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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All (A company limited by guarantee)

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

CHARITY NO: 1067282 COMPANY NO: 3429608

CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

CONTENTS

Page
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
1. Reference and administrative information 1
2. Structure, governance and management 2
3. Objectives and activities 3 - 4
4. Achievements and performance 4 - 5
5. Reserves policy 5
6. Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the accounts 6
7. Designated funds 7
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Statement of financial activities 8
2. Balance sheet 9
3. Notes forming part of the financial statements 10 - 13
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT 14

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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All)

(A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

The trustees are pleased to present their report together with the unaudited financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Reference and Administrative Details

Name of the charity: CoMA (Contemporary Music for All)

Registered Charity: 1067282 Company Number : 3429608 Registered Office: 13 Wellington Way, London E3 4NE Principal Office: 13 Wellington Way, London E3 4NE Principal Bankers: Barclays Bank PLC Mile End and Bow Business Centre 240 Whitechapel Road London E1 ILS Accountant: Clark Page 32 Milton Court Chadwell Heath RM6 4JP

Company Secretary: Chris Shurety MBE (resigned 13 January 2021, Mick Kahn (appointed 13 January 2021)

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the charitable company (“CoMA” or “the charity”) are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees or the Board of Directors.

The members of the Board of Directors serving during the year were as follows:

Marc Dooley Dr Antony Harris Hannah Kendall (retired 14 October 2020) Lore Lixenberg (retired 4 August 2020) Dr Janet Oates (appointed 4 August 2020) Dr Michael Peake (retired 14 January 2020) Laurence Rose Tom Service (Chair) Ruta Vitkauskaite (appointed 4 August 2020) Sue Watts (retired 14 October 2020) James Weeks (retired 22 April 2020) Alex Wright (appointed 21 July 2021) Vijaya Govindan (appointed 21 July 2021) Roisin Hughes (appointed 21 July 2021)

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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing document

CoMA is registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee governed by its Memorandum & Articles of Association dated 5 August 1997, as amended.

Appointment of Trustees

Trustees are appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum & Articles of Association. At each Annual General Meeting one third of the trustees are subject to retirement by rotation. The trustees may at any time co-opt any duly qualified person to be a trustee but co-opted trustees hold office only until the next AGM when they may stand for election as trustees. Retiring trustees are eligible for re-election. Trustees are required to familiarise themselves with the Charity Commission publication “The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do”.

Organisation

CoMA’s Board of Directors meets four times each year to oversee CoMA's strategic purpose, plans and finances.

During 2020 CoMA continued to be staffed by a core volunteer team covering the roles of executive/artistic director, music librarian, communications and bookkeeping. In the absence of a central office, each staff member was home-based. The core team is responsible for CoMA's networking, developmental and advocacy roles and for organising a national programme of music activities that includes commissioning, educational residencies and workshops. The team is also responsible for project management, membership and information services, the website and an online contemporary music library.

CoMA’s commitment to nationwide music making provision continued to be organised through regional branches in the UK and associate ensembles abroad. The branches are organised as contemporary music ensembles, each managed by a volunteer committee comprising a chair, treasurer, secretary and task-oriented committee members. These ensembles serve as ambassadors for contemporary music, determining, organising and promoting artistic activities in accordance with CoMA’s charitable objects. Network meetings attended by representatives of CoMA branches and associate ensembles provide an opportunity to review CoMA’s overall aims and plans. The COVID19 pandemic made what were previously expensive in-person annual gatherings, into manageable quarterly Zoom meetings

In January an advisory Artists’ Panel was established with Board members, Janet Oates, Loré Lixenberg James Weeks and CoMA director serving as it founding members. The Music Panel, which serves as a reading panel for CoMA commissions and submissions, did not convene during 2020 but did continue its role online.

Risk management

The Board of Directors monitors the risks to which CoMA is exposed in carrying out its activities. As part of this process it operates a risk management strategy that comprises:

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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

Objectives and Activities

Objects of the charity

CoMA’s objects, as set out in the Memorandum & Articles of Association, are to ‘advance the education of the general public in the art of music, in particular to encourage amateur musicians to take an active part in contemporary music-making’.

Public Benefit

The Board of Directors has complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. In pursuing its aims for the public benefit, CoMA offers

CoMA’s on-going commitment to generating new repertoire through commissions, calls for pieces and student composition projects aims to create a unique legacy of high-quality music of benefit to players and audiences for years to come.

In addition to the public educational benefits to participants and audiences mentioned above, CoMA is committed to open access, encouraging participation by musicians with varied skills, experience and expectations, and concessionary rates for both its membership and audiences.

Activities

CoMA’s core activities were pursued within the context of four key areas:

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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All)

(A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

In order to establish and maintain the highest possible standards CoMA is committed to employing professional musicians of the highest calibre to work as

CoMA is committed to sharing its mission and objectives through partnerships with music organisations across the sector, be it professional, education or amateur. A driving force for this is the biennial international contemporary music festival CoMA established in March 2016.

In addition, CoMA has a wide range of on-going partnerships, with

Contribution of volunteers

CoMA benefits from volunteer input to the development and day-to-day running of its regional ensembles (estimated in the region of £35,000) and the management of CoMA by its central office staff (estimated at £45,000) In addition Board members have given generous amounts of time to specific projects, including for example, editing the partsong publication. This together with professional musicians offering services at reduced (in some instances no fees contributed another estimated £20,000 of input into CoMA activities

Achievements during 2020

Contemporary Music Ensembles

The backbone of CoMA’s performing activity, the regional ensembles, offer musicians regular rehearsals, workshops and public performances of commissions, works submitted by local composers and other contemporary works. At the start of the year there were instrumental ensembles based in Colchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds, London, Southampton and Sussex, CoMA Singers (in London) and associated ensembles in Cornwall (Frisk!), Scotland (Inchcolm New Music Ensemble), Ireland (CoMA Limerick), in the Netherlands (CoMA Maastricht and CoMA Eindhoven and in Berlin (KNM Campus ensemble)

As a result of CoMA’s biennial Contemporary Music Festival, 2020 featured the birth of six new CoMA ensembles, in the UK - in Glasgow, Wye Valley, Manchester and Sheffield and in Belgium - in Leuven (as part of the MATRIX centre’s participative activities) and in Brussels. In addition, strong interest was expressed in setting up CoMA Chicago in the USA.

International Contemporary Music Festival

CoMA’s third Festival of Contemporary Music for All was programmed for the first weekend in March, just one week before the first UK-based COVID lockdown. The Festival went ahead as planned with only two events, both scheduled for the second week of March, having to be cancelled.

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CoMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

On-line music activities

In spite of COVID lockdown and restrictions curtailing regular rehearsals, most ensembles put together online programmes of activities. In the absence of local in-person activities, the newly formed CoMA Glasgow’s online approach resulted in an ensemble membership that is both Scotland-wide and international.

A nine-day online Summer School was trialed at the end of July with a programme largely devised by CoMA’s newly established Artists’ Panel and composer/pianist Rolf Hind. The developmental role of CoMA Summer Schools in attracting new participants and audiences was further enhanced in this instance with a significant international presence facilitated by being online.

Another COVID lockdown initiative that was trialled during this period was an experimental online ensemble led by Board member Marc Dooley

Repertoire

CoMA’s most recent vocal and instrumental commissions were premiered during the Festival in March, several being programmed in more than one Festival location, including Kate Whitley’s extended work for allcomers orchestra and chorus In all there were five instrumental Open Score works by Larry Goves, Joanna Bailie, Sarah Hennies, Tim Parkinson and Matthew Sergeant, plus four by Lola de la Mata, Blasio Kavuma, Dan Samsa and Yfat Soul Zisso, the result of a new collaboration with nonclassical and its associate composers, and six partsongs (including one by Hollie Harding premiered at the Festival).

20 Open Score works created by composition students at RNCM, University of Manchester, Bath Spa University and Royal Holloway University of London were written for and premiered at the CoMA Festival. Eight school students wrote new works for the Nonesuch ensemble. Other pieces were commissioned by Festival partners resulting in a total of 75 new works being premiered at the Festival.

Education

CoMA’s Midwinter Composer residency in January, based in the Jacqueline du Pré music building in Oxford was tutored by composer Alasdair Nicolson in association with Allcomers Music string ensembles and its tutors /soloists Ruth Gibson (Manchester Collective) and Robin Michael (Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique).

Sector development

The Festival in March 2020 brought new partners across the UK, a more diverse programme than ever and a wider European dimension.

Reserves Policy

It is the policy of the Board of Trustees that reserves be held of an amount equal to a minimum of 6 months' operational expenditure, currently equating to £8,000. This target has been achieved during 2020 and allows the establishment of a designated fund for Organisational development to be drawn upon at the Trustees' discretion, in order to respond dynamically to changes in the environment in which CoMA operates and secure its future sustainability.

CoMA ensembles based in England and Wales continue to be responsible for creating and managing their own reserves, with a cap of £2,000 per ensemble; funds in excess of this are apportioned to CoMA’s Commissions account. The ten UK-based ensembles together held £13,914 in reserve at year end.

Designated funds

The Commissions fund has a separate bank account and is solely for the use of commissioning new works in accordance with CoMA’s commissioning policy. As of 31 December 2020 there was £4,354 held in this account.

COMA (Contemporary Muslc for All) IA company limlted by guarnnttrel Report and Flnanclal Statem8nts for Ihe year ended 31 December 2020 Statement of Trusteès. Responslbllltles In relatlon to the accounts The trustee8 are responsible lor preparing the report and accounts in accordance with the applicable law and Unlted Klngdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Company law requires the Iru8tees lo prepare accounts that give a true and lair view ol the slate of affalrs of thfj company al the end of each financial year ond of the surplus and deficit or loss for that period. In doing so the trustees are required lo.. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them con$istenlly, mak8 judgèments and oslimales that are Teasonable and prudent, foll¢)w applicable accounting ¥t8ndards, subject lo any m8lerig1 departure8 dlsclo$ed and 8xplainod in the accounts, and prepare the 8ccounls on a going concern ba818 unle8$11 is inapproprialo to pre8um• that the company will continue in businesg. The Iruslaes are responsible lor maintaining proper 8c¢ounling record$ which disclose, with rea8onabl• aceurgcy at any lime, the financial posilitsn ol the company and to enable Ih&rn to ensure th81 the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also rèsponsible lor safeguarding the assets ol the company 8nd hence lor taking fe8sonable Steps for the prgvention and detection of fraud 8n¢J other irrggularilies. The report of the trustees h88 been prepared taklng advantage of the 8m811 companlè8 exemption in Section 415A of the Companies Act 2006. e 8oard of Dlreclors on 15 S•ptember 2021 and signed on 119 behalf by.. Th18 rèport was approved b Tom Serv1¢• Chair

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COMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Including Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31 December 2020

Unrestricted
Restricted
Notes
Funds
Funds
£
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
Voluntary income: Donations
645
-
Subscriptions
17,975
-
Investment income: Bank interest
3
-
18,623
-
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Income from educational activities 2
14,654
-
Grants for educational activities 3
8,543
57,039
Repertoire Development, including music sales
505
-
Income from regional events
1,196
-
24,898
57,039
Total incoming resources
43,521
57,039
Resources expended
Charitable activities
Education 4
25,967
57,039
Regional Ensembles 5
10,596
-
Library/Commissions
1,225
-
37,788
57,039
Governance costs
Management and administration 6
7,629
-
Total resources expended
45,417
-
Net income/(expenditure) for the period
before transfers
(1,896)
-
Gross transfers between funds
-
-
Net movement in funds
(1,896)
-
Total funds brought forward
29,460
4,534
Total funds carried forward
27,564
4,534		 Total
Funds
2020
£
645
17,975
3
18,623
14,654
65,582
505
1,196
81,937
100,560
83,006
10,596
1,225
94,827
7,629
102,456
(1,896)
-
(1,896)
33,994
32,098		 Total
Funds
2019
£
-
19,254
7
19,261
16,589
8,461
2,209
3,867
31,126
50,387
18,018
12,382
673
31,073
19,177
50,250
137
-
137
33,875
33,994

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

COMA (Contemporary Music for All) IA company Ilmited by guaranteel BALANCE SHEET as at 31 Dec&mber2020 Notos Total Funds 2020 Total Funds 2019 Flx•d Assets - tangible assets 1,714 2,285 Currfrnt assots Dablors Cash at bank and in hand 1,040 79 46,835 17.836 44 82,479 Crèdltor8'. amounts falllng due within one year 10 Net current a8iet• Not as8fjts Funds Restrlctsd fund8 4,354 4,759 19,582 R6glonal R•8ervt8 13,829 Unrestrlct•d fund•: General fund Total fund8 The dlr?clor$ are satisfied tttal the company 58 entttl•d to audit exemplien under Section 477 of the Companie8 Act 2006 and Ihgt no member or members have requo¥led an audit pursuant lo Section 478 ol the Act. The dlreclors 8¢knowledge Ihelr r&8ponsibIl￿he¥ for.. ensuring Ihal th8 comp8ny ke8p6 proper ac¢ounllng rocords which comply with Section 386 of the Companies Act 20Ce', and preparing financial statements which give 8 true and fair vigw ol th& stale ol affairs of the company as al the end of Ihe financial year and of its results for the financial year in accordance with the requirements ol Section 396 of the Companie5 Act 2008, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of this Aet relating lo financial slatemenls, so far a8 applicable to the company. The financial stslements have been prèpared in 8ccordan¢e with the special provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 ralaling to small companies and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008}. The fiTrancial statements wera approved by the Board ol Oirectors on 15 Saplember 2021 and signod on ils behalf by. Tom Servl¢e Chair

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COMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2020

1. Principal accounting policies

The principal accounting policies, which have been applied consistently in dealing with items considered material in relation to the financial statements, are summarised below.

Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, applicable accounting standards, the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008) and the Statement of Recommended Practice ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in March 2005 (SORP 2005).

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds comprise accumulated surpluses and deficits on general funds. They can be used in accordance with the charity’s objects at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds are those which can be used only for specific purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when funds are raised for a particular restricted purpose or if restrictions are specified by the donor.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income, it is certain that the income will be received and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The value of donated services is included at the price which the trustees estimate they would otherwise have had to pay in the open market for such services and an equivalent amount is included as expenditure under the appropriate heading in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Incoming resources from charitable activities consist of fees received in respect of events organised by the charity and income from other national and regional activities, including box office and fees paid to ensembles in respect of appearances at festivals and other third party events.

Resources expended

Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis and include any VAT which cannot be recovered.

Charitable expenditure comprises costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities, including those costs which can be allocated directly to such activities and costs of an indirect nature necessary to support those activities.

Governance costs are those costs associated with the general running of the charity, including the costs of constitutional and statutory requirements.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on tangible assets at the following rates, based on the estimated useful life of these fixed assets and their anticipated residual value:

Furniture, equipment and musical instruments: in equal instalments over 3 years Computers: in equal instalments over 2 years

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COMA (Contemporary Music for All) (A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2020

2. Income from Educational activities

come from Educational activities
Midwinter Composers Masterclass
National Festival
Online Summer School
Total
rants
Arts Council England
PRS for Music Foundation
Gift Aid
Britten Pears Festival 2020
Foyle Foundation Festival 2020
Total grants
ducation – cost of activities
Mid Winter Composers
Central office costs apportionment
National Festival
Online Summer School
Nature Unwrapped
Total		 Total
2020
£
12,653
-
12,653
67,632
2,121
600
84,231		 Total
2020
£
11,361
1,708
1,585
14,654
Total
2020
£
-
42,039
8,543
5,000
10,000
65,582
 Total
2019
£
16,859
-
-
16,859
Total
2019
£
-
4,700
3,761
5,000
10,000
23,461
Total
2019
£
15,888
2,130
18,018
-
-
-
18,018		 Total
2019
£
16,859
-
-
16,859

Total
2019
£
-
4,700
3,761
5,000
10,000
23,461

3. Grants

4. Education – cost of activities

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COMA (Contemporary Music for All)

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2020

5. Regional ensembles

Artistic costs
Marketing and publicity
Administration
Total
anagement and Administration of main office
Office rent and other overheads
Accountant's fees
Statutory charges
Professional fees
Total
Less Apportioned to specific events:
This year no centrally organised events		 2020
£
9,251
192
1,153
10,596
2020
£
3,281

800
48
3,500
7,629

839
6,790
 2019
£
10,805
1,057
520
12,382
2019
£
17,159
500
48
3,600
21,307
2,130
19,177

6. Management and Administration of main office

7. Fixed Assets – tangible assets

Computers
Furniture, office
equipment &
musical
instruments
£
£
Cost
Balance brought forward
3,880
4,426
Additions (disposals)
-
-
Balance at 31 December 2020
3,880
4,426
Depreciation
Balance brought forward
3,880
2,141
Less re disposals
-
-
Charge for the year
-
571
Balance at 31 December 2020
3,880
2,712
Net book value at 31 December 2020
-
1,714
Net book value at 31 December 2019
-
2,285		 Total
£
8,306
-
8,306
6,021
-
571
6,592
1,714
2,285

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COMA (Contemporary Music for All)

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the year ended 31 December 2020

8. Debtors

Gift aid provision
Festival payments for 2020
Nature Unwrapped
String Course
Travel costs to Greece
Prepayments Mid Winter
Total		 2020
£
-
-
-
426
614
-
1,040		 2019
£
5,800
10,530
600
60
634
212
17,836

9. Cash at banks and in hand

ash at banks and in hand
Central office
Regional ensembles
Total		 2020
£
31,880
13,915
45,795		 2019
£
25,062
19,581
44,643

10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Mid Winter Composers Course
Grants carried forward see note 3
East Midlands balance
Regional Credit
Maastricht travel
Accruals
Total		 2020
£
-
-
2,710
443
1,458
11,840
16,451		 2019
£
4,478
15,000
2,710
7,125
1,458
-
30,771

11. Restricted Funds

The restricted fund balance represents the Commissions Fund £4,354 as at 31 December 2020 ( 2019: £4,759) . The fund is to be used to fund new commissions of works for CoMA.

12. Unrestricted Funds

Unrestricted funds are the general funds of the charity which may be used for any of its activities.

13. Taxation

COMA is a registered charity and, therefore, is not liable to income tax or corporation tax on income or gains derived from its charitable activities as they fall within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

14. Liability of members

CoMA is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10 each.

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