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2024-12-31-accounts

Company registration number: 4833202 Charity registration number: 1100003

Deal Music and Arts Limited

(A company limited by guarantee)

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Batchelor Coop Ltd The New Barn Mill Lane Eastry Sandwich CT13 0JW

Deal Music and Arts Limited

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees' and Directors' Report 2 to 9
Independent Examiner's Report 10
Statement of Financial Activities 11 to 12
Balance Sheet 13
Notes to the Financial Statements 14 to 23

Deal Music and Arts Limited

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees P Fischer Brown, Chairman
P J Dorritt, Vice Chairman
A J Holloway
D A Wells
P W Robertson
J Spencer
J D Lewis
R Anderson
D M Hutton
P Green
Secretary W Cooper
Charity Registration Number 1100003
Company Registration Number 4833202
The charity is incorporated in England.
Registered Office The New Barn
Mill Lane
Eastry
Sandwich
CT13 0JW
Principal Office 49 Barton Mill Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1BP
Independent Examiner Batchelor Coop Ltd
The New Barn
Mill Lane
Eastry
Sandwich
CT13 0JW
Bankers HSBC
71 High Street
Deal
Kent
CT14 6EH

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Trustees' and Directors' Report

Objectives and activities

Objects and aims

The objects of the Charity are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music, and all other arts relating to the performance and presentation thereof and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefor, provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 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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Achievements and performance

I began my report last year with dark thoughts about the state of Arts provision in the UK and a continuing concern about the marginalisation of music education within our schools system. 2024 brought a glimmer of light. A new government has publicly declared that the Cultural sector is a vital part of national life and the economy, and it has initiated a review of the activities of Arts Council England, which has been stout supporter of DMA through recent difficult times. There also there seems to be a willingness to brings the arts back into the ambit of education. Well and good, but no one should doubt that achieving these ambitions will take time and will not necessarily be first amongst this government’s priorities. The need for our annual festival and the work undertaken by Learning and Participation will not lessen, though one should hope that it can move forward as a partnership between ourselves, our supporters and local and national government.

Thanks to a deeply committed executive led by the indefatigable Willie Cooper we have had a good year. (And many congratulations to Willie Cooper on her award of a BEM in the New Year’s Honours - richly deserved.)

Festival 2024, with the theme of a “French Connection’ built on Luke Styles successes in his first festival. There was a continuing commitment to young performers and to performing newly written music. In that respect it was splendid to welcome our first ever Composer in Residence, Florence Anne Maunders whose music we heard across the whole festival, notably at what for many was a properly innovative Festival event: Thomas Kemp conducting Chamber Domaine in all of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in two concerts interleaved with new music by contemporary composers that reflected on the German master’s achievement in fascinating and personal ways.

We also welcomed the recorder player Lizzie Knatt, our first Artist in Association and a partnership with the Royal Academy of Music. And in another innovation Lizzie was a soloist at one of two Sunday afternoon concerts organised at Walmer Castle in the winter for the Friends of DMA. A thankyou to our doughty supporters that included tea as well as music, thus feeding the inner and the outer person!

The Festival was launched by the White Cliffs Symphonic Winds, conducted by Graham Harvey with a popular programme of music from movies and gaming that had a large audience shaking their imagined light sabres to John Williams Music for Star Wars! Graham, a long-time trustee of Deal Music and Arts, and the chair too at a difficult time, bid the board farewell this year. His contribution not simply to DMA but to music making in Deal has been matchless, and our annual Summer School stands as a continuing testament to his commitment to learning and participation.

Luke Styles writes more about the 2024 festival later in this report, but I cannot help commenting on how successful the return of opera to the Festival was with Wild Opera’s version of The Magic Flute. Then there were the four French Song recitals with artists from across the channel joining English performers and on the second Friday a dazzling morning recital in the Town Hall from Junyan Chen - a young artist who surely has a lustrous career ahead of her. It was good to welcome the writers Jonathan Coe, Deborah Moggach, Gawain Douglas and Alison Weir. And as always Gavin Esler talking about British politics walked into his audience’s minds and hearts. If we didn‘t quite reach our sales target for tickets we nevertheless sold a total of 3633 but even with Willie Cooper’s fundraising efforts and a significant grant from ACE we lost financially..

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Our education programme, now renamed Learning and Participation, had a full year that included innovating a series of well attended schools’ concerts in Dover. While we have forgone our formal links with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra the work that together we initiated with young people continues. It was heartening to see the Young Musicians Concert on the last day of the Festival as well as workshops for the very young and who could resist a musical journey inside the inflatable whale beached in St George’s Churchyard! I believe that the importance of integrating the work of L&P and the Festival cannot be underestimated. Peter Cook, writes more about Learning and Participation later in this annual report

Both the trustees and the executive of DMA have been conscious that our social and political landscape is everchanging in ways that we need to be alert to. Penny Dorritt led a working party on Marketing designed to assist DMA reach into communities with a series of straightforward messages that may have eluded them, particularly about the Summer Festival. This undoubtedly gave our marketing effort a sharper focus as did the decision to employ a freelance digital consultant to assist with our presence on social media. For a number of reasons much of the burden of delivering this fell on the shoulders of Alice Wilkinson, the Festival Administrator, who proved herself admiurably equal to the task.

The Board continued to monitor and to adapt the Five-Year Strategy that had been agreed in the previous year, adapting targets and deadlines as necessary. Two particular pieces of new work grew out of the Strategy. Rolande Anderson, who had recently joined the Board undertook responsibility for evaluating our response to the issues proposed by ‘Diversity’, including an audit of what we might have achieved and what we ought to attend to.

And Dame Deirdre Hutton has chaired a working party on how the two halves of DMA’s activities, the Summer Festival and the L&P programme might be more effectively integrated.

Paul Green joined the Board as a trustee in the early part of the year filling the long vacant role of Treasurer. He joins DMA with long experience if working in the voluntary sector

The Trustees are deeply grateful to all who help to fund our work, particularly the Arts Council of England. We rely on many acts of generosity, some modest and some significant. But whatever is given is welcome. In particular we depend upon the generosity of our Friends, who as well as ‘giving’ are willing work as volunteers during the festival!

In the summer Cathy Morrison our Education Assistant announced that she was retiring at the end of the festival. She has turned her capable hands to everything she has been asked to do with grace and good humour. She and her husband Terry have been stalwart in everything they have done for DMA.

I should like to thank all of the Trustees for their diligence and their wisdom. And that includes Ken Peers, a co-opted member of the Board. Ken is our technical director and plays an essential role in helping to develop new kinds programme delivery systems. DMA is indeed fortunate in being able to call upon such experience.

This is the last time that I shall write a section of this Annual Report. In July I stepped down and my place as your chair was taken by Peter Fischer Brown.

As the new Chair of Deal Music and Arts, I (Peter) am delighted to be taking on the baton passed on by Christoper, who has done such an extraordinary amount for DMA in the last years. We wish Christopher a very happy retirement from this role, and look forward to seeing him at our Festival in 2025.

I grew up in Ramsgate and am now based much of the time in Sandwich, my family’s base for several generations, so I have seen with much admiration the quality of DMA’s work in and with the community of East Kent.

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Trustees' and Directors' Report

On taking on this role, I am fortunate to be Chair of a wonderful, experienced and talented Board, who support our indefatigable Executive. We thank Luke and Peter for their excellent steering of the two “legs” of our charity in 2024, the Deal Festival and Learning and Participation, but also our capable and committed administrators, Alice Wilkinson (Festival) and Charlie Hughes (L&P), who work so hard to make our events such a success - all headed up and guided by our tireless General Manager Willie Cooper BEM.

We had a very constructive end to last year, as we planned the 2025 Festival, which will be better than ever, and as we reviewed how to make our Learning and Participation activities even more impactful in our local communities. I look forward to telling you more about that in next year’s report!

Peter Cook’s Learning and Participation

Firstly allow me to also extend my thanks to Cathy Morrisson who was there when I joined DMA in 2020. She has been a tireless advocate of the education work, now L&P, and always gave generously to our projects. Without her we would not be where we are today. We will miss her of course but we are very pleased that Charlie Hughes has taken over her role and is doing a fine job!

The last year has been a great year of achievements for our existing projects and here are a few highlights. We had a fabulous Bold As concert in March with Phil White our project director leading over100 young children many of whom had been learning their instrument for a mere 6 months. The sound, as you can imagine was a delight, its occasional rough edges being forgiven in light of the sheer enthusiasm of youth. We also had a visit from the Purcell School who enchanted young people by sharing composing skills and then performing in a lunchtime concert. Our lunchtime concert series began in the spring and is now a feature on primary school calendars and some secondary too.

The Jazz Academy performed as support to NYJO’s Latin ensemble to great acclaim and we have now reshaped them into the Creative Jazz Orchestra, an emerging intergenerational band who have something to say whether they are 12 or 72. Our Community Band also performed during the festival and goes from strength to strength performing new work by emerging composers, this year Florence Maunders and also a collaboration with the Irene Taylor Trust.

Our work alongside the Festival is developing and we have five or more projects which we work closely on with visiting artists such as Chineke! Tomorrows Warriors and of course the Composer in Residence and the Young Artist in Association.

Our summer School was a great success with Ben Marshal last summer and he, and the tutors, brought the joy of music to over 65 people working together for a week and culminating in a fine concert to a packed concert hall. As we move forward I envisage and strive for greater collaborations, learning across all ages and a more diverse participation offer to those with and without the ability to pay.

Thanks too must go to Christopher Cook who I enjoyed working with immensely and I can testify makes the best pickle in Deal.

Financial review

We ended the year with income exceeding the expenditure, creating a surplus of £49,106. Our reserves brought forward from 2023 amounted to £89,253, giving cummulative reserves at 31 December 2024 of £138,359, of which £62,915 were restricted.

Policy on reserves

As good practice, recommended by the Charity Commission, the directors have decided to aim to maintain general reserves at a level of threes months' management fees and 5% of one festival's direct costs.

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Plans for future periods

Aims and key objectives for future periods

In 2025, the Deal Festival continues to build on its rich legacy of community engagement, artistic innovation, and cultural celebration. Our theme for the year, "Coastlines", reflects the unique geographical and cultural identity of Deal, while also exploring the broader connections between land, sea, and human experience. This theme will be woven throughout the festival, from music and dance to visual arts and community events, creating a cohesive and immersive experience for all.

The festival opens with 'Submerged' at Deal Castle, a visually stunning, dance-led performance by Canterbury Christ Church University in collaboration with Anna Phoebe. Combining light, audio, and music, this event will culminate in an intimate solo performance by Phoebe. The festival launch at Linden Hall Studio will feature Young Artist in Association, Hoda Jahanpour, performing 'Reverie' by Blasio Kavuma, alongside a DJ set by our Composer in Residence. An accompanying art exhibition curated by Myles Corley alongside works from the Tony Nandi photographic competition, reinforcing the festival’s commitment to multi-disciplinary artistic expression.

A highlight from the opening festival weekend is the concert by the Royal Academy of Music Winds at St George’s Church, featuring young musicians performing works by Mozart, Strauss, and Blasio Kavuma. Joanna Jones will open her home in Dover for an intimate salon event, where she will discuss her artistic practice alongside a musical response from Jahanpour and a reading from Simon Bill. 'An Oratorio of Gulls' at Dover Town Hall will unite local schools, choirs, and the White Cliffs ensemble in a new work by Luke Styles and Hazel Gould, fostering intergenerational collaboration and community engagement.

Quartet Page Blanche, a dynamic string quartet from the Orchestre de Paris, will present a programme that blends classical and jazz influences, featuring works by Bill Evans, Debussy, Bach and Ravel. The literature and film series will bring together notable writers and critics, including Nick Dear discussing Beethoven’s life and Laurence Rees in conversation about 'The Nazi Mind'. Screenings of 'Eroica' and 'A Late Quartet' will complement these discussions, offering a multi-disciplinary exploration of musical and literary themes.

Young people remain at the heart of the festival, with a programme designed to inspire and engage new generations. Dance workshops based on 'The Smeds and the Smoos', a showcase concert for young musicians musicians, and a circus performance and workshop will highlight the creativity of young participants. LENsemble, a Lithuanian chamber ensemble, will bring an international perspective to the festival, presenting a programme of classical and contemporary Lithuanian compositions at Trinity Church.

One of the most anticipated performances is Spiers and Boden at St George’s Church. This acclaimed folk duo, founding members of Bellowhead, will deliver an electrifying performance that blends traditional melodies with contemporary energy. Opera lovers will be treated to Wild Arts’ fully staged production of Donizetti’s 'Elixir of Love' at St Mary’s Arts Centre in Sandwich, following the success of their Magic Flute in 2024. The festival will also showcase innovative sonic experiences, including Anna Braithwaite’s immersive 360° sound installation at the Landmark Centre, inviting audiences to engage with the coastal landscape through sound.

Lucy Crowe and The Fantasia Orchestra will present 'Birdsong' at St George’s Church, a full-length evening concert featuring works by Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Strauss, and a new commission by Blasio Kavuma. The Captain’s Garden Day will celebrate local poets, musicians, and artists in an open-air setting, creating a platform for community creativity and audience interaction. Closing the festival, Tomorrow’s Warriors, the pioneering Black-led jazz ensemble, will bring their unique energy to St George’s Church, showcasing the next generation of UK jazz talent while exploring the historical connections between jazz and the Harlem Renaissance.

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Activities planned to achieve aims

The 2025 Deal Festival promises to be an extraordinary celebration of music, arts, and community. With an eclectic mix of performances, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and a strong commitment to accessibility and inclusion, the festival will continue to foster artistic excellence and meaningful engagement with local and international audiences.

Education at DMA

Our society is changing and we wish to change with it, keeping the best of what we do whilst addressing how to open up our projects to as many people as we can whatever the age, gender or background. In some cases we know that we will need to explore new avenues and include more practitioners with new skills so we can learn together in new ways. We relish these opportunities.

Developing ideas

Early Years music performances: we think there is huge scope to develop a range of early years performances and musical interactions which will support parents and their young children to prepare them for an exciting musical life. Working with local providers we want to explore this over the next year and help put in place regular interactions which will enhance a young person’s sound world. We are beginning this by putting together a performance for the festival this year.

Adults with learning disabilities and their families: Again working with local providers we are about to start a monthly workshop group which aims to support adults with a learning disability and their carers. We have taken advice from other groups who do this and the leaders of local groups and the adults themselves. As this idea develops we would like to see more adults with a learning disability taking part in open music groups and finding ways for them to perform together.

The Transition Band: although our Bold As project is doing well in terms of support from primary schools, the local music hub, and teachers, many young people stop learning when they arrive at secondary school. We have secured funding to explore how this ‘drop off’ can be changed so that young people who have learned an instrument at primary level continue in their chosen secondary school. Our idea is to set up a regular after school group in Dover where there are 5 secondary schools close to each other. Primary year 6 children would meet with secondary age children in years 7 and 8. So far, the secondary teachers seem very positive about this. We are excited to see what this transitioning group of young people can achieve together.

NYJO: using a new digital resource produced by NYJO, young people will be able to continue their learning at home as well as experiencing jazz music first hand with specially designed concerts and workshops with NYJO practitioners. Our half termly workshops are likely to remain at least for the moment but change into a more accessible group for more people to take part in. We are also keen to develop a group of teenage young people to form their own bands and to come together in one extraordinary big band playing jazz music relevant to them.

Conclusion

DMAE delivers meaningful musical experiences to people in East Kent and continues to search for new ways to reach more people and improve our cultural offer.

Structure, governance and management

Nature of governing document

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporated in England on 15th July 2003 and as such the Memorandum and Articles contain the provisions which regulate the purposes and administration of the Charity.

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Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The Charity’s policy is to invite suitably qualified local people to become Trustees of the Charity. The appointment of any new trustees during the year are confirmed at the Annual General Meeting.

Organisational structure

The trustees of the company during the year are listed on page 1 of the financial statements.

P Green, P Fischer Brown and R J Anderson retire by rotation at the Annual General Meeting and offer themeselves for re-election.

The Board of Trustees administers the Charity. The Board meets regularly and is responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. An Artistic Director and Education Director are appointed by the Board to organise the artistic and education programmes respectively. These duties are undertaken by the trustees for periods in between appointments.

Responsibility for the day to day running of the Charity is delegated to the General Manager, the Festival Artistic Director and the Educational Director.

Major risks and management of those risks

The trustees examine the major risk that the Charity faces each financial year when preparing and updating the strategic plan. The Charity has systems to monitor and control these risks and to mitigate any impact that they may have on its future.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies' regime under the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of Responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors of Deal Music and Arts Limited 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), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable 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 charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 24 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... P Fischer Brown Trustee

......................................... P J Dorritt Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Deal Music and Arts Limited ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of Deal Music and Arts Limited (and also 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 Deal Music and Arts Limited 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 your charity’s accounts as 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 The 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 Deal Music and Arts Limited 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.

...................................... Graham Rennells FCA The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Independent Examiner

The New Barn Mill Lane Eastry Sandwich CT13 0JW

25 March 2025

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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

Unrestricted funds
Note
Designated
£
General
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources
from generated funds
Voluntary income
3
-
135,422
Investment income
4
-
2,215
-
137,637
Resources expended
Costs of generating
funds
Fundraising trading:
cost of goods sold and
other costs
5
-
(570)
Charitable activities
6
-
(126,448)
Governance costs
-
(21,318)
-
(148,336)
Other recognised gains and losses
Net movement in funds
-
(10,699)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought
forward
8,379
77,764
Total funds carried
forward
13
8,379
67,065		 Unrestricted funds
Note
Designated
£
General
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources
from generated funds
Voluntary income
3
-
135,422
Investment income
4
-
2,215
-
137,637
Resources expended
Costs of generating
funds
Fundraising trading:
cost of goods sold and
other costs
5
-
(570)
Charitable activities
6
-
(126,448)
Governance costs
-
(21,318)
-
(148,336)
Other recognised gains and losses
Net movement in funds
-
(10,699)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought
forward
8,379
77,764
Total funds carried
forward
13
8,379
67,065		 Unrestricted funds
Note
Designated
£
General
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources
from generated funds
Voluntary income
3
-
135,422
Investment income
4
-
2,215
-
137,637
Resources expended
Costs of generating
funds
Fundraising trading:
cost of goods sold and
other costs
5
-
(570)
Charitable activities
6
-
(126,448)
Governance costs
-
(21,318)
-
(148,336)
Other recognised gains and losses
Net movement in funds
-
(10,699)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought
forward
8,379
77,764
Total funds carried
forward
13
8,379
67,065		 Unrestricted funds
Note
Designated
£
General
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources
from generated funds
Voluntary income
3
-
135,422
Investment income
4
-
2,215
-
137,637
Resources expended
Costs of generating
funds
Fundraising trading:
cost of goods sold and
other costs
5
-
(570)
Charitable activities
6
-
(126,448)
Governance costs
-
(21,318)
-
(148,336)
Other recognised gains and losses
Net movement in funds
-
(10,699)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought
forward
8,379
77,764
Total funds carried
forward
13
8,379
67,065		 Restricted
funds
£
172,119
-
172,119
-
(99,891)
(12,423)		 Total
2024
£
307,541
2,215
309,756
(570)
(226,339)
(33,741)		 Total
2023
£
237,569
991
238,560
(945)
(183,841)
(36,124)
(148,336) (112,314) (260,650) (220,910)
(10,699)
77,764		 59,805
3,110		 49,106
89,253		 17,650
71,603
8,379 67,065 62,915 138,359 89,253

The notes on pages 14 to 23 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 11

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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

Comparative Figures for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Note
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from
generated funds
Voluntary income
3
Investment income
4
Resources expended
Fundraising trading:cost of
goods sold and other costs
5
Charitable activities
6
Governance costs
7
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
13		 Unrestricted
funds
£
119,847
991
120,838
(945)
(68,299)
(21,654)
(90,898)
29,940
56,203
86,143		 Restricted
funds
£
117,722
-
117,722
-
(115,542)
(14,470)
(130,012)
(12,290)
15,400
3,110		 Total
2023
£
237,569
991
238,560
(945)
(183,841)
(36,124)
(220,910)
17,650
71,603
89,253

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2024 is shown in note 13.

The notes on pages 14 to 23 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 12

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(Registration number: 4833202) Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
12
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds of the charity:
Restricted
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted
Total funds
13		 2024
£
5,144
151
135,950
136,101
(2,886)
133,215
138,359
62,915
75,444
138,359		 2023
£
2,648
939
87,918
88,857
(2,252)
86,605
89,253
3,110
86,143
89,253

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements on pages 11 to 23 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 24 March 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

......................................... ......................................... P Fischer Brown P J Dorritt Trustee Trustee

The notes on pages 14 to 23 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 13

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1 Charity status

The charity is a charity limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. 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

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, the Charity Commission 'Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities' ('SORP 2005'), the Financial Reporting Standard 102, and the Companies Act 2006. A summary of the principal accounting policies, which have been applied consistently, except where noted, is set out below.

Support costs

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £250.00 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation and amortisation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Asset class Furniture and equipment

Depreciation method and rate 15% reducing balance

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Income and endowments

Voluntary income including donations and legacies is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Gift aid tax reclaimed

Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the statement of financial activities at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Other trading activities

Income derived from events is recognised as earned (that is, as the related goods or services are provided).

Investment income

Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.

Cost of generating funds

These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

Charitable activities

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance costs

Governance costs include costs of the preparation and examination of the statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and the cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside at the discretion of the trustees for specific purposes.

Restricted funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

Further details of each fund are disclosed in note 12.

Debtors

Debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

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Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Creditors

Creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

3 Voluntary income

Donations and legacies;
Sale of tickets
Brochures and advertising
Donations and grants received
Members donations		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
58,239
1,400
64,159
11,624
135,422		 Restricted
funds
£
9,990
-
162,129
-
172,119		 Total
2024
£
68,229
1,400
226,288
11,624
307,541		 Total
2023
£
65,669
3,098
159,233
9,569
237,569

4 Investment income

Interest receivable and similar income;
Interest receivable on bank deposits		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
2,215		 Total
2024
£
2,215		 Total
2023
£
991

5 Expenditure on raising funds

Note
Fundraising trading costs;
Fundraising		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
570
570		 Total
2024
£
570
570		 Total
2023
£
945
945

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6 Charitable activities

Unrestricted

Unrestricted
Artists' fees and expenses
Festival fees and expenses
Commission on ticket sales
Hire of halls
Piano hire and tuning
Publicity, brochures and leaflets
Depreciation		 General
£
72,338
21,107
2,717
12,626
1,200
15,552
908
126,448		 Restricted
£
70,440
18,048
-
6,983
-
4,420
-
99,891		 Total
2024
£
142,778
39,155
2,717
19,609
1,200
19,972
908
226,339		 Total
2023
£
117,985
25,348
1,454
19,734
3,975
14,878
467
183,841

7 Analysis of governance and support costs

Governance costs

Administration fees
Bookkeeping
Accountancy and examination fees
Company secretarial fees
Telephone, printing and stationery
Insurance
Sundry		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
12,423
1,260
2,982
268
2,809
1,413
163
21,318		 Restricted
funds
£
12,423
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,423		 Total
2024
£
24,846
1,260
2,982
268
2,809
1,413
163
33,741		 Total
2023
£
29,440
1,344
1,367
293
2,158
1,359
163
36,124

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8 Trustees remuneration and expenses

During the year the charity made the following transactions with trustees:

G Harvey

G Harvey received remuneration of £Nil (2023: £2,000) and £232 (2023: £Nil) of expenses were reimbursed to G Harvey during the year.

J D Lewis

J D Lewis received remuneration of £Nil (2023: £560) and £Nil (2023: £225) of expenses were reimbursed to J D Lewis during the year.

P J Dorritt

£Nil (2023: £1,006) of expenses were reimbursed to P J Dorritt during the year.

A J Holloway

£100 (2023: £132) of expenses were reimbursed to A J Holloway during the year.

J Spencer

9 Taxation

No provision for taxation is included in the financial statements as the company is a charity entitled to the exemption from tax afforded by Section 505, ICTA 1988.

10 Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 January 2024
Additions
At 31 December 2024
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2024
Net book value
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023
11 Debtors
Other debtors		 Furniture and
equipment
£
3,665
3,404
7,069
1,017
908
1,925
5,144
2,648
2024
£
151		 Total
£
3,665
3,404
7,069
1,017
908
1,925
5,144
2,648
2023
£
939

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12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Other creditors 2024
£
2,886		 2023
£
2,252

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13 Funds
Unrestricted funds
General
Unrestricted general funds
Designated
Unrestricted designated fund
Total unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
John Swire Trust
Dover Town Council
Deal Town Council
Garfield Weston
Other donations/income
The Bernard Sunley
Foyle Foundation
ACE Lottery
Kent Music
KCF (Port of Dover)
KCF (Loveday Family Fund)
Deal Rotary Pirates
Meynall Grant
Royal Marines
KCF (Raddon Fund)
Total restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
January 2024
£
77,764
8,379
86,143
-
2,500
500
-
110
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,110
89,253		 Incoming
resources
£
137,637
-
137,637
10,000
-
-
7,500
11,741
10,000
10,000
90,224
3,104
15,000
2,000
300
10,000
250
2,000
172,119
309,756		 Resources
expended
£
(148,336)
-
(148,336)
(5,000)
(2,500)
(500)
(5,000)
(11,851)
(10,000)
(5,000)
(58,474)
(1,939)
-
(2,000)
(300)
(7,500)
(250)
(2,000)
(112,314)
(260,650)		 Balance at 31
December
2024
£
67,065
8,379
75,444
5,000
-
-
2,500
-
-
5,000
31,750
1,165
15,000
-
-
2,500
-
-
62,915
138,359

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Comparative Figures for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Unrestricted funds
General
Unrestricted general funds
Designated
Unrestricted designated fund
Total unrestricted funds
Restricted
Henry Smith Charitable Trust
John Swire Trust
Graeme Odgers
Dover Town Council
Guy & Elinor Meynell Trust
Deal Town Council
Drapers
Other donations/income
The Bernard Sunley
Walmer Town Council
Foyle Foundation
ACE Lottery
Mayor Charity
LGT Wealth
Kent Community Foundation
Total restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
January 2023
£
47,824
8,379
56,203
-
-
2,000
1,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
400
2,000
-
-
-
5,000
15,400
71,603		 Incoming
resources
£
120,838
-
120,838
10,000
5,000
-
5,107
5,000
500
500
11,610
10,000
-
-
53,805
1,200
5,000
10,000
117,722
238,560		 Resources
expended
£
(90,898)
-
(90,898)
(10,000)
(5,000)
(2,000)
(3,607)
(10,000)
-
(500)
(11,500)
(10,000)
(400)
(2,000)
(53,805)
(1,200)
(5,000)
(15,000)
(130,012)
(220,910)		 Balance at 31
December
2023
£
77,764
8,379
86,143
-
-
-
2,500
-
500
-
110
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,110
89,253

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The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows:

Designated fund: The charity has received a legacy from the late Dr A Scott. The directors have decided that they will maintain this legacy in a separate fund, with the income earned thereon being used for general purposes. The capital will be maintained as finances permit.

General fund: Funds are held for the ordinary purposes of the charity.

Restricted donations were made and the funds received have been applied for Education purposes:

Arts Council England - Education John Swire Trust - Education Dover Town Council - Education Sundry donations/income - Education The Bernard Sunley - Education Deal Town Council - Education Foyle Foundation - Education Kent Community Foundation - Education ACE Lottery - Education Garfield Weston - Education Kent Music - Education KCF (Port of Dover) - Education KCF (Loveday Family Fund) - Education KCF (Raddon Fund) - Educatioin Deal Rotary Pirates - Education Meynall Grants - Education Royal Marines - Education

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14 Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted
General
£
Designated
£
5,144
-
64,807
8,379
(2,886)
-
67,065
8,379		 Endowment
funds
Permanent
£
-
62,915
-
62,915		 Total funds at
31 December
2024
£
5,144
136,101
(2,886)
138,359

Comparative Figures for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted funds
General
£
Designated
£
2,648
-
77,368
8,379
(2,252)
-
77,764
8,379		 Endowment
funds
Permanent
£
-
3,110
-
3,110		 Total funds at
31 December
2023
£
2,648
88,857
(2,252)
89,253

15 Related party transactions

There are no further related party transactions in the year other than those noted in note 9 of the financial statements.

The charity is controlled by the trustees who are all directors of the company.

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