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## **Annual Report & Accounts 2022**
## **Charity Overview**
## **Contents**
Charity Overview - 03 Key Facts and Figures - 04 Welcome from the Chair of Trustees - 06 CEO’s Report - 07 Individual Lessons Programme - 08 Music for Deaf Children - 09 Choirs at Special Needs Schools - 10 With a Smile and a Song Concert - 11 Plans for 2023 - 11 Trustees’ Report - 12 Independent Examiner’s Report - 14 Statement of Financial Activities - 15 Balance Sheet - 16
Statement of Cash Flows - 17 Notes on Financial Statements - 18 Thank You to Our Donors - 22 Legal and Administrative Details - 23
We support children and young people aged 5 to 25 with a wide range of physical and learning disabilities, both individually and in group workshops in special needs schools. When they are ready, we help them to integrate into community-based activities such as joining a youth choir or playing in a band, which helps to widen their social circles and gain acceptance from their non-disabled peers. It also helps non-disabled groups learn how to accommodate the needs of our students and to value their contribution.
The charity was established in 2003 and since then has supported over 4,500 children. Our vision is of a world where disabled children and young people have the same access to music-making as any other child.
Through long-term engagement, the children experience the joy of making music, which positively impacts their academic performance, social life and health. Their schools, families and local communities also benefit from the improved health and well-being of the children.
## **Our Mission**
## **Our Vision**
Our vision is for all disabled children and young people to be able to access, and benefit from, music-making opportunities.
Our mission is to build and strengthen the life skills, well-being and confidence of disabled children and young people through music-making
**Our Programmes**
Choirs at Special Schools Music for Deaf Children Individual Music Lessons Teacher Training
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INDIVIDUAL MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES Summary by Activity
PROVIDED BY MUSIC OF LIFE IN 2022
3,162
MUSIC LESSONS
180
DAYS OF MUSIC
PROVISION IN DEAF
244 42
SCHOOLS
CHORAL SESSIONS CONCERTS, ASSEMBLIES
AND COMMUNTY
ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS
Summary of music provision
26,030
678 41 36
VOICES 112MUSIC IN KEYBOARDS 44 WOODWIND
CLASSROOM FOR STRING 42
DEAF CHILDREN PERCUSSION/
OTHER
5
4 8 5
2022 IN NUMBERS 10 THEORY MUSIC
12 TECHNOLOGY
MUSIC THEORY 28
FOLK / COMPOSITION
TRADITIONAL
958 110
STUDENTS RECEIVING
STUDENTS ATTENDING 2022 Key Facts and Figures
1:1 LESSONS
GROUP SESSIONS
1008
Our beneficiaries’
DIRECT primary conditions*
BENEFICIARIES
PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disability) 38% 36%
Deaf / Hard of Hearing 36%
Physical disability Blind / Visually Impaired 14%12% 64%
5 * Many of our students have more than one condition,
with 57% also on the autistic spectrum.
MUSIC FOR DEAF 7
CHILDREN SCHOOL
PROGRAMMES CHOIRS IN
Ethnicity
SPECIAL NEEDS
SCHOOLS 74 [%]
of our current students White British and White Other
are on Pupil Premium
Ethnic Minority Groups
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## **Welcome from the Chair of Trustees**
## Advisory Council
In 2022 Music of Life transitioned successfully from our pandemic-affected programme to once again working directly with the children and young people we serve. Given the country’s prevailing social and economic issues, it is very encouraging to report that income was the best ever and we were able to increase our charitable spending by 42%, supporting over 1,000 students with disabilities.
This was the second full year for the Council which comprises leaders in the fields of education, music and technology, research, music services and hubs, and kindred charities serving children and young people with disabilities.
We met twice; our first in-person meeting having had to be cancelled at short notice because of a rail-strike. Key topics included:
Our regular feedback from school staff, parents and carers, our teachers and the children themselves highlighted the benefits of increased social interaction following isolation during the pandemic, the opportunities to play and sing together, increased self-confidence and a sense of achievement, and overall, an increase in happiness. This was brilliantly exemplified in our concert in Birmingham Town Hall last June!
– A presentation and Q&A discussion with the leader of our choral workshops.
- A review of opportunities to further expand our partnerships.
– A detailed exploration of the new National Plan for Music Education led by Council member Peter Smalley of Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust. The Council welcomed the inclusion of SEN provision in the new plan and the opportunities it will provide to further develop Music of Life’s work through partnerships.
Once again, I would like to thank all the members of our team, our dedicated CEO Maria Teterina, our expert workshop leaders and individual lesson tutors, our fundraising consultant, our volunteer administrator and our Board of Trustees. And we are immensely grateful to the Trusts and Foundations who so generously supported our work.
## Fundraising
The year ended on a high note with our first 5-year grant, from City Bridge Trust, worth £250,000 to continue and develop our Deaf schools’ programme. This work is further supported by an ongoing grant of £20,000 a year from the John Lyons Charity. The Karlsson Jativa Charitable Foundation approved a new 3-year grant of £90,000 for choral workshops. In addition, we were delighted with the return of some regional funders who, understandably, had focused on other priorities during the pandemic. We greatly welcome the increasingly open dialogue and supportive stance of many Trusts and Foundations.
## Board of Trustees
The trustees met 7 times – 3 times face-to-face. Key topics included:
- Strategy and Business Plan 2023-25 – the Board worked together to develop the plan and also sought input from our key independent contractors, our teachers, who are in weekly contact with the children and school staff who benefit from our work.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – EDI is integral to our mission. We completed an organisational audit using tools from Youth Music and the Charity Governance Code. From this sprang an updated policy, an EDI statement and an action plan. We are very grateful to Clare Salters for her leadership of this process.
## 2023-25
We feel very positive about the next 3 years. We start with the greatest number of schools and pupils to date. We will expand our training programmes to increase capacity. We will seek new income streams and the longer-term funding on which our continuity depends. We will optimise the enhanced strength of the charity to deliver on our mission to support children and young people with disabilities.
- Risk – we identified the key issues as the need to broaden our income streams, obtain longer-term grants and increase our organisational resilience. These are addressed in the strategic plan.
– Recruitment – following the EDI audit and a skills assessment, we conducted an open process in Q4, with the help of Trustees Unlimited, to replenish and refresh the Board. I am delighted to say that we have recruited 4 excellent trustees who join us at the start of the year. I feel confident, they will greatly complement the existing members.
R A Longbottom, Chair
## **CEO’s Re ort p**
2022 was a big year for Music of Life and we are equally excited to look back at it and look forward to what we can build as a result of it. We have, again, reached a new record in the number of children we work with every week bringing the total of beneficiaries to 1008, which is a 46% increase from 2021.
We built foundations for new beginnings and continued perfecting our existing programmes. New excellent practitioners joined our teams as we extended our provision to more schools. We worked with staff at new schools to help them settle into the routine of musicmaking with our workshop leaders and to enable them to learn about our approach and how to best support the students in their care during our sessions.
The beginning of the Spring term was a bumpy start with lots of last-minute cancellations and school closures as the country was gradually coming out of Covid-19 restrictions. We were working closely with our teams and schools to ensure we protected the interests of all parties. We are grateful to everyone for their flexibility and understanding, as sessions were switching seamlessly from face-to-face to online provision and back. As the year progressed, we enjoyed uninterrupted provision throughout the second part of the Spring term as well as the Summer and Autumn terms.
Our Choirs in Special Schools teams were busy introducing new and less experienced choirs to our weekly sessions. Two new groups were formed in Evergreen School and two brand-new choirs started in Bridge School and Calthorpe Academy. Both new schools were an instant success. They represent some of the most deprived children among our students with 80% coming from the lowest 20% of the most disadvantaged households. Almost 100% of their families do not speak English at home. However, the Headteachers pointed out that there had been a “phenomenal” level of parental engagement in connection with the Music of Life’s programmes.
Our “With a Smile and a Song” concert on 13th June 2022 at Birmingham Town Hall was one of the most significant events in the Charity’s history so far. With a record number of children performing together, the largest and finest team of music leaders involved, the great partnership contribution from Birmingham Services for Education and the best-ever engagement and attendance levels from families, it was a true celebration of talent and teamwork, which left everyone uplifted and buzzing for weeks.
The choral sessions leading up to the concert and the whole event itself were beautifully captured by a professional filming team and released in two parts: the concert was published on our YouTube channel in the
summer and the exciting new film about Music of Life choirs came out later in the year. The full story and QR codes for both the concert and the film can be found on page 11 of this report.
Our Music for Deaf Children continued to develop rapidly in many directions. Early in the year it won us a new local authority collaboration with the Hertfordshire Music Service through our work at Heathlands School for Deaf Children in St Albans. The schools in London attracted a lot of interest from funders, educational specialists and potential collaborators and presented a fabulous showcase to enable us to secure funding for a major new round of teacher training that commences in 2023. Students from Frank Barnes School participated in the Camden Music Festival and recorded a song with a choir from the primary school next door.
In our Individual Lessons Programme, recent case studies about our longest-standing beneficiaries tell a story of impressive achievements. They illustrate the value of multi-year support and also the ever-important role of **7** the teacher. At the other end of the spectrum there are some incredibly moving stories of young Deaf children including those with multiple and profound learning disabilities who take immense pride in the fact that they are learning an instrument, which is a point that all the Headteachers’ reports also highlight. We have seen evidence from our evaluation studies that our offer of 1:1 instrumental lessons to all KS2 children in Deaf schools where we work, is highly beneficial and stimulating, even if the lessons are very short initially. It also increases visibility of our work and its benefits to the families who can witness their children practicing at home.
We were delighted to re-introduce individual singing lessons in schools where we run choirs. Several experienced teachers in the Midlands area volunteered for this work as soon as the funding became available.
As part of the preparation for a new round of our Teacher Training programme, we collaborated with some of our schools to provide shadowing and work experience opportunities (unpaid) to qualified music practitioners who are interested in joining the Music of Life team at some stage in the future. Implemented over the entire Autumn term, it allowed us to test our “hands-on” approach in a live environment and fine-tune our offer to future trainees – practitioners and young musicians, including those with disabilities.
Maria Teterina, CEO
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## **Individual Lessons Programme**
Music of Life provides weekly 1:1 music tuition on a wide range of instruments and in various music genres.
Kabir is much more grounded and calmer since having piano lessons. His class teacher informed me that he was surprised how good the pupil was in his music class and how musical he was. Teachers have noticed a huge difference with Kabir since doing piano lessons. He goes back to class in a happier mood. He is hardly able to answer the questions I ask, but he responds well in music at all times.
Our lessons are delivered in a number of settings:
- Schools where we run choirs
- Schools for Deaf children as part of the music curriculum
- In partnership with local music services
- In partnership with other organisations, such as youth ensembles
Harjit Singh, Music teacher, Birmingham
## **Music for Deaf Children**
Music for Deaf children has been designed and for several years exclusively implemented by professional Deaf musicians.
In 2022 Music of Life has been able to deliver weekly music sessions and lessons in 5 schools for Deaf children:
• Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children (Camden)
Now it also enables hearing musicians to learn to work with Deaf children. It includes classroom provision, working in small groups with activities tailored very specifically for the needs of each age group; 1:1 instrument tuition and support for schools to enable Deaf students’ participation in major music partnership projects.
- Roding Primary School (Woodford)
- Blanche Neville School (Haringey)
• James Wolfe School (Greenwich)
- Heathlands School (St Albans)
- By individual arrangement
There has been a vast improvement in the children’s music ability since being part of this project. Pupils can now fully access and participate in sessions. They are being taught by an inspirational Deaf role model which has been massively empowering for our pupils. They are making great progress compared to when they joined mainstream sessions.
Concert and lessons have had a really positive impact. Parents are beginning to recognise the benefits of music and are supportive of their children learning.
Kathryn McCarthy, Deputy Headteacher, Blanche Neville school
Sabrina Lee, Teacher of the Deaf, Heathlands School
Marian is non-verbal, in terms of using speech, however is fluent in using BSL to communicate. This year I have been doing a lot of work on phrases, tonguing, timing and melody. All this falls under emotional expression, the extension of her voice, and I have also noticed, as she is a cochlear implant user, she knows if the note she is playing is not clear, and she will be consciously aware of it and will pay attention to improve on her sound. Music helps her with active listening and raising expectations.
Ruth Montgomery, Music teacher, London
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## **Choirs at Special Needs Schools**
This is our longest-running project to date (started in 2014), an ongoing programme of weekly choral workshops delivered by a team of professional musicians.
Choir sizes range from 20 to 70 students, joined by many of the school staff. It’s a very “all together now!” approach and a lot of fun.
In 2022 Music of Life ran weekly choral sessions at a record 7 schools:
- Evergreen Primary School, Warwick
- Evergreen Secondary School, Warwick
- Selly Oak Special School, Birmingham
- Woodlands Special School, Coleshill
- Calthorpe Academy, Birmingham
- Bridge School, Birmingham
- Castle School, Cambridge
Music of Life sessions have brought such joy to our school. They have given our pupils opportunities to use their voices and make choices, with instant results. We see high levels of engagement in sessions and whenever we repeat any of the songs outside of sessions. It has also given our pupils a sense of belonging and community, even during the online sessions, when they could see their friends on screen and join in together.
The excited buzz coming from the school hall on a Music of Life day is extraordinary! Pupils and staff participate with enthusiasm and everyone has a voice. The social interactions are wonderful to see and after 2 years of Covid, it was one of the first opportunities to come back together. The performance skills of the pupils who were involved in the concert were brilliant, we were all so proud!
Sue Clark, Assistant Head, Evergreen Special School
Lizzie Godwin, Deputy Headteacher, Woodlands school
## **“With a Smile and a Song” concert and the new Music of Life film**
no effort was spared by teachers, S4E staff and us to provide the young people with access to the event. It hammered home the critical need for complex arrangements to be in place to enable our students to participate in external events, and their complete dependency on others to make them. We believe this is one of Music of Life’s key strengths and foremost duties to our students.
The concert brought together 5 of The whole event was a massive logistical our choirs and individual students challenge, managed calmly and efficiently by Ruth Massey, our concert manager. from over 10 special schools in We also benefited tremendously from Birmingham and Warwickshire. It the ongoing support and cooperation of featured our Patron, Denise Leigh Sophie Gray, Amy Swallow and Birmingham Services for Education (S4E) teachers as well and some of our older and most as staff at participating schools. There were advanced students performing many problems to overcome to secure the solos with the choir. attendance of the individual students, but
The Music of Life film includes unique footage from our singing sessions at schools, interviews with students, their teachers and Music of Life leaders and a much valued contribution from Professor Graham Welch talking about the benefits of singing from a scientific perspective.
Our brand new film about Music of Life Choirs and for the full version of the concert in Birmingham are available to watch on our YouTube channel. Please use your phone’s camera to scan the QR codes below. **11**
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## **Plans for 2023**
At the time this report is being prepared, the year has got off to a flying start with the receipt of our largest multi-year grant ever and the arrival of several new trustees to join our Board.
It has helped some students retain information and be able to come back to class and talk about what they have been doing in their session
New pathways and collaborations are being explored and we see the next few months as an exciting challenge for the organisation, having achieved a certain critical mass both in quality of provision and funding, to implement our 3-year plan for strategic development and further growth.
Daisy Hands, Evergreen school
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## **Trustees’ Report**
For the year ending 31 December 2022
## Introduction
The Trustees who are also the Directors of the limited company have pleasure in presenting their Report together with the financial statements of Music of Life Foundation Charity for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Legal and administrative information set out on page 23 forms part of this Report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Articles of Association, applicable law and Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities 2019.
## Structure, Governance & Management
Music of Life Foundation is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Articles of Association dated 12 November 2003 and amended by special resolution on 11 July 2019 to bring the Charity’s governing documents into line with current company and charity law and good practice. The Charity is registered at Companies House as No. 4963498. It is a charity registered with the Charity Commission as No. 1102827.
The Foundation is managed by a Board, the members of which have the legal status of directors of the charitable company (the Charity) and are its Trustees for the purpose of charity law. The Board meets at least six times a year to have a close view on performance against objectives and to have more flexibility to react to arising issues.
## Selection and Appointment of Trustees
The Trustees appoint new members by general agreement. Regular reviews are conducted to ensure that the Board has the necessary skills. New trustees take part in an induction process when they receive copies of the Charity’s Articles of Association, are fully briefed on their obligations under charity and company law, and are given information on the decision-making processes, the financial performance of the Charity, the regular review of the Risk Assessment and the Business Plan.
Trustees with specific expertise brief the Board from time to time on current topics, more broadly trustees are encouraged to keep up-to-date with developments in the sector and to take advantage of the many training opportunities available from various bodies.
Objectives and Activities of the Foundation for the Public Benefit
Music of Life Foundation's objectives are the advancement of the education of disabled children in the arts and, in particular, the art of music by:
- Providing access to facilities for study, for creative development and access to both standard and creative organisations, on equal terms with other children,
- Organising of national and international musical events, competitions and concerts in which disabled children can participate thus helping them to realise their potential, and
- Supporting research undertaken into the educational and therapeutic use of the arts and in particular the art of music for the benefit of disabled children.
When reviewing the Foundation's aims and objectives, devising new programmes and setting policies for the year, the Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and complied with their duty under Section s17(5) of the Charities Act 2011.
## Risk Management
The Trustees regularly review the major risks to which the Charity is exposed and take action where appropriate to mitigate them. The Trustees consider the two greatest risks to be
- the unpredictability and short-term nature of much of our funding to be the greatest risk in the short to medium term.
- the sudden loss of key individuals involved in the management of the charity and in delivering its programmes
We have focussed our fundraising on securing longer term grants. In December 2022, funding was secured from City Bridge Trust which will support part of our programme for the next five years. Further grants covering three year periods have also been secured.
We are seeking to mitigate the loss of key individuals by regular training of additional contractors, who shadow and work with our workshop leaders, and by adding a new role in the leadership team.
## Financial Review
Total income was £212,123, an increase of 30% on 2021. We continue to be supported by a large number of Trusts and Foundations. Some of these trusts commit to multiyear funding, and many are regular funders. We are extremely grateful for the support of all of our funders.
Our overall charitable expenditure increased by 42% to £216,424 (2021: £151,955). We also spent £18,616 on fundraising activities, giving total costs of £235,040. The costs have exceeded income in the year by £22,917.
We start 2023 with restricted reserves at £57,170 - 47% lower than at the start of 2022. This is a significant drop in our project reserves caused largely by spending in the previous year being delayed due to the pandemic. The Trustees consider all projects to have sufficient funds for the academic year. We are continuing to secure funding for the 23/24 academic year to supplement the multiyear funding already secured.
Unrestricted reserves have increased during 2022 from £35,329 to £62,608 as many funders have generously donated with no restrictions, enabling the trustees to determine the most appropriate use of the funds – supporting the concert, assisting programmes with a shortage of funding, and securing our ability to fund our core costs in the coming year.
In total, we are carrying forward reserves of £119,778 (2021: £142,695)
## Going Concern
We have focussed this year on building long term relationships with new and existing funders, a strategy which will continue in 2023. This process was made slightly easier as our programmes resumed in schools, and we held a concert in the year. The Board is actively engaged in applying to an increasing number of Trusts and Foundations for support. The Board has adopted a rigorous risk assessment process to identify and mitigate any major risks. Consequently, the Trustees believe that it is appropriate to continue to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.
## Reserves Policy
The Trustees review the reserves policy at least annually, or on the occurrence of material changes in the Charity’s activities. The Trustees have reviewed the Charity’s requirements for reserves and have decided to hold a sufficient balance of unrestricted reserves to cover 6 months of planned expenditure to ensure financial
stability and act as a safeguard against unpredictable income streams. In general, we do not commit to projects until funding is secured. These funds are usually received at the start of a project while expenditure follows on a monthly basis. At the end of 2022, free reserves were £62,028 which represents cover of 11 months. Free reserves are part of the charity’s unrestricted funds that are freely available to spend on any of the charity's purposes. Free reserves are cash or liquid funds and do not include tangible fixed assets.
## Statement Trustees’ Responsibilities
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
Each of the Trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the independent examination, but of which the Examiner is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the Examiner is aware of such information.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Act relating to small entities.
Approved by the Board on 27 April 2023 and signed on its behalf:
R A Longbottom
Chair
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**Activities** (For the year ended 31 December 2022)
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Music of Life Foundation**
## **Statement of Financial**
||2022|2021|
|---|---|---|
|Notes|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2022
£|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2021
£|
|Income From|||
|Donations
2|92,264
116,000
208,264|43,521
118,741
162,262|
|Invoiced income|-
3,467
3,467|-
299
299|
|Investment Income|392
-
392|769
-
769|
|**Total Income**|**92,656**
**119,467**
**212,123**|**44,290**
**119,040**
**163,330**|
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|Expenditure on|||
|Raising Funds|18,616
-
18,616|20,652
-
20,652|
|Charitable Activities|52,022
164,402
216,424|43,589
108,366
151,955|
|**Total Expenditure**
**3**|**70,638**
**164,402**
**235,040**|**64,241**
**108,366**
**172,607**|
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|**Net Income/(Expenditure)**|**22,018**
**(44,935)**
**(22,917)**|**(19,951)**
**10,674**
**(9,277)**|
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|Reconciliation of funds|||
|Total funds brought forward|35,329
107,366
142,695|36,207
115,765
151,972|
|Transfer between funds|5,261
(5,261)
-|19,073
(19,073)
-|
|**Total funds carried forward**|**62,608**
**57,170**
**119,778**|**35,329**
**107,366**
**142,695**|
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At 31 December 2022
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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## **Balance Sheet**
|Note|2022
£|2021
£|
|---|---|---|
|**Fixed Assets**
**6**|**580**|**848**|
|**Current Assets**|||
|Debtors
7|7,932|7,394|
|Cash at Bank|126,051|148,027|
||**133,983**|**155,421**|
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|Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8|(14,785 )|(13,574 )|
|**Net current assets**|**119,198**|**141,847**|
|**Total net assets**|**119,778**|**142,695**|
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|**The funds of the charity**|||
|Unrestricted funds
9|62,608|35,329|
|Restricted Funds
9, 10|57,170|107,366|
|**Total charity funds**|**119,778**|**142,695**|
For the year ending 31 December 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
## **Statement of Cash Flows**
||2022
£|2021
£|
|---|---|---|
|**Cashfow from operating activities:**|||
|Net cash provided by (used in) operating actitivies|(22,368)|(10,775)|
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|**Cashfow from investing activities:**|||
|Interest received|392|769|
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment|-|-|
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|**Net cash from investing activities**|**392**|**769**|
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|**Cashfow from fnancing activities:**|-|-|
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|Change in cash and cash equivalent in the reporting period|(21,976)|(10,006)|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period|148,027|158,033|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period**|**126,051**|**148,027**|
## **Reconciliation of net income/ (expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities**
## Directors’ responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
These accounts were approved by the Board on 27 April 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:
R A Longbottom
Chair
||2022
£|2021
£|
|---|---|---|
|Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the
statement of fnancial activities)|(23,309)|(10,046)|
|Adjustment for:|||
|Depreciation charges|268|268|
|(Increase)/decrease in debtors|(538)|(2,421)|
|Increase/(decrease) in creditors|1,211|1,424|
|**Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities**|**(22,368)**|**(10,775)**|
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**Notes on Financial Statements** For the year ended 31 December 2022
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## 2. Donations (Continued)
## 1. Principal accounting policies
Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities. Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the Charity and include project management. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the Charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
## (a) Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis 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) – (Charities SORP FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006.
## (e) Fund accounting
## (b) Company status
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Income arising on designated funds can be used in accordance with the objects of the Charity and is included in unrestricted funds. Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund.
The Charity is limited by guarantee. The members of the company are the trustees named on page 23. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the Charity.
## (c) Income recognition
Income from voluntary grants, legacies and donations are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when received unless the grant specifically funds the Charity’s expenditure, in which case income and expenditure are allocated to the relevant period and matched.
## (d) Resources expended
Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.
## (f) Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows: • Office equipment and website - 20% per annum
## 2. Donations
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Unrestricted Restricted 2022 Total
£ £ £
Donations for the year included:
The Karlsson Játiva Charitable Foundation 20,000 20,000
John Lyon’s Charity 20,000 20,000
The Foyle Foundation 20,000 20,000
The Brian Murtagh Charitable Trust 15,000 15,000
The Edward Gostling Foundation 15,000 15,000
The Leathersellers’ Foundation 10,000 10,000
The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 10,000
The Grey Court Trust 6,500 6,500
Masonic Charitable Foundation 5,000 5,000
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust 5,000 5,000
The Norton Foundation 5,000 5,000
The Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable Trust 5,000 5,000
The Childwick Trust 5,000 5,000
Schroder Charity Trust 5,000 5,000
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust 4,000 4,000
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Green Hall Foundation 4,000 4,000
James Howard 4,000 4,000
Michael Marsh 3,000 3,000
The Grantham Yorke Trust 2,500 2,500
Edward and Dorothy Cadbury 2,500 2,500
Bruce Wake 2,000 2,000
The George Henry Collins Charity 1,500 1,500
Kenneth Hargreaves Charity 1,200 1,200
George Perkins Charity 1,000 1,000
John Thaw Foundation 1,000 1,000
Other Trusts and Foundations 500 500
Events and individual donations 34,564 34,564
Total 92,264 116,000 208,264
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## 3. Analysis of total expenditure
||Staf Costs
£|Other
Direct Costs
£|Depreciation
£|Governance
costs
£|2022
£|2021
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||
|RaisingFunds|-|18,200|-|416|18,616|20,652|
|Charitable Activities|33,778|177,546|268|4,832|216,424|151,955|
|Total for Charity|33,778|195,746|268|5,248|235,040|172,607|
||||||||
|Governance Costs Include|||||2022
£|2021
£|
|Payroll fee|||||312|276|
|Independent examiner’s fee|||||954|900|
|Annual report design|||||1,100|912|
|Trustees recruitment|||||1,500|-|
|Trustees expenses and meetingcosts|||||1,260|1,012|
|Othergovernance costs|||||112|334|
|Total|||||5,248|3,434|
## 4. Staff Costs
|4 Staf Costs|||
|---|---|---|
|.|2022
£|2021
£|
|Staf costs were as follows:|||
|Salaries and National Insurance|32,976|31,784|
|Pension costs|802|766|
|Total|33,778|32,550|
||||
||2022
No.|2021
No.|
|Administration and support|1|1|
|Total|1|1|
No member of staff was paid £60,000 or more during the year (2021 - nil).
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## 5. Trustees remuneration and expenses
No Trustees received any remuneration in respect of their services as a member of the committee during the year (2021: £nil). Trustees were reimbursed £nil for travel and other expenses (2021: £nil).
## 6. Tangible fixed assets
|6. Tangible fxed assets|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||2022|||2021|||
||Ofce Equipm’t
£|Website
£|Total
£|Ofce Equipm’t
£|Website
£|Total
£|
|Cost|||||||
|At 31 December 2021|5,342|6,000|11,342|5,342|6,000|11,342|
|Addition|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|Disposal|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|At 31 December 2022|5,342|6,000|11,342|5,342|6,000|11,342|
||||||||
|Depreciation|||||||
|At 31 December 2021|4,494|6,000|10,494|4,226|6,000|10,226|
|Charge for theyear|268|-|268|268|-|268|
|Disposal|-|-|-||-||
|At 31 December 2022|4,762|6,000|10,762|4,494|6,000|10,494|
||||||||
|Net book value|||||||
|At 31 December 2022|580|-|580|848|-|848|
|At 31 December 2021|848|-|848|1,116|-|1,116|
## 7. Debtors: Due within one year
|7 Debtors: Due within one year|||
|---|---|---|
|.|2022
£|2021
£|
||||
|Trade Debtors|2,800|-|
|Accrued Income|5,132|7,394|
|Total|7,932|7,394|
## 8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
|8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year|||
|---|---|---|
||2022
£|2021
£|
||||
|Trade Creditor|11,831|10,386|
|Accruals|2,954|3,189|
|Total|14,785|13,574|
## 9. Movement in funds
|9. Movement in funds||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||At 1 January
2022
£|Incoming
Resources
£|Resources
Expended
£|Transfer
between
funds
£|At 31
December
2022
£|
|||||||
|Unrestricted Funds|35,329|92,656|(70,638)|5,261|62,608|
|Restricted Funds|107,366|119,647|(164,402)|(5,261)|57,170|
|||||||
|Total Funds|142,695|212,123|(235,040)|-|119,778|
The unrestricted funds represent the free funds of the Charity which are not allocated for particular purposes.
The restricted funds relate to the development of projects started within the year but not completed by the year end.
## 10. Restricted Funds
|10. Restricted Funds||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds for
Individual
Lesson
programmes
£|Funds for
Choral
Workshops
£|Funds
for Deaf
Schools
Programme
in London
£|Funds for
celebration
concert
£|Total
£|
|||||||
|Opening balance at 1st Jan 2022|52,312|26,040|29,014|-|107,366|
|New funds received|40,167|52,300|12,500|14,500|119,467|
|Transfer of funds to Project Administration|(5,239)|(6,822)|(1,630)|-|(13,691)|
|Expenses|(64,524)|(53,672)|(26,229)|(19,977)|(164,402)|
|Reserves transfer to cover Project Shortfall|2,713|240|-|5,477|8,430|
|Closing funds at 31 December 2022|25,429|18,086|13,655|-|57,170|
## 11. Related party transactions
The Trustees in office during the year are listed on page 23. The trustees have no financial interests in the charity’s results or assets and received no remuneration for acting in that capacity. There are no related party transactions for disclosure during the year.
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## **Thank You to Our Donors**
Our first priority is to sustain our current, long-term projects and we greatly appreciate the support of our funders who share our values and believe in the importance of continuous support. To meet the growing demand for our services we need to succeed in gaining new grants and in diversifying our income streams, particularly to secure multi-year funding.
Message from one of our major funders in 2022, Karlsson Jativa Charitable Foundation:
“ Our relationship with Music of Life was initiated in the depths of the pandemic when other sources of funding were curtailed putting great pressure on the charity sector, especially on those with less access to public sector funding. We proactively prioritised grant making to organisations with a very focussed mission and proven track record. In this search, Music of Life stood out. As restrictions have eased, we have now had the opportunity to see the work first hand and the undeniable impact it is having on the beneficiary communities. We look forward to what promises to be a long term partnership.”
We would like to thank our individual supporters for their contributions that made it possible for us to enjoy more flexibility in our work:
**Julia Orford Katherine Puffett Anjulie Rusius**
**Karen van Amersfoort**
**Jack Brierley**
**Robert Brown**
**Rosalyn Shaw**
**Karen Campbell**
**Michael Clarkson Webb**
**Barry Short**
**Kenneth Elliott**
**Anne Taylor Marylin Vincent Charles Watts**
**Anne Gibson**
**Susan Horsewood-Lee**
**Chi Yum Hui**
**Paul Weston**
**Ben Hui**
## **Legal and Administrative Details**
Charity number: 1102827 Company number: 4963498 Registered address: 54 Portland Place London, W1B 1DY Trustees: Ray Longbottom (Chair) Harvey Jones Catherine Clarke (Vice Chair) Sarah Kolkman (Treasurer) Robert Blencowe (resigned 24 March 2022) Clare Salters (resigned 31 December 2022) Kunal Jhanji Sophie Brüggemann Stefano Filippi (appointed 2 January 2023) Lily Harriss (appointed 1 February 2023) Tristen Hennigs (appointed 1 March 2023) Alexander McHardy (appointed 1 February 2023)
Team Maria Teterina, Chief Executive Suzzie Vango, Head of Choirs at Special Schools programme Ruth Montgomery, Music for Deaf Children programme leader Emma Cockbill, Eloise Garland, Elsie Gibbs, Naomi Berry, Lucy Hollins, Gina Baker, Workshop leaders Shruti Soni, Accountant Diana Cripps, Administrative Support >50 music teachers and support musicians
Patrons Evelyn Glennie CH, DBE Denise Leigh John Lubbock OBE
Advisory Council
Sophie Gray, Head of Inclusion, Services for Education, Birmingham Evangelos Himonides, Professor of Technology, Education, and Music, UCL Karen Irwin, Strategic Director (Children and Young People), Live Music Now Julian Knight, Creative Director, Creative Futures (UK) Kathryn Mason, Research Fellow, The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, UCL
Adam Ockelford, Professor of Music, Roehampton University and Founder, Amber Trust Callum Russell, Disability Consultant, Crystal Eyes Peter Smalley, Chief Executive, Northampton Music and Performing Arts Trust Lorella Terzi, Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Roehampton Graham Welch, Professor & Chair of Music Education, UCL Institute of Education Rachel Wolffsohn, General Manager, The OHMI Trust
Bankers: The CAF Bank Ltd Shawbrook Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Lutea House Kings Hill Warley Hill Business Park West Malling Brentwood Kent, ME19 4JQ Essex, CM13 3BE
Independent Examiner: Jing Lu Chartered Certified Accountant JK Barnehurst Accounting Ltd 108 Manor Way, Bexleyheath, DA7 6JN
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If you would like to find out more about how to support our work, including sponsoring a student or a school, please contact Maria Teterina, Chief Executive at mteterina@mofl. co.uk or by calling 020 7813 5472
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Registered address: 54 Portland Place, London W1B 1DY