||
| method |
| Summary ofthe | The advancement of musical education for the |
public benefit, in |
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| objects set out in | particular for young people from disadvantaged | backgrounds, by |
| SGS'governing | helping young people and school communities |
to access the music |
| document | production process and musical activities, which develop their skills |
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| and promote engagement. |
| Summary of | main | We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's |
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| activities | guidance on public benefit. Our normal face-to-face activities were |
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| undertaken | for the | significantly curtailed this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic |
| public benefit in | restrictions. However we were able to develop and deliver some |
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| relation to the | online activities to supplement our normal programmes. Activities |
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| objects | undertaken include: |
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| For 11—16year olds from lower income backgrounds: | ||
| ~ A programme ofsong-writing and music-making workshops for |
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| groups ofyoung people in schools (the School Ground Sounds |
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| 'After School Programme' ), including the opportunity to record the |
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| songs that they create in a recording studio. | ||
| For 16—24year olds from lower income backgrounds with musical |
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| aspirations who are often NEET (not in education, employment or |
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| training) | ||
| ~ A seven-week crash course in the music industry (called "The Grit |
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| School"),with input from music industry professionals and |
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| opportunities to collaborate and perform |
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| ~ A programme ofone-to-one mentoring for young people |
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| interested in pursuing a career in music, with mentors being |
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| volunteers from the music industry |
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| ~ A 12week album-recording project (called "From Scratch") run in |
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| collaboration with Finding Rhythms, an organisation who do |
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| similar projects in prisons, to support a group ofyoung people, |
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| who are considered at risk ofoffending, to create and record a set |
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| ofsongs. | ||
| ~ Studio recording sessions |
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| ~ The provision of live performance opportunities |
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| ~ Use ofthe SGSwebsite and social media presence as a platform |
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| for showcasing the young musical talent. |
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| For our whole community ofyoung people, a set ofonline activities: |
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| ~ 'Find Your Voice' songwriting workshops |
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| ~ 'Untitled' sessions, where participants bring an unfinished |
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| song/project to share with a group and develop this with support |
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| oftheir peers | ||
| ~ 'Open-mic' sessions, using Instagram Live |
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| ~ 'Artist ofthe Week' series featuring short sets from some ofour |
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| more experienced young artists, ending with a short Q&A with the |
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| performer. | ||
| As well as engaging the young people in positive, worthwhile pursuits |
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| and developing their musical skills, all activities are intended to |
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| improve the participants' mental wellbeing and to develop key social |
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| and emotional capabilities. |
| Summary | of | the | Secured c.E129koffunding, despite the extra difficulties caused |
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| main | by Covid | ||
| achievements | of | Had over 120young people participating in SGSactivities |
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| the charity | during | Delivered our After School Programme in five schools, four in the |
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| the year | Spring Term and one in the Autumn term (using an adapted Covid- |
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| secure approach), with atotal of70 participants (58 new to SGS) |
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| Ran one Grit School (again using an adapted Covid-secure |
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| approach), with 12core participants |
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| Supported 15young people through our mentoring programme |
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| Ran one From Scratch project, with 10participants | |||
| Supported 10studio-recording sessions in addition to those |
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| included as part ofthe After Schools Programme, Grit School or |
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| From Scratch projects. | |||
| Held a 5year anniversary celebration —for our supporters, |
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| participants and extended team —at the Hootananny, Brixton, |
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| providing an opportunity for some ofour participants to showcase |
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| their talents. | |||
| Delivered a set ofonline activities, as described above, to help |
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| maintain the engagement ofyoung people through the Covid |
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| restrictions | |||
| Selected and purchased a Monitoring and Evaluation system called |
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| Views from Substance, due to go live early in 2021. This system |
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| will streamline our data collection, analysis and impact reporting, |
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| and significantly enhance our ability to scale up our activities. |
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| Achieved a modest surplus ofE1.5k. We enter 2021with reserves |
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| ofE63k, ofwhich f39k are unrestricted. |
| Briefstatement | of | SGS' aim is to build | and maintain | a level ofreserves that will cover at |
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| the charity's policy |
least 3 —6 months' | expenditure. | We will never let reserves drop to | |
| on reserves | below one month's | expenditure. | ||
| Details ofany | There are none. | |||
| funds materially | in | |||
| deficit |
| Registered Charity Number. 1159676 |
Registered Charity Number. 1159676 |
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| Period: 1Dec2019to31Dec2020 | |||||||||
| Section A - Receipts and Payments | Latest period | (13months to | 31Dec 2020) | Prior year | Notes | ||||
| Unrestdicted | Restricted | Total | Yearto 30Nov | Our financial year end has been changed | |||||
| funds | funds | 2019 | to end December | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | E | |||||||
| A1 | Receipts | ||||||||
| Grant funding | 2,000 | 81,844 | 83,844 | 81,364 | |||||
| Donations from private individuals | 40,541 | 0 | 40,541 | 23,273 | |||||
| Corporate donations | 2,800 | 0 | 2,800 | 1,700 | |||||
| Fundraising event income |
752 | 0 | 752 | 19,488 | |||||
| Earned income | 935 | 625 | 1,560 | 7,742 | |||||
| Totallncome | 47,028 | 82/I69 | 129/I97 | 133,566 | |||||
| A2 | Asset and investment sales |
None | None | None | None | ||||
| A3 | Payments | ||||||||
| Core team people costs: | |||||||||
| Salary and pension costs, including | tax | 4,216 | 23,398 | 27,614 | 22,170 | ||||
| Freelance contractors | 7,229 | 30,781 | 38,009 | 28,574 | |||||
| Total care teom people costs: | 11,445 | 54,178 | 65,623 | 50,744 | |||||
| Direct project costs: | excl. core team time on projects | ||||||||
| Freelance contractors - non-core team | 975 | 15,615 | 16,590 | 13,949 | |||||
| Project collaboration partners |
1,00D | 10,858 | 11,858 | 5,000 | |||||
| Performance fees for SGSparticipants |
330 | 0 | 330 | 1,990 | |||||
| Studio / workshop space hire | 1,020 | 5,625 | 6,645 | 7,384 | |||||
| Performance venue costs |
45 | 0 | 45 | 2,347 | |||||
| Video/photography/live streaming |
75 | 2,050 | 2,125 | 90 | |||||
| Equipment hire land support technicians) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 333 | |||||
| Volunteer and staff expenses - travel and other |
168 | 302 | 469 | 975 | |||||
| Travel expenses for participants | 104 | 116 | 220 | 1,005 | |||||
| Project cons um ah les / stationery |
0 | 38 | 38 | 267 | |||||
| Food / refreshments | 68 | 556 | 624 | 522 | |||||
| Social media promotion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |||||
| Project-specific online tools | 2,792 | 1,282 | 4,074 | 1,800 | |||||
| DBSchecks | 82 | 414 | 496 | 181 | |||||
| Total direct pro/en mats (exn. core team time/i |
6,659 | 36,856 | 43,515 | 35,878 | |||||
| Direct fundraising mstsi |
excl. core team time on fundraising | ||||||||
| Fund raising support fees |
11,700 | 11,700 | 3,600 | ||||||
| Fundraising event costs |
464 | 464 | 1,782 | ||||||
| Online fundraismg tools |
473 | 473 | 455 | ||||||
| Total direct/undreising mstsi |
12,637 | 12,63? | 5,83? | ||||||
| General overheads: | |||||||||
| Office space | (364) | 0 | (364) | 1,244 | |||||
| Branding/website design &development |
622 | 0 | 622 | 0 | |||||
| Website hosting | 171 | 0 | 171 | 271 | |||||
| Insurance (ag insurance) |
558 | 0 | 558 | 429 | |||||
| SGS branded merchandise |
383 | 22 | 405 | 274 | |||||
| Offline advertising &promotional |
matenals | 316 | 0 | 316 | 58 | ||||
| Online software tools | 655 | 1,51.2 | 2,167 | 664 | |||||
| Training | 585 | 0 | 585 | 898 | |||||
| Attendance at conferences/networking |
events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | ||||
| Stationery (general) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 47 | |||||
| Equipment - IT, mobiles, other |
192 | 1,412 | 1,604 | 235 | |||||
| Miscellaneous expenses |
71 | 0 | 71 | 4 | |||||
| Allocation ofgeneral overheads to | restncted | funding | (1,709) | 1,709 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total genera/ overheads: | 1,480 | 4,655 | 6,135 | 4,277 | |||||
| TotalExpenses | 32,221 | 95,689 | 127,910 | 96,735 | |||||
| A4 | Asset and investment purchases |
Norle | Noire | None | None | ||||
| Surplus | 14,807 | (13,220) | 1,587 | 36,831 | |||||
| A6 | Openmgcashfunds | 25,017 | 36,375 | 61,392 | 24,561 | ||||
| Transfer ofunrestricted funds |
(1,03D) | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | See Note 2 | ||||
| Closing Cash funds | 38,794 | 24,185 | 62,979 | 61,392 |
| Latest penod | (13months to31 | Dec 2020) | Prior year | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Yearto30Nov | |||||
| funds | funds | 2019 | ||||||
| E | E | E | ||||||
| 81 | Cash funds | |||||||
| HSBCAccount | 38,794 | 24,186 | 62,979 | 61,392 | ||||
| Totalcashfunds | 38,794 | 24,186 | 62,979 | 61,392 | ||||
| 82 | Other monetary assets | None | None | None | None | |||
| 83 | investment | assets | Norse | None | None | None | ||
| 84 | Assets retained for the chadity's | own use | None | None | None | None | see Note 3 | |
| BS | Liabilities | None | None | None | None |