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ENSURING A MUSICAL FUTURE
ANNUAL REPORT
AND ACCOUNTS
202i-22-
## WELCOME!
## **2021-22 WAS A YEAR OF EXPLORATION**
**2021-22 was the year for opening doors and trying new ideas as the world opened up and everything returned to a new normal.**
**Jina and the STEM Sisters was our first national touring production of a show for rather than with, young people. Celebrating historical women and their achievements our new musical puppet show had been realised digitally during Covid but was always intended for live audiences. It received a great reception from schools and families at Millfields Theatre Enfield, Mitchell Arts Centre Stoke on Trent, Snape Maltings Suffolk and Little Angel Theatre Islington where it was attended by audiences of over 3500 and supported by our body of workshops and resources.**
**One Spirit continued to grow from strength to strength both reaching new young offenders with pilots with Lambeth YOT and HMP Woodhill and supporting those we work with in custody and the community, with several prisons opening their doors which had been forced shut during the previous year.**
**To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, The Saturday Programme embarked on a programme of music with a royal theme from Music Treehouse SEN/D writing songs about horses to a new show for I Can Sing! commemorating an event from**
**each decade of her reign. The Platinum Treasure Hunt culminated in a specially commissioned song performed by the students, a wind trio and parents’ choir. The show also featured our new Rooftop Academy, a band formed of alumni ICS! students who performed numbers from Queen.**
**2022 saw the launch of our new E Project: named because it aims to enrich, equalise, expand, embed, evaluate, engage primary schools through underpinning the themes of diversity, anti-racist practice, equity and equality through the curriculum using the arts.**
**None of this would be possible without the commitment, hard work, creativity, energy and support of our wonderful staff, teams of artists, tutors and partners who work tirelessly to continue to build on the quality and reach of our work, and to whom we extend a huge thanks. Congratulations and thanks too to all our participants and families who have continued to contribute to and support our work through an uplifting year, which has again highlighted the crucial impact music and the arts has on the development, well-being and creativity of all of us.**
**Adam S. Eisenberg General Director**
**Tertia Sefton-Green Creative Director**
## ABOUT HMDT MUSIC
## MISSION AND CORE VALUES
## **MISSION**
**HMDT Music creates inspiring arts projects to enrich learning and transform lives.**
**Dedicated to breaking down barriers to participation, we offer all young people and their communities, particularly those with the least engagement, sustained artistic programmes together with life-changing performance opportunities to increase skills, raise aspirations and discover the joys of creativity.**
**Working with world class artists and leading experts, HMDT Music, twice winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Education, increases access to high quality musical experiences by commissioning new performance works created through an artistic fellowship between artists and participants, developing resources, creating enduring partnerships, and sustaining an extensive outreach programme to schools and the community in areas of significant disadvantage and deprivation.**
## **CORE VALUES**
## **Artistic Excellence**
**We create education projects and productions of the highest quality in the belief that everyone should have access to the very best that the arts can offer.**
## **Innovation**
**We respond to the needs of individuals and communities by linking people and art forms in imaginative ways; challenging audiences and allowing artists to take creative risks.We strive to be courageous by highlighting and sharing untold stories, cultures and historic events, building awareness and celebrating the voices and dignity of those who would otherwise not be heard.**
## **Community**
**We foster a strong sense of community and personal growth by creating arts projects, which raise aspirations and expectations.**
## **Inclusiveness**
**Diversity is at the heart of everything we stand for and believe in. We are committed to creating inclusive music projects exploring a variety of music.**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**THE COMPANY IN 2021-22**
**HMDT Music (formerly Hackney Music Development Trust) is an independent charity established in October 1995, with the support of The London Borough of Hackney. On becoming independent in July 2012, HMDT Music moved to offices in North London and began developing its work across London and further afield, whilst still maintaining its commitment to Hackney. The success of the Company**
**is maintained through a close relationship between HMDT Music’s Board of Trustees and HMDT Music Staff. Trustees are committed to providing an arms-length approach to management while ensuring robust scrutiny and proper support is given to financial and statutory requirements.**
**Registered Charity Number 1050520**
**Company Limited by Guarantee 3118155**
**Registered Office 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS**
**HMDT MUSIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES**
**Michele Pullan, Chair Isabelle Cadignan, Treasurer Lubia Begum Tony Clark Farquhar McKay Raphaelle Moysan Krishna Raman**
## **PATRONS**
**Natalie Clein OBE Julian Joseph OBE Cleveland Watkiss MBE**
## **HMDT MUSIC STAFF**
**Adam Eisenberg General Director**
**Tertia Sefton-Green Creative Director Sabina Noble**
**Sabina Noble Gavin Stewart (from Feb 22) Saturday Programme Manager**
## **AUDITORS**
**Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS**
## **Photos: Clive Barda**
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
**42 PERFORMANCES**
## JINA AND THE STEM SISTERS SPRING TOUR
**HMDT Music’s spring tour of** _**Jina and the STEM Sisters**_ **was launched in March to inspire new generations to pursue an education and career in STEM.**
**The new multi-media musical puppet show is based on the discoveries and stories of historical STEM women who fought against the odds to pursue their flair for scientific enquiry, but were often unacknowledged for their discoveries and frequently encountered discrimination and prejudice along the way.**
**Featuring rap to Motown, jazz, opera and musical theatre and created and performed by an all-female team, it tells the story of lost budding scientist Jina on her adventure home who is empowered by women such as digital-coder Ada Lovelace, glamorous inventor Hedy Lamarr, ‘radiating’ Marie Curie, pioneering astronaut Mae Jemison and astronomers Hypatia, Caroline Herschel and Wang Zhenyi who offer her scientific gifts of curiosity, courage, creativity, persistence and openmindedness, to help her find her way and follow her dreams to become a scientist!**
**The children were memorised by the whole performance, their faces were a picture! When we arrived back to school one of the children said, ‘I think I am like Jina, I like asking questions and now I know I can keep asking more!’** ST PETER’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY, STOKE
**The show is supported by workshops: Exploring the world of fossils with Mary Anning and X-raying materials with crystallographers Rosalind Franklin, Kathleen Lonsdale and Dorothy Hodgkin alongside a bank of resources and lesson plans in the Education Zone linking every featured woman to the upper KS2 curriculum and the STEM Sisters Gallery introducing the key women featured during the project.**
**45 WORKSHOPS**
**3,597 AUDIENCE**
**1724 WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS**
**50 SCHOOLS 13 ARTISTS**
**Pupils were enthused by the experience, appreciating the characters not as puppets but as real historical individuals who transcended their fields as females.**
SUTHERLAND PRIMARY ACADEMY, STOKE
**The Spring Tour performances were at: o Millfields Theatre Enfield London o Mitchell Arts Centre Stoke on Trent**
**o Snape Maltings in Suffolk o Little Angel Theatre, Islington London**
**A partnership with Science Across the City (SAtC) in Stokeon Trent was an invaluable way of recruiting the schools and ensuring they were all given workshops, and training to access the resources. Thanks to funding, the whole project was offered free of charge to all local primary schools.**
**Mary Anning was fabulous! She was insightful but controlled the room as well. The session was focussed and informative.** CLARICE CLIFF ACADEMY
**We loved the robot song and the moves the puppet/character Ada Lovelace made.** STUDENT
**I thought the appearance of Marie Curie was cool and it helped me learn more about her work. STUDENT**
**Women can achieve anything they set their minds to.** STUDENT
**It was great for the girls in the audience to realise that they are entitled to equal recognition and standing in science...there were a lot of interesting questions that rose out of the production.** EYKE PRIMARY, SUFFOLK
**I’ve learnt more about some individual contributions to the STEM fields. What I’ve really taken away is how men have always been quite comfortable taking the credit for the amazing work women have done.**
STARKS FIELD PRIMARY, ENFIELD
**Not only men can be scientists and mathematicians.**
STUDENT
**ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS**
## SHAKESPEARE
**Now in its eighth year, Shakespeare Day of Performance devised for Creative Education Trust enables 11 schools in the Midlands and Great Yarmouth to produce a half hour Shakespeare production in December, performed over two days at Abbeyfield School in Northampton. Each school is given a day of vocal delivery and textual interpretation with Director Katie Lewis or actor Ryan Early and design workshops with Mark Friend to develop, create and make props for their performances which are produced with school staff.**
**Sadly the planned public performances of** _**Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Othello, The Tempest, A Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew**_ **and** _**A Midsummer Night’s Dream**_ **had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the sudden increase of Covid.**
**I was really impressed by the students’ response and their questions…and their knowledge of Greek myths…I do love it when they really get to see that designing for performance and creating art in this way is a real and exciting activity!** MARK FRIEND, DESIGNER
**PARTNERSHIP Creative Education Trust**
**This version of The Tempest looks at the relationships within a school. What happens when a Head Teacher is kicked out of the school and banished to a nearby island, already populated by a magical art prefect and a disgraced head boy. Murderous inspectors, drunken maintenance staff and a kindly SENCO all make up our tale. The students have worked so hard at the production, even in the face of difficulties. I could not be prouder of the cast!** TEACHER, LYNN GROVE ACADEMY
**342 PARTICIPANTS 3 ARTISTS 11 SCHOOLS**
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
## **THE PLATINUM JUBILEE**
**For the summer term, the whole Saturday Programme created work focussed on the Platinum Jubilee. The largest project was a new staged music theatre work for our I Can Sing! programme:** _**The Platinum Treasure Hunt**_ **which looked back at each of the seven decades of the Queen’s reign. Starting with celebrating her ascent to the throne in 1952 with a big dance number, it moved onto winning the world cup in 1966, the 1970s Equal Pay Act for Women, the 1980s miners’ strike, the 50th anniversary of the NHS in 1998, the rise of awareness and environmental events causing climate change in the first decade of the millennium and the 2012 Olympics. Using numbers from a range of musicals set to new lyrics, and even some numbers by Queen performed by the new Rooftop Academy Band, it concluded with a new vocal commission by composer and SP tutor Vahan Salorian created through composition and lyrics workshops with ICS! and performed by them and a wind trio and parents’ choir.**
**Alongside this show were smaller projects leading to performances: instrumentalists from CYMH focussed on instrumental works associated with coronations and royal events, all arranged and adapted to suit their abilities from beginner upwards. Music Treehouse participants devised their own pieces responding to stories about the Queen, in particular her love of horses. Fledglings Reception group worked with our story book “An Invite from the Queen” which tells of fruits from around the world (represented by appropriate instrumentation and vocals from each country), being invited to the Queen’s party only to find themselves ending up in a gourmet fruit salad!**
**Firstly to say a big thank you and well done for yesterday’s I Can Sing triumph! Please do pass on my thanks to the whole team, it was very moving to see the children enjoying themselves and we are thrilled to see L gaining confidence.**
**352 PARTICIPANTS**
**87 ARTISTS**
**1,545 GROUP SESSIONS**
**2,760 INDIVIDUAL LESSONS**
**I wanted to say again my congratulations for an absolutely fantastic and very poignant show, as usual I just loved it.**
**24 PERFORMANCES**
**I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the performance on Sunday. It was really very moving, not to mention politically astute! I also highly enjoyed singing that beautiful song with the parents’ choir.**
**Thanks for all your help and support, we have attended HMDT since Ash was very small and it’s been really amazing for her in different ways.**
**Thank you for all the amazing work with the programme – they have both got a huge amount from it.**
**Just to say thanks for all your hard work. It’s wonderful to be part of the HMDT community and see all the children grow and blossom over the years.**
**1,300 AUDIENCE**
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
_**One Spirit**_ **offers young offenders rehabilitation and resettlement using the arts to deliver skills-based residencies and mentoring. In 2021** _**One Spirit**_ **was able to return to HMYOIs Feltham and Cookham Wood as well as continue its weekly residency at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. Two short projects were delivered at HMP Woodhill and a pilot with Lambeth YOT. Resettlement coaching continued with young people on release, to help their transition back into society and support them into employment and/or training and further education, with sessions at the OS premises in Brixton.**
**The results of seeing young people locked up in custody for 23 hours a day during lockdown has given rise to more focus on wellbeing and mental health and** _**One Spirit**_ **has consistently been cited by participants, as ‘therapy’ and helping them feel better.**
_**One Spirit**_ **works closely with a network of partners including statutory services such as YOTs and Probation as well as other charities and 3rd sector organisations to support the resettlement process.**
**93 % OF PARTICIPANTS HAVE NOT REOFFENDED**
**67% ARE IN FULL OR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT**
**27% ARE IN COLLEGE/FE**
**92% DECLARED AN INCREASE IN SELF CONFIDENCE**
**99% SAID THEY HAD LEARNED SOMETHING NEW**
**76% FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR FUTURE SINCE PARTICIPATING**
**180 PARTICIPANTS IN CUSTODY**
**41 PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY**
**It’s mad, but every time I lie down to sleep and close my eyes, I just see violence, like all the things I’ve done and that have happened. I’m not serious about being a music artist, but doing this helps me to get a lot of stuff off my mind.** PARTICIPANT
**Working with Charlie has really shown me what I can do when I put my mind to it and get some help. Since coming to the Studio I haven’t been on the roads as much so I’ve been staying out of trouble and writing and recording my songs definitely helps me with my mental health; it just feels good to be able to express myself and actually sound good at the same time! I’ve brought some of my friends along and they all really like the studio and want to come again. It’s not just the music, but when we come we always have some really good chats. The whole thing is just calm.** PARTICIPANT
**4 ARTISTS**
**38 RESIDENCY DAYS**
**708**
**IN-CUSTODY MENTORING SESSIONS**
**294 IN THE COMMUNITY MENTORING SESSIONS**
**…We have also seen an increase in the children’s focus and attendance in all aspects of their curriculum and the positive feelings they feel about themselves following a One Spirit session allows them to achieve more in lessons, resulting in an increase in successful qualifications for each child.** EDUCATION MANAGER, OAKHILL STC
**In the HMDT Music session children write well-written, emotional songs that help them to express how they feel and to cope with their earlier traumatic experiences.**
OFSTED INSPECTOR FOLLOWING OBSERVATION OF SESSION AT OAKHILL STC
**One Spirit offers a really vital service to the young people at HMYOI Feltham. Music is a really important part of many of these adolescents’ lives, and writing allows them to express and process their emotions connected to their experiences in a meaningful way. The young people engage really well both whilst in custody, and once released into the community. HMDT are one of the only (if not the only) agency currently able to offer ‘through the gate’ support in this manner. The value of this cannot be underestimated at what is a potentially highly vulnerable time for a young person, allowing for continuity with established relationships.** KIRSTEN HALLIDAY, HIGHLY SPECIALIST CLINICAL PRACTITIONER, MUSIC THERAPIST, CHILD AND FAMILY PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST
ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
**Our new three year project focused on developing an antiracism, diverse, equity and equality-led curriculum for primaries, began its planning phase with four schools across the country. It follows on from our TIME project which helped six Lancashire schools embed the arts across the curriculum.**
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## PRIORITIES FOR 2022-23
## ACHIEVING OUR BUSINESS PLAN
## GOALS
## OUTCOMES 2021-22
- **To develop and expand the use and reach of existing resources and projects which are currently underused;**
- **To develop our CPD offer to reach new schools;**
- _**Jina and the STEM Sisters**_ **developed a new area of work as a touring company reaching new theatres and audiences nationally and offering a new model of theatre production linked to curricular resources supported by curricular workshops;**
- **To continue to expand our national reach;**
- **To improve our systems to support growth and flexibility;**
- **The hybrid model of digital and in person work opened new opportunities of reach and working practice;**
- **To achieve greater financial flexibility and sustainability.**
- **We not only opened all doors to return to our existing work but also expand into new territories with all our programmes and projects, following the pandemic.**
## FUTURE PROJECTS
**Jina and the STEM Sisters Tour The national tour will continue with performances at: Pegasus Theatre – Oxford, Norwich Puppet Theatre, the egg – Theatre Royal Bath, Arts Depot – London, Crucible Studio – Sheffield Theatres, Minerva – Chichester Festival Theatre**
**The E Project will work with primary schools in Luton, Stoke-on-Trent, Hackney and Fylde to develop arts-embedded cross curricular work underpinning anti-racist practice, diversity, equity and equality. It includes CPD and an artists’ training programme.**
## ONE SPIRIT MENTORING EXPANSION
**One Spirit will expand into PRUs working with young people at risk of offending. It will also expand its 1:1 and small group mentoring both in custody, PRUs and in the community.**
## OUTREACH TOTALS 2021-22
**The following information is derived from enrolment and participation records for the year ended 31 August 2022**
## **AGE GROUPS OF PARTICIPANTS 2021-22**
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O 16-18
O 12-15
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## **ETHNIC MAKE UP OF PARTICIPANTS 2021-22**
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O Black Other
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## **PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCE**
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**2,639 PARTICIPANTS 4,897 AUDIENCE 1,002 MENTORING SESSIONS 1,545 GROUP SESSIONS 121 WORKSHOPS**
**2,760 LESSONS 66 PERFORMANCES I NEW COMMISSION 61 SCHOOLS 107 ARTISTS**
## FINANCIAL REVIEW 2021-22
## **FINANCIAL SUMMARY**
||**2020-21**|**2021-22**|
|---|---|---|
|**Incoming resources**
**Resources expended**|**£529.448**
**£580,250**|**£614,522**
**£540,320**|
|**Net incoming/**|||
|**(outgoing) resources**|**(£50,802)**|**£74,202**|
|**RECONCILIATION OF**|**FUNDS**||
||**2020-21**|**2021-22**|
|**Total funds brought forward**|**£150.343**|**£99,541**|
|**Total funds carried forward**|**£99,541**|**£173,743**|
**CASH FLOW TRACKING 2013-2022**
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## **SOURCES OF INCOME 2021-22**
**O** Fees/Charges **O** Service Level Agreements **O** Donations **O** Grants
## **EXPENDITURE MIX 2021-22**
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## **SOURCES OF INCOME 2020-21**
**O** Interest and Investments **O** Other Income **O** Fees/Charges **O** Service Level Agreements **O** Donations **O** Grants
## **EXPENDITURE MIX 2020-21**
**O** Support Costs **O** Project costs
## OUR FUNDERS 2021-22
**HMDT MUSIC IS VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PROVIDED FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR WORK.THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO MUSIC EDUCATION HELPS US TO PROVIDE QUALITY PROJECTS WHICH CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.**
**STEM SISTERS Arts Council Logo Heritage Lottery Logo PRS Foundation Lo go E PROJECT Paul MUSIC TREEHOUSE Youth Music Logo Children in Need logo D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust THE JULIAN JOSEPH JAZZ ACADEMY Bridge Academy Logo THE SATURDAY PROGRAMME HACKNEY COUNCIL Hackney Music Service logo ONE SPIRIT**
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**Registered number: 03118155 Charity number: 1050520**
## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **UNAUDITED**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
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## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **CONTENTS**
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|**Reference and administrative details of the Company, its Trustees and advisers**|1|
|**Trustees' report**|2 - 7|
|**Independent examiner's report**|8|
|**Statement of financial activities**|9|
|**Balance sheet**|10 - 11|
|**Statement of cash flows**|12|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|13 - 30|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
|**Trustees**|Michele Margaret Pullan, Chair|
|---|---|
||Isabelle Beatrice Cadignan, Treasurer|
||Tony Clark|
||Farquhar McKay|
||Raphaelle Catherine Madeleine Moysan|
||Krishna Raman|
||Lubia Begum-Rob (appointed 17 July 2022)|
|**Company registered**
**number**
03118155
**Charity registered**
**number**
1050520
**Registered office**
21 - 27 Lamb's Conduit Street
London
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**Company secretary and**
**General director**
Tertia Sefton-Green
**Other patrons**
Natalie Clein OBE, Patron
Julian Joseph OBE, Patron
Cleveland Watkiss MBE, Patron
**Accountants**
Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co
Chartered Accountants
21-27 Lamb's Conduit Street
London
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Company for the 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022. The Annual report serves the purposes of both a Trustees' report and a directors' report under company law. The Trustees confirm that the Annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Since the Company qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic report required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **a. Constitution**
The company is limited by guarantee and has charitable status. The charity is governed by its memorandum and articles of association dated 14 December 2022.
## **b. Methods of appointment or election of Trustees**
The management of the Company is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed.
## **c. Organisational structure and decision-making policies**
The Board, which meets regularly, administers the charity. The Board decides key strategic and operational issues while responsibility for the day-to-day management of the charity is delegated to the Company Secretary.
## **d. Policies adopted for the induction and training of Trustees**
New trustees are briefed on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the contents of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the future plans and financial performance of the charity.
## **e. Pay policy for key management personnel**
The Board Finance Sub-Committee reviews staff pay from time to time and in 2021 additional overtime payments were made in exchange for extra hours worked.
## **Plans for future periods**
## **Jina and the STEM Sisters Tour**
The national tour will continue with performances in Oxford, Norwich, Bath, London, Sheffield and Chichester.
## **The E Project**
The E Project will work with primary schools in Luton, Stoke-on-Trent, Hackney and Fylde to develop artsembedded cross curricular work underpinning anti-racist practice, diversity, equity and equality. It includes CPD and an artists’ training programme.
## **One Spirit Mentoring Expansion**
One Spirit will expand into PRUs working with young people at risk of offending. It will also expand its 1:1 and small group mentoring both in custody, PRUs and in the community.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **Objectives and activities**
## **a. Policies and objectives**
The Charity's objects are restricted specifically for the public benefit:
- (a) to advance education in music and the arts, and
- (b) to promote music and the arts,
in particular but not exclusively by the creation, development and provision of workshops, programmes and music-related projects for people, including young people and young offenders and particularly without limitation those who are disadvantaged due to financial and/or other circumstances.
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
## **b. Strategies for achieving objectives**
The Company's main strategy for the year was to ensure income generation and activity whilst recovering from the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was achieved by fundraising for new projects such as the three year _E Project_ schools’ project and for _One Spirit_ , by securing funds to help young offenders recovering from the effects of COVID-19. Activity was expanded both by returning to in person delivery at The Saturday Programme and producing our first ever income generating touring production: _Jina and the STEM Sisters_ .
## **c. Activities undertaken to achieve objectives**
In order to achieve the Company's objectives there have been two main focuses: a new revenue strand of ticket sales, and a continuance of focus on quality delivery.
Any reduction in earned income was mitigated to a great extent by an increase in Grant fundraising for projects including for core/unrestricted funds. This allowed the Company to continue delivery in its three main areas of activity - the Saturday Programme performing arts school (which included grants for the Music Treehouse SEND project), In-School projects (TIME, STEM Sisters), and in Community Outreach projects (such as One Spirit). A special fundraising performance of Jina and the STEM Sisters took place in April.
## **d. Main activities undertaken to further the Company's purposes for the public benefit**
The Company has furthered public benefit this year through the projects noted in this report.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **Achievements and performance**
## **a. Main achievements of the Company**
2021-22 was a year of exploration.
_Jina and the STEM Sisters_ was our first national touring production of a show _for_ rather than with, young people. Celebrating historical women and their achievements our new musical puppet show had been realised digitally during COVID-19 but was always intended for live audiences. It received a great reception from schools and families at Millfields Theatre Enfield, Mitchell Arts Centre Stoke on Trent, Snape Maltings Suffolk and Little Angel Theatre Islington where it was attended by audiences of over 3500 and supported by our body of workshops and resources.
One Spirit continued to grow from strength to strength both reaching new young offenders with pilots with Lambeth YOT and HMP Woodhill and supporting those we work with in custody and the community, with several prisons opening their doors which had been forced shut during the previous year.
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the Saturday Programme embarked on a programme of music with a royal theme from Music Treehouse SEN/D writing songs about horses to a new show for I Can Sing! commemorating an event from each decade of her reign. _The Platinum Treasure Hunt_ culminated in a specially written song performed by the students, a wind trio and parents’ choir. The show also featured our new Rooftop Academy, a band formed of alumni ICS! students who performed numbers from Queen.
2022 saw the launch of our new E Project: named because it aims to enrich, equalise, expand, embed, evaluate, and engage primary schools through underpinning the themes of diversity, anti-racist practice, equity and equality through the curriculum using the arts.
None of this would be possible without the commitment, hard work, creativity, energy and support of our wonderful staff, teams of artists, tutors and partners who work tirelessly to continue to build on the quality and reach of our work, and to whom we extend a huge thanks. Congratulations and thanks too to all our participants and families who have continued to contribute to and support our work through an uplifting year, which has again highlighted the crucial impact music and the arts has on all of our development, well-being and creativity.
## **b. Key performance indicators**
_Priorities for 2021-22_
## GOALS
- To **develop and expand the use and reach of existing resources and projects** which are currently
- underused;
- To develop our **CPD offer** to reach new schools;
- To continue to expand our **national reach** ;
- To improve our systems to **support growth and flexibility** ;
- To achieve greater **financial flexibility and sustainability**
## OUTCOMES 2021-22
- _Jina and the STEM Sisters_ developed a new area of work as a touring company reaching new theatres
- and audiences nationally and offering a new model of theatre production linked to curricular resources supported by curricular workshops;
- The hybrid model of digital and in person work opened new opportunities of reach and working practice;
- We not only opened all doors to return to our existing work but also expand into new territories with all our
- programmes and projects, following the pandemic.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **Achievements and performance (continued)**
## **c. Review of activities**
2021-22 saw our first income-generating national touring production _Jina and the STEM Sisters_ ; a puppet musical which celebrates historical STEM women, supported by workshops and resources. _The Saturday Programme_ had its first full year of in-person delivery following two years of imposed hybrid delivery due to COVID-19, and the opportunity enabled us to build up our participant numbers, develop new work, celebrate with performances and settle into our new home at Bridge Academy. One Spirit’s provision increased significantly as prisons began opening their doors, long after the rest of the country had started to restore services post-COVID19. In addition, we started a new schools’ project The E Project developing an anti-racism curriculum for primaries across three years. 2021-22 saw our first income-generating national touring production Jina and the STEM Sisters; a puppet musical which celebrates historical STEM women, supported by workshops and resources. The Saturday Programme had its first full year of in-person delivery following two years of imposed hybrid delivery due to COVID-19, and the opportunity enabled us to build up our participant numbers, develop new work, celebrate with performances and settle into our new home at Bridge Academy. _One Spirit’s_ provision increased significantly as prisons began opening their doors, long after the rest of the country had started to restore services post-COVID-19. In addition, we started a new schools’ project The E Project developing an antiracism curriculum for primaries across three years.
Participants 2,639 Audience 3,897 Mentoring 1,002 Group sessions 1,545 Workshops 121 Lessons 2,760 Performances 66 Schools 61 New Commission 1
## **d. Fundraising activities and income generation**
A fundraiser performance of _Jina and the STEM Sisters_ took place in April 2022. Most income has come from Grant applications and from income generation in the form of fees for the Saturday Programme, and for inschool project activities.
## **Financial review**
## **a. Going concern**
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.
## **b. Reserves policy**
The year ended 31 August 2022 continued the recovery from COVID-19 to increase our unrestricted reserves. The trustees’ objective is to achieve a 3 month of running costs in unrestricted reserves each year which was not possible last year. The additional increase this year is evidence that unrestricted reserves are recovering as a result of cost saving measures taken over the course of the year as well as an increase in fees for our services. The Board continues to review on quarterly basis, ways to increase unrestricted income in the coming financial year. This shift is expected to continue to increase over the course of 2022-23.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **c. Principal risks and uncertainties**
The trustees and staff maintain a register of Risks and Mitigation sorted by business area. These include Finance and Fundraising, Human Resources, Stakeholder Management, Communications and PR, Management and Governance, Operations and Safeguarding. Sub-committees of the Board of Trustees monitor performance and others are created on an ad-hoc basis when required.
## **d. Financial risk management objectives and policies**
The charity's activities expose it to a number of financial risks including credit risk, cash flow risk and liquidity risk. The use of financial derivatives is governed by the charity’s policies approved by the board of trustees, which provide written principles on the use of financial derivatives to manage these risks. The charity does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.
## _Cash flow risk_
The Charity’s activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in interest rates.
## _Credit risk_
The Charity’s principal financial assets are bank balances and other debtors.
The Charity’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its other debtors. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful receivables. An allowance for impairment is made where there is an identified loss event which, based on previous experience, is evidence of a reduction in the recoverability of the cash flows.
The credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.
The Charity has no significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a large number of counterparties and customers.
## **e. Principal funding**
Arts Council England Ogden Trust Royal Society of Chemistry PHF Masonic Charitable Foundation The Ironmongers Charity Postcode Community Trust D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust Bridge Academy Hackney Council ACE Jubilee Fund Young Londoner’s Fund Charles Hayward Henry Smith Charity City Bridge Trust Youth Music
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **Statement of Trustees' responsibilities**
The Trustees (who are also the directors of the Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees on 19 May 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
................................................
## **Michele Margaret Pullan**
Chair
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# **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
# **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of HMDT Music ('the Company')**
I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 2022.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the Company (and its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Company's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
This report is made solely to the Company's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Company's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.
Signed: Dated: 19 May 2023 Reema Mistry, ACA
## **Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co**
Chartered Accountants
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## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
4
Charitable activities
5
Investments
6
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
7
Charitable activities
8
**Total expenditure**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**48,140**
**267,118**
**5**
**315,263**
**29,128**
**274,505**
**303,633**
**11,630**
**2,631**
**11,630**
**14,261**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**299,259**
**-**
**-**
**299,259**
**-**
**236,687**
**236,687**
**62,572**
**96,910**
**62,572**
**159,482**|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**347,399**
**267,118**
**5**
**614,522**
**29,128**
**511,192**
**540,320**
**74,202**
**99,541**
**74,202**
**173,743**|Total
funds
2021
£
337,392
192,056
-
529,448
33,289
546,961
580,250
(50,802)
150,343
(50,802)
99,541|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The notes on pages 13 to 30 form part of these financial statements.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 03118155**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2022**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
13
**Current assets**
Stocks
14
Debtors
15
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year
16
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets**
**Charity funds**
Restricted funds
18
Unrestricted funds
18
**Total funds**|**673**
**25,045**
**160,803**
**186,521**
**(17,214)**|**2022**
**£**
**4,436**
**4,436**
**169,307**
**173,743**
**173,743**
**159,482**
**14,261**
**173,743**|737
30,461
99,815
131,013
(38,125)|2021
£
6,653|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||6,653
92,888|
|||||99,541|
||||||
|||||99,541|
|||||96,910
2,631|
||||||
|||||99,541|
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## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT 31 AUGUST 2022**
The Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 19 May 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
................................................
**Michele Margaret Pullan** Chair
The notes on pages 13 to 30 form part of these financial statements.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
|**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net cash used in operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
**Net cash provided by investing activities**
**Cash flows from financing activities**
**Net cash provided by financing activities**
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year**
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**
The notes on pages 13 to 30 form part of these financial statements|**2022**
**£**
**60,988**
**-**
**-**
**60,988**
**99,815**
**160,803**|2021
£
(35,743)
**-**
**-**
**(35,743)**
135,558
99,815|
|---|---|---|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **1. General information**
HMDT Music is a charity limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital, registered in England and Wales. Its registered office address is shown on the company information page. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
HMDT Music meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
## **2.2 Going concern**
The coronavirus pandemic has significantly disrupted individuals’ personal lives and businesses’ economic prospects in the UK and across the globe. There has been a significant effect of COVID-19 on the charitable company. The trustees have overseen the conservation of sufficient cash to ensure the charitable company has continued to serve beneficiaries and customers, and to act responsibly with suppliers.
The trustees have continued to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and deem this appropriate. The trustees do not consider that a material uncertainty about the going concern status exists. In making this assessment the trustees have considered the likely operating and trading conditions for a period of twelve months from the date of approving these financial statements.
## **2.3 Income**
All income is recognised once the Company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
Grants are included in the Statement of financial activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the Balance sheet. Where income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.4 Government grants**
Government grants relating to tangible fixed assets are treated as deferred income and released to the Statement of financial activities over the expected useful lives of the assets concerned. Other grants are credited to the Statement of financial activities as the related expenditure is incurred.
## **2.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on the following basis:
The Saturday Programme - 50.00% (2021 - 68.75%) In School Projects - 30.00% (2021 - 24.75%) Community Projects - 20.00% (2021 - 6.50%)
Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the Company to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Company's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
## **2.6 Interest receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the Company; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the institution with whom the funds are deposited.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.7 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on the following bases:
Fixtures and fittings - 33% straight line Office equipment - 25% reducing balance Computer equipment - 25% straight line
## **2.8 Stocks**
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
## **2.9 Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **2.10 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **2.11 Liabilities and provisions**
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.12 Fund accounting**
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Company and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.
## **2.13 Financial instruments**
The Company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **2.14 Operating leases**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of financial activities on a straight line basis over the lease term.
## **2.15 Pensions**
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the Company to the fund in respect of the year.
## **3. Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
In the application of the charitable company's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. However, there are no judgements or assumptions that have a significant risk of causing material adjustment.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **4. Income from donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
Donations
515
Grants
44,875
Government grants
2,750
48,140
Unrestricted
funds
2021
£
Donations
2,619
Grants
72,335
Government grants
1,726
76,680|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
-
299,259
-
299,259
Restricted
funds
2021
£
-
255,482
5,230
260,712|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**515**
**344,134**
**2,750**|
|---|---|---|
|||**347,399**|
|||Total
funds
2021
£
2,619
327,817
6,956|
|||337,392|
## **5. Income from charitable activities**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
The Saturday Programme
194,745
In School Projects
72,126
Community Projects
247
267,118|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**194,745**
**72,126**
**247**
**267,118**|Total
funds
2021
£
169,903
21,548
605|
|---|---|---|
|||192,056|
There was no restricted income from charitable activities in the year ended 31 August 2021.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **6. Investment income**
||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|Total|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|funds|
||**2022**|**2022**|2021|
||**£**|**£**|£|
|Investment income|5|**5**|-|
## **7. Expenditure on raising funds**
## **Costs of raising voluntary income**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
Wages and salaries
26,297
Social security costs
2,214
Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes
617
29,128|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**26,297**
**2,214**
**617**
**29,128**|Total
funds
2021
£
29,267
3,309
713|
|---|---|---|
|||33,289|
Costs of raising voluntary income relate to staff costs which are allocated on the basis of time each member of staff contributes to raising funds which includes grant applications.
There were no restricted costs of raising voluntary income in the year ended 31 August 2021.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **8. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities**
## **Summary by fund type**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
The Saturday Programme
224,157
In School Projects
38,366
Community Projects
11,982
274,505
Unrestricted
funds
2021
£
The Saturday Programme
221,255
In School Projects
41,459
Community Projects
8,311
271,025|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
37,685
78,139
120,863
236,687
Restricted
funds
2021
£
44,131
124,972
106,833
275,936|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**261,842**
**116,505**
**132,845**|
|---|---|---|
|||**511,192**|
|||Total
2021
£
265,386
166,431
115,144|
|||546,961|
## **9. Analysis of expenditure by activities**
|The Saturday Programme
In School Projects
Community Projects|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**2022**
**£**
162,293
45,580
81,984
289,857|**Support**
**costs**
**2022**
**£**
99,549
70,926
50,860
221,335|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**261,842**
**116,506**
**132,844**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**511,192**|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **9. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)**
|The Saturday Programme
In School Projects
Community Projects|Activities
undertaken
directly
2021
£
154,819
98,901
63,334
317,054|Grant
funding of
activities
2021
£
1,950
-
-
1,950|Support
costs
2021
£
108,617
67,530
51,810
227,957|Total
funds
2021
£
265,386
166,431
115,144|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||546,961|
## **Analysis of direct costs**
|Depreciation
Project costs
Depreciation
Project costs|**The**
**Saturday**
**Programme**
**2022**
**£**
2,217
160,076
162,293
The
Saturday
Programme
2021
£
4,892
149,927
154,819|**In School**
**Projects**
**2022**
**£**
-
45,580
45,580
In School
Projects
2021
£
-
98,901
98,901|**Community**
**Projects**
**2022**
**£**
-
81,984
81,984
Community
Projects
2021
£
-
63,334
63,334|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**2,217**
**287,640**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**289,857**|
|||||Total
funds
2021
£
4,892
312,162|
|||||317,054|
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## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **9. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)**
## **Analysis of support costs**
|Staff costs
Governance costs
Finance costs
Information technology
Administration costs
Premises costs
Other support costs|**The**
**Saturday**
**Programme**
**2022**
**£**
54,652
5,353
1,160
4,376
4,159
20,526
9,323
99,549|**In School**
**Projects**
**2022**
**£**
46,417
2,002
672
5,631
2,171
1,069
12,964
70,926|**Community**
**Projects**
**2022**
**£**
32,062
2,158
447
1,031
4,134
1,459
9,569
50,860|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**133,131**
**9,513**
**2,279**
**11,038**
**10,464**
**23,054**
**31,856**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**221,335**|
Administration costs in the year ended 31 August 2021 include an amount of £10,000 in relation to the repayment of a loan. The reason for reflecting the repayment as a support cost is that the receipt of the loan was incorrectly recorded as income from donations in the year ended 31 August 2020.
|Staff costs
Governance costs
Finance costs
Information technology
Administration costs
Premises costs
Other support costs|The
Saturday
Programme
2021
£
62,638
55
1,513
8,939
16,225
8,009
11,238
108,617|In School
Projects
2021
£
33,622
20
469
5,716
5,226
3,087
19,390
67,530|Community
Projects
2021
£
33,933
2,005
123
4,310
5,489
1,400
4,550
51,810|Total
funds
2021
£
130,193
2,080
2,105
18,965
26,940
12,496
35,178|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||227,957|
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## **HMDT MUSIC**
## **(A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **10. Independent examiner's remuneration**
||**2022**|2021|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Fees payable to the Company's independent examiner for the independent|||
|examination of the Company's annual accounts|**6,605**|4,600|
|Fees payable to the Company's independent examiner in respect of:|||
|All other services not included above|**1,860**|-|
## **11. Staff costs**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes
Other staff costs|**2022**
**£**
**147,133**
**12,111**
**3,015**
**-**
**162,259**|2021
£
127,660
23,072
3,087
9,663|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||163,482|
The average number of persons employed by the Company during the year was as follows:
||**2022**|2021|
|---|---|---|
||**No.**|No.|
|Charitable activities|**3**|3|
|The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs)||exceeded|
|£60,000 was:|||
||**2022**|2021|
||**No.**|No.|
|In the band £60,001 - £70,000|**-**|1|
|In the band £70,001 - £80,000|**1**|-|
The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:
Key management personnel of the charity consists solely of the Chief executive officer. The total amount of employee benefits paid to key management personnel was £71,204 (2021 - £67,673).
## **12. Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits (2021 - £NIL).
During the year ended 31 August 2022, no Trustee expenses have been incurred (2021 - £NIL).
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **13. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost or valuation**
At 1 September 2021
At 31 August 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 September 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2022
**Net book value**
At 31 August 2022
At 31 August 2021
**14.**
**Stocks**
Instruments and books
**15.**
**Debtors**
**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Grants receivable|**Fixtures and**
**fittings**
**£**
**11,861**
**11,861**
**11,861**
**-**
**11,861**
**-**
-|**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
**1,050**
**1,050**
**1,050**
**-**
**1,050**
**-**
-||**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
**31,005**
**31,005**
**24,352**
**2,217**
**26,569**
**4,436**
6,653
**2022**
**£**
**673**
**2022**
**£**
**21,017**
**1,278**
**2,750**
**25,045**|**Total**
**£**
**43,916**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**43,916**|
||||||**37,263**
**2,217**|
||||||**39,480**|
||||||**4,436**|
||||||6,653|
||||||2021
£
737
2021
£
25,223
5,238
-
30,461|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **16. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
|Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals|**2022**
**£**
**2,042**
**5,464**
**1,314**
**8,394**
**17,214**|2021
£
15,630
4,059
10,785
7,651|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||38,125|
## **17. Financial instruments**
||**2022**|2021|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Financial assets**|||
|Financial assets measured at fair value through income and expenditure|**160,803**|99,815|
Financial assets measured at fair value through income and expenditure comprise cash at bank and in hand.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **18. Statement of funds**
## **Statement of funds - current year**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
**Restricted funds**
One Spirit
Music Tree House
STEM Sisters
The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy
HMDT Music Trust Account
The E Project
**Total of funds**|**Balance at 1**
**September**
**2021**
**£**
**2,631**
**62,839**
**30,156**
**-**
**635**
**3,280**
**-**
**96,910**
**99,541**|**Income**
**£**
**315,263**
**148,265**
**28,500**
**36,050**
**444**
**-**
**86,000**
**299,259**
**614,522**|**Expenditure**
**£**
**(303,633)**
**(120,863)**
**(36,607)**
**(36,050)**
**(1,079)**
**-**
**(42,088)**
**(236,687)**
**(540,320)**|**Balance at**
**31 August**
**2022**
**£**
**14,261**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**90,241**
**22,049**
**-**
**-**
**3,280**
**43,912**|
|||||**159,482**|
|||||**173,743**|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **18. Statement of funds (continued)**
## **Statement of funds - prior year**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
**Restricted funds**
One Spirit
Music Tree House
TIME
STEM Sisters
The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy
HMDT Music Trust Account
**Total of funds**|Balance at
1 September
2020
£
38,209
39,348
27,453
29,453
15,880
-
-
112,134
150,343|Income
£
268,736
132,287
42,965
-
79,595
635
5,230
260,712
529,448|Expenditure
£
(304,314)
(108,796)
(40,262)
(29,453)
(95,475)
-
(1,950)
(275,936)
(580,250)|Balance at
31 August
2021
£
2,631|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||62,839
30,156
-
-
635
3,280|
|||||96,910|
|||||99,541|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **18. Statement of funds (continued)**
## **General funds**
The general funds represent the Company's free reserves.
## **One Spirit**
Music projects for young offenders and students at risk in HMYOI.
## **Music Tree House**
A programme providing one to one support for students with a variety of SEN/D needs as part of the mainstream Saturday Programme, as well as a more specialised programme for students with more profound needs.
## **TIME**
A research project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of HMDT Music's methodology of using the art's to teach other curricular subjects, including CPD for primary school teachers and helping a school in Northamptonshire to develop its own cross-curricular arts project.
## **STEM Sisters**
A programme drawing together a science outreach project and theatrical performance to inspire and engage Primary School students, especially girls, in science by exploring the achievements, contributions and impact of historical STEM women, whose pioneering work was so often unrecognised.
## **The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy**
A Jazz academy for students aged 11-24 which focuses upon advanced jazz training using the American roots of jazz.
## **HMDT Music Trust Account**
Funds held on behalf of our partners, designated for periodic payments for projects, or for payment directly to artists on behalf of partners on an as needed basis.
## **The E Project**
A project which involves working with primary schools in Luton, Stoke-on-Trent, Fylde and Hackney for 3 years to develop an arts-embedded curriculum focused on anti-racism, diversity, inclusion and equity.
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **19. Summary of funds**
## **Summary of funds - current year**
|General funds
Restricted funds
**Summary of funds - prior year**
General funds
Restricted funds|**Balance at 1**
**September**
**2021**
**£**
**2,631**
**96,910**
**99,541**
Balance at
1 September
2020
£
38,209
112,134
150,343|**Income**
**£**
**315,263**
**299,259**
**614,522**
Income
£
268,736
260,712
529,448|**Expenditure**
**£**
**(303,633)**
**(236,687)**
**(540,320)**
Expenditure
£
(304,314)
(275,936)
(580,250)|**Balance at**
**31 August**
**2022**
**£**
**14,261**
**159,482**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**173,743**|
|||||Balance at
31 August
2021
£
2,631
96,910|
|||||99,541|
## **20. Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **Analysis of net assets between funds - current year**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
Tangible fixed assets
4,436
Current assets
22,121
Creditors due within one year
(12,296)
**Total**
14,261|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
-
164,400
(4,918)
159,482|**Total**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
**4,436**
**186,521**
**(17,214)**|
|---|---|---|
|||**173,743**|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **20. Analysis of net assets between funds (continued)**
## **Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year**
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
**Total**|Unrestricted
funds
2021
£
6,651
29,105
(33,125)
2,631|Restricted
funds
2021
£
2
101,908
(5,000)
96,910|Total
funds
2021
£
6,653
131,013
(38,125)
99,541|
|---|---|---|---|
## **21. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities**
|Net income/expenditure for the year (as per Statement of Financial
Activities)
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
Decrease in stocks
Decrease in debtors
Decrease in creditors
**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**
**22.**
**Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
Cash in hand|**2022**
**£**
**74,202**
**2,217**
**63**
**5,417**
**(20,911)**
**60,988**
**2022**
**£**
**160,803**|2021
£
(50,802)
4,892
24
15,337
(5,194)
(35,743)
2021
£
99,815|
|---|---|---|
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## **HMDT MUSIC (A company limited by guarantee)**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022**
## **23. Analysis of changes in net debt**
|Cash at bank and in hand|**At 1**
**September**
**2021**
**£**
**99,815**
**99,815**|**Cash flows**
**At 31**
**August 2022**
**£**
**£**
**60,988**
**160,803**
**60,988**
**160,803**|**Cash flows**
**At 31**
**August 2022**
**£**
**£**
**60,988**
**160,803**
**60,988**
**160,803**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**160,803**|
## **24. Pension commitments**
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the group in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the group to the fund and amounted to £3,015 (2021 - £3,087). Contributions totalling £635 (2021 - £604) remained outstanding at the balance sheet date.
## **25. Related party transactions**
The Company has not entered into any related party transaction during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Company at 31 August 2022.
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HMDT Music 167 Firs Lane, London, N21 3HY
Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS
## **19 May 2023**
Dear Sirs,
The following representations are made on the basis of enquiries of management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience such as we consider necessary in connection with your independent examination of the charitable company’s financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2022. These enquiries have included inspection of supporting documentation where appropriate and are sufficient to satisfy ourselves that we can make each of the following representations. All representations are made to the best of our knowledge and belief.
## 1) Accounting exemptions
We confirm that the charitable company qualifies as small in accordance with the conditions set out in Chapter 1 of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
## 2) Audit exemption
We acknowledge that the work performed by you is substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and that you do not express an audit opinion. We confirm that the charitable company was entitled to exemption under both section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 from the requirement to have its financial statements for the financial year ended 31 August 2022 audited. We also confirm that the members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
## 3) Financial records
We have fulfilled our responsibilities as directors, as set out in the terms of your engagement letter dated 16 July 2021, under the Companies Act 2006 for preparing financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for making accurate representations to you.
All the accounting records have been made available to you for the purpose of your independent examination and all the transactions undertaken by the charitable company have been properly reflected and recorded in the accounting records. We have provided you with unrestricted access to all appropriate persons within the charitable company, and with all records and related information requested, including the minutes of all trustees’ and management meetings and correspondence with the Charity Commission.
## 4) Immaterial adjustments
We confirm the financial statements are free of material misstatements, including omissions. There were no uncorrected misstatements found during the examination, other than those of a trivial nature, and we confirm that no adjustment need be made for them in the financial statements as their effect is immaterial, both individually and in total.
## 5) Going concern
As directors we have considered the financial position of the charitable company. We believe that the charitable company’s financial statements should be prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that current and future sources of funding or support will be more than adequate for the charitable company’s needs. We have considered a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. We believe that no further disclosures relating to the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern need to be made in the financial statements.
## 6) Loans and arrangements
The charitable company has not, during the period, granted any advances or credits to, or made guarantees on behalf of, directors other than those disclosed in the financial statements.
All transactions relating to or on behalf of any director of the charitable company, either during or since the end of the financial period, have been notified to you.
## 7) Related parties
Related party relationships and transactions have been appropriately accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements. We have disclosed to you all relevant information concerning such relationships and transactions and are not aware of any other matters which require disclosure in order to comply with legislative and accounting standards requirements.
We confirm that the name of the party controlling the charitable company (and, if different, of that of the ultimate controlling party) together with details of the related party relationship is adequately disclosed in the financial statements.
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## 8) Assets and liabilities
We confirm the charitable company has satisfactory title to all assets and there are no liens or encumbrances on the charitable company’s assets, except for those that are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.
We have recorded or disclosed, as appropriate, all liabilities, both actual and contingent, and have disclosed in the notes to the financial statements all guarantees that we have given to third parties.
We have no plans or intentions that may materially alter the carrying value and, where relevant, the fair value measurements or classification of assets and liabilities reflected in the financial statements.
## 9) Petty Cash
We acknowledge that a total of £1,278 of the charitable company’s funds were physically held by two members of staff at 31 August 2022. This amount is included within Other debtors.
## 10) Accounting estimates
The methods, data and significant assumptions used by us in making accounting estimates, and their related disclosures, are appropriate to achieve recognition, measurement and disclosure that is reasonable in the context of the applicable financial reporting framework.
## 11) Capital commitments
There were no material capital commitments at the year end other than as disclosed in the financial statements.
## 12) Legal claims
We have disclosed to you all claims in connection with litigation that have been, or are expected to be, received and such matters, as appropriate, have been properly accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements.
## 13) Subsequent events
All events subsequent to the date of the financial statements which require adjustment or disclosure have been properly accounted for and disclosed. Should further material events occur we will advise you accordingly.
## 14) Laws and regulations
We acknowledge as directors our responsibilities to take appropriate steps to provide reasonable assurance that the charitable company has complied with laws and regulations applicable to its activities and to establish arrangements for preventing any noncompliance with laws and regulations and detecting any that occur.
We have disclosed to you all known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations whose effects should be considered when preparing the financial statements.
## 15) Grants and donations
All grants, donations and other income, the receipt of which is subject to specific terms or conditions, have been notified to you. There have been no breaches of terms or conditions in the application of such income.
## Yours faithfully
Director
On behalf of the board
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**HMDT Music 21-27 Lamb’s Conduit Street London WC1N 3GS 020 8882 8825 team@hmdtmusic.org.uk www.hmdtmusic.org.uk**