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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -10 ?

MUSTARD SEED SINGERS LTD

The charity provides singing groups for people with mental health problems. These groups are take place in Canterbury and Whitstable. There are currently approx 60 members within the groups.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£6£12£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£12£10£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£3£6£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£6£3£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£26£11£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

www.mustardseedsingers.org

ecaldon@yahoo.co.uk

07737937414

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Mustard Seed Singers
£1,000 16/05/2024
12
To provide core funding for the Whitstable singing groups and towards the cost of the 2024 Christmas concert
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to Mustard Seed Singers
£1,000 26/05/2022
Support of the restarting of the group inc recruitment drive and fees for rehearsals
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers
£9,845 20/05/2022
The funding will be used to restart face to face singing workshops and talk time sessions for people experiencing poor mental health where participants will be provided with the opportunity to get ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers 2019-2020
£9,075 27/03/2019
12
The aim of this project is to support people with mental health issues by providing singing sessions to improve their health & wellbeing, self-confidence and reduce social isolation
National Lottery Community Fund - Mustard Seed Singers, singing for health and wellbeing.
£9,865 13/12/2017
12
This project will run choir sessions to support people with mental health issues, with the aim of reducing social isolation and improving health and wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mustard Seed Singers Ltd.
£12,500 11/06/2015
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing singing activities for people with mental health problems in Kent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-58
  • ALICE CORFIELD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Social Worker
  • ESTHER NEVELL BA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Sales Assistant
  • ELSA LEWIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SARA MACDONALD-SMITH BA PGCE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2014, number: 1159446
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2012, number: 07974785
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR23: 104 days late, AR18: 6 days late,
Main office

2 Oakwood Road
Sturry
CANTERBURY
CT2 0LX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS A CHOIR

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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