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usi LIFE ORIGINAL Annual • Report & 11. Accounts 2023

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Annual Report & Accounts 2023

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 in Special Schools - 10 Inspiring the Sector:Birmingham SEND - 11 Plans for 2024 - 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 2023
2,982
INDIVIDUAL LESSONS
170
DAYS OF MUSIC
PROVISION IN DEAF 86
252
SCHOOLS
CHORAL SESSIONS CONCERTS, ASSEMBLIES
AND COMMUNTY
ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS
Summary of music provision
34,280
36 44
1044 KEYBOARDS WOODWIND
VOICES 22
18 PERCUSSION/
STRING OTHER
120
MUSIC IN
4 CLASSROOM FOR 5
2023 IN NUMBERS 11 DEAF CHILDREN 10
MUSIC THEORY MUSIC
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TECHNOLOGY
FOLK /
TRADITIONAL 12
COMPOSITION
122
1273
STUDENTS RECEIVING
STUDENTS ATTENDING 2023 Key Facts and Figures
1:1 LESSONS
GROUP SESSIONS
1340
DIRECT
BENEFICIARIES Our beneficiaries’
primary conditions
PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Disability) 66% 42%
Deaf / Hard of Hearing 20%
Physical disability Blind / Visually Impaired 8%6% 58%
5
17 * Many of our students have more than one condition,
MUSIC FOR DEAF with 63% also on the autistic spectrum.
CHILDREN SCHOOL SCHOOLS WITH
10
PROGRAMMES INDIVIDUAL LESSON
CHOIRS IN PROVISION
Ethnicity
SPECIAL NEEDS
82 [%]
SCHOOLS
of our current students
White British/ White Other
are on Pupil Premium
Global Majority Groups
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Welcome from the Chair of Trustees

Advisory Council

I am very pleased to report that Music of Life increased its income by 13% to a record £239,644. As a result we were able to maintain and increase the long-term support we provide to children and young people with disabilities.

The council was created in 2021 composed of experts in the education of children with special needs, including leading academics and researchers, partners from music education hubs, people with lived experience of disability and key individuals from charities working in the same field.

The charity has maintained steady growth over the last 4 years with a 3X increase in the number of children participating in music -making sessions. Our success in offering alternative support through the pandemic allowed us to come out stronger, sustaining our ongoing relationships with our schools and providing continuity of engagement for our musicians. We are now building on that having completely transitioned back to our normal “live” services.

The Council continued to provide strong support in its 3rd year. We held 3 meetings and covered topics such as a review of our Music for Deaf Children programme and the charity’s ongoing development, the implementation of the National Plan for Music Education and a session on inclusion led by two Council members. We also heard reviews of members’ own activities and research.

Funding

Thanks

We ended the year strongly and on budget and are immensely grateful to all the Trusts, Foundations and donors who supported our work. Our challenge is to continue to build a steady stream of longer-term income so that we can further expand provision to more and more young students, build our organisation incrementally to create the essential capacity, and develop new services, especially for those leaving school who otherwise face the complete loss of access to music-making.

As always, I would like to thank Maria, our CEO, and all the outstanding music teachers who deliver our work, as well as our volunteer administrator, our fundraising contractor, and our independent book-keeping firm.

We are very grateful to the City Bridge Trust, the Karlsson Jativa Foundation, The Edward Gostling Foundation, The John Lyons Charity, The Headley Trust, The Noel Sweeney Foundation and all our other funders for their support. In addition we are enormously grateful to a loyal donor, who prefers to remain anonymous, for a large gift and their employer who matched it! This will appear in our 2024 accounts.

The Board

The Board continues to be actively engaged in the charity’s development. At the start of 2023, we welcomed 4 new trustees with expertise in finance, communications, and development. The Board met 6 times and set up 4 new sub-groups to focus on diversifying our income, creating an earned income stream, improving our social media presence and refining our risk framework.

Looking ahead

Now in our 20th year, we are budgeting income growth of 19% in 2024 and an increase in programme expenditure of 23%. We have a well proven model which is capable of extension within existing and new geographic areas as we gain the necessary resources. The Board remain confident that Music of Life can continue to maintain its steady growth for many years to come.

During the year one trustee resigned due to ill-health and one due to pressure of work. We again conducted a skills audit and from May 1, 2024, we have been joined by a further 4 excellent people from diverse backgrounds who will further enhance the Board’s strength. Included in this group is a replacement for our Treasurer, Sarah Kolkman, who is moving to Finland. Sarah has made a huge contribution to Music of Life over the last 5 years, for which we are very grateful.

CEO’s Re ort p

It gives me great pleasure to report on 2023 as the best year to date for Music of Life, in which we saw a noticeable shift towards scaling up our delivery model through partnership work and shared funding.

We are very excited to have reached more young people than ever before through our regular activities and introduced a record number of new music practitioners to our projects, both through teacher training and ongoing team growth.

The young people we work with have blossomed in so many ways: evaluation and feedback brought some remarkable stories of individual achievements; new choirs were created that delivered smashing performances only weeks after they started; partnership projects with mainstream and local music hubs enabled our individual students, groups and choirs to perform at the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham Symphony Hall and other concert venues; many students in our Individual Lessons programmes made progress through accredited schemes such as graded examinations and were able to perform solo in concerts and recitals as well as join youth groups and ensembles.

We are proud to have commenced a trial teacher training course at the Royal College of Music aimed at students who are interested in teaching music to Deaf and disabled children. The course consists of structured seminars, school visits and individual evaluation and offers a unique insight into the live programme at schools for Deaf children that we have been running since 2017.

Choirs in Special Schools

An area of swift growth for Music of Life, we introduced three new choirs in Sutton Coldfield in September through partnership with the Education Impact Academy Trust.

To deliver high-quality choral sessions in more schools, we continued to expand and strengthen our team of musicians and added new practitioners to our group of workshop leaders. Importantly, in 2023, we introduced professional growth opportunities for musicians with disabilities in our choral programmes by developing collaborations for them with other organisations, encouraging pathways towards employment for our older beneficiaries.

Music for Deaf Children

We continued to deliver in our London and Hertfordshire schools, enabling our students to grow in confidence and to thrive musically by attending weekly group sessions and learning instruments. This programme has the potential to expand rapidly once we have funding

and qualified music practitioners in place for new schools wishing to join the scheme. The effectiveness of the method has been demonstrated through years of uninterrupted provision, including during the pandemic.

Individual Lessons

Our individual lessons programme remained the pillar of our provision in several locations with lessons being delivered in a variety of settings. We have reintroduced 1:1 lessons in partnership with Resonate Hub, Liverpool through their “Furthering Talent” scheme; remained committed to all our students in Birmingham through an arrangement with Birmingham Services for Education; continued to work with students with special needs in some mainstream schools; strengthened the musical skills of Deaf students through lessons within the Music for Deaf Children programme.

In 2023, Music of Life provided weekly individual lessons for over 120 students, which is a significant cost to sustain annually. There is a growing number 7 of partnership requests from local music services, demonstrating the urgent need for subsidised or free music lessons provision for special needs students. The overall majority of parents with disabled children cannot afford music tuition, but for many of our beneficiaries, the experience of learning an instrument with a specialist teacher is transformational, positively affecting many areas of their lives and wellbeing.

Teacher Training

In 2023, our training programme became more structured and is now largely divided into four main categories: practical training and work experience for practitioners to expand our Choirs team; upskilling and supervision for new practitioners for our Music for Deaf Children programme; developing work opportunities for young musicians with disabilities within our existing projects; commencing our Royal College of Music project aimed at students who are interested in exploring work with Deaf and disabled children. Additionally, from the start of 2024, Music of Life delivered seminars for local practitioners through regional music services, introducing mainstream music teachers to SEND work.

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.

Our lessons are delivered in a number of settings:

" I was told in advance of the first session with A that as I was a new person, the support staff expected the session to last no more than 10 minutes, but we ended up doing the full half hour and the young person was really engaged and positive. A teaching assistant wrote to me afterwards: “It surpassed all of our expectations in every way and your incredible manner with A made that happen."

Jonathan Hering, Music of Life teacher

“I can certainly see an increase in confidence in my student who no longer says “I won’t do it because I am no good at it anyway”, but started saying “I’ll try and give it my best” instead. She also started playing in a band with mainstream students and mixes with them really well”.

Lesley Davies, Music of Life teacher

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Music for Deaf Children

Music for Deaf children has been designed and for several years exclusively implemented by professional Deaf musicians. 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.

In 2023 Music of Life delivered weekly music sessions and lessons in 5 schools for Deaf children:

• Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children (Camden)

Royal Albert Hall

Two of our schools appeared at the Royal Albert Hall within a week of each other in April 2023.

from Frank Barnes School led the massed choirs in a signing version of the song that Ruth Montgomery had helped all the participating schools to learn in preparation for the event.

Music of Life students took part in the Camden School Festival alongside over 2000 children and young people from primary and secondary schools across Camden, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Camden youth bands. Claiming centre stage for a BSL performance, a group of Deaf students

Only a week later, the Heathlands school pupils appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in the 2023 Hertfordshire Schools’ Gala Give Life to Music.

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Choirs in S ecial Schools p

Our longest-running programme is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024, and our oldest choirs are turning 10, too.

In 2023 we welcomed three new choirs to our cohort, which brought us to the total of 10 schools receiving weekly provision:

Sessions for choirs ranging from small groups to whole-school size singing communities are delivered by teams of three professional musicians – two singers and a pianist. They involve school staff and provide a unique opportunity for everyone at school to enjoy an hour of great songs, singing games and musical fun every week during term time.

• Woodlands Special School, Coleshill

Better Together, June 2023

Music of Life choir in Castle School, Cambridge, is part of Better Together – an ongoing collaborative project with another choir from a local primary school.

In 2023 they presented the first joint concert following a term of visiting each other and learning to sing and create friendships together. Supported by many of the school staff, the concert was a celebration of true inclusion and joy that music brings with it.

Inspiring the sector: Music of Life choirs at the launch of the “Birmingham SEND”, July 2023

put together a performance as part of the EIAT Festival that took place on the 11th July. Pupils from Wilson Stuart School, Queensbury School and Mayfield School delivered a smashing performance of songs they learned with our team in just 3 weeks. This success resulted in Music of Life teams being invited to lead the choirs in these schools on a weekly basis from September 2023.

part of the band. With support from his family and the Music of Life team, Barney is currently on a work experience placement with Music of Life, supporting our choirs at their performances.

Music of Life choirs from Calthorpe Academy and Selly Oak Trust School performed at the launch of Birmingham’s SEND and Inclusion Strategies to an audience of hundreds of headteachers and representatives from charities and organisations working within the sector.

In the Summer term 2023, the Music of Life team of choral workshop leaders was invited by the Education Impact Academy Trust Birmingham to work with primary pupils from their three special schools to

The enthusiasm, confidence and skill of our young people absolutely captivated the room for the duration of the performance. Our team included professional singers and a pianist, as well as a young percussionist with special needs named Barney, who has been attending Music of Life sessions at his school for many years and gradually became

From right to left:

Emma Cockbill (Pianist and Team leader), Suzzie Vango (Head of Choirs), Gina Baker, Charlotte Galloway (workshop leaders), Barney (Music of Life Young Musician), Maria Teterina (CEO)

Plans for 2024

2024 marks our 20th anniversary and we are excited to celebrate with all our beneficiaries, partners and teams through a series of concerts and events aimed at showcasing the achievements of our choirs, groups and individuals.

We will be engaging local communities through partnership events, blending our special schools’ choirs with local mainstream school choirs, and supporting our practitioners in delivering teacher training to a growing number of musicians interested in working with special needs students. A significant expansion of our Board of Trustees and further development of our organisational structure will underpin our strategic plan to grow the charity to maximise its reach for the benefit of more young people with disabilities.

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Trustees’ Report

For the year ending 31 December 2023

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 2023.

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:

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

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 £239,644, an increase of 13% on 2022. 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 1% to £219,264 (2022: £216,424). We also spent £20,107 on fundraising activities, giving total costs of £239,371.

We start 2024 with restricted reserves at £67,747 - 19% higher than at the start of 2023. This is encouraging as we had seen a drop in these reserves in the prior year. The Trustees consider all projects to have sufficient funds for the academic year to which they are committed. We are continuing to secure funding for the 24/25 academic year to supplement the multiyear funding already secured.

Unrestricted reserves have however decreased during 2023 from £62,608 to £52,304 as we have used some of our unrestricted funds to support shortfalls in some programmes. In early 2024 we have received a significant boost to our unrestricted reserves which will enable the Trustees to determine the most appropriate use of the funds – assisting programmes with a shortage of funding and increasing the capacity of the organisation to manage growth, extending our provision into new areas.

In total, we are carrying forward reserves of £120,051 (2022: £119,778)

Going Concern

We will continue to focus on building long term relationships with new and existing funders. In addition to the funding mentioned above, we continue to actively apply for grants from Trusts & Foundations, and will further develop our Earned Revenue base.

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 2023, free reserves were £51,992 which represents cover of 8 months. Free reserves are part of the charity’s unrestricted funds that is 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 7 May 2024 and signed on its behalf:

R A Longbottom Chair

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Music of Life Foundation

Statement of Financial

Activities (For the year ended 31 December 2023)

2023 2022
Notes Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2023
£		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2022
£
Income From
Donations
2		 49,776
161,650
211,426		 92,264
116,00
208,264
Invoiced income 15,228
12,533
27,761		 -
3,467
3,467
Investment Income 457
-
457		 392
-
392
Total Income 65,461
174,183
239,644		 92,656
119,467
212,123
Expenditure on
Raising Funds 20,107
-
20,107		 18,616
-
18,616
Charitable Activities 71,105
148,159
219,264		 52,022
164,402
216,424
Total Expenditure
3		 91,212
148,159
239,371		 70,638
164,402
235,040
Net Income/(Expenditure) (25,751)
26,024
273		 22,018
(44,935)
(22,917)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 62,608
57,170
119,778		 35,329
107,366
142,695
Transfer between funds 15,447
(15,447)
-		 5,261
(5,261)
-
Total funds carried forward 52,304
67,747
120,051		 62,608
57,170
119,778

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At 31 December 2023

For the year ended 31 December 2023

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Balance Sheet

Note 2023
£		 2022
£
Fixed Assets
6		 312 580
Current Assets
Debtors
7		 17,403 7,932
Cash at Bank 111,981 126,051
129,384 133,983
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8		 (9,645) (14,785 )
Net current assets 119,739 119,198
Total net assets 120,051 119,778
The funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds
9		 52,304 62,608
Restricted Funds
9, 10		 67,747 57,170
Total charity funds 120,051 119,778

For the year ending 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Statement of Cash Flows

2023
£		 2022
£
Cashfow from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating actitivies (14,527) (22,368)
Cashfow from investing activities:
Interest received 457 392
Purchases of property, plant and equipment - -
Net cash from investing activities 457 392
Cashfow from fnancing activities: - -
Change in cash and cash equivalent in the reporting period (14,070) (21,976)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 126,051 148,027
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 111,981 126,051

Reconciliation of net income/ (expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

Directors’ responsibilities:

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 7 May 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:

R A Longbottom

Chair

2023
£		 2022
£
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the
statement of fnancial activities)		 (184) (23,309)
Adjustment for:
Depreciation charges 268 268
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (9,471) (538)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors (5,140) 1,211
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (14,527) (22,368)

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Notes on Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2023

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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 2023 Total
£ £ £
Donations for the year included:
City Bridge Foundation 47,150 47,150
John Lyon's Charity 24,000 24,000
The Karlsson Jativa Foundation 20,000 20,000
The Edward Gostling Foundation 20,000 20,000
The Brian Murtagh Charitabe Trust 15,000 15,000
The Headley Trust 10,000 10,000
The Noel Sweeney Foundation 10,000 10,000
The Eveson Charitable Trust 7,500 7,500
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust 5,000 5,000
The Souter Charitable Trust 3,000 3,000
Masonic Charitable Foundation 5,000 5,000
Other Trusts and Foundations 1,000 1,000
Events and Individual Donations 43,776 43,776
Total 49,776 161,650 211,426
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3. Analysis of total expenditure

Staf Costs
£		 Other
Direct Costs
£		 Depreciation
£		 Governance
costs
£		 2023
£		 2022
£
RaisingFunds - 19,819 - 288 20,107 18,616
Charitable Activities 36,937 178,919 268 3,140 219,264 216,424
Total for Charity 36,937 198,738 268 3,428 239,371 235,040
Governance Costs Include 2023
£		 2022
£
Payroll fee 549 312
Independent examiner’s fee 956 954
Annual report design 1,100 1,100
Trustees recruitment 600 1,500-
Trustees expenses and meetingcosts 137 1,260
Othergovernance costs 86 122
Total 3,428 5,248

4. Staff Costs

4. Staf Costs
2023
£		 2022
£
Staf costs were as follows:
Salaries and National Insurance 36,043 32,976
Pension costs 894 802
Total 36,937 33,778
2023
No.		 2022
No.
Administration and support 1 1
Total 1 1

No member of staff was paid £60,000 or more during the year (2022 - nil).

5. Trustees remuneration and expenses

No Trustees received any remuneration in respect of their services as a member of the committee during the year (2022: £nil). Trustees were reimbursed £nil for travel and other expenses (2022: £nil).

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Notes on Financial

Statements (Continued...)

6. Tangible fixed assets

6. Tangible fxed assets
2023 2022
Ofce Equipm’t
£		 Website
£		 Total
£		 Ofce Equipm’t
£		 Website
£		 Total
£
Cost
At 31 December 2022 5,342 6,000 11,342 5,342 6,000 11,342
Addition - - - - - -
Disposal - - - - - -
At 31 December 2023 5,342 6,000 11,342 5,342 6,000 11,342
Depreciation
At 31 December 2022 4,762 6,000 10,762 4,494 6,000 10,494
Charge for theyear 268 - 268 268 - 268
Disposal - - - -
At 31 December 2023 5,030 6,000 11,030 4,762 6,000 10,762
Net book value
At 31 December 2023 312 - 312 580 - 580
At 31 December 2022 580 - 580 848 - 848

7. Debtors: Due within one year

7. Debtors: Due within one year
2023
£		 2022
£
Trade Debtors 1,863 2,800
Prepayments 612 -
Accrued Income 14,928 5,132
Total 17,403 7,932

9. Movement in funds

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At 1 January Incoming Resources Transfer At 31
2023 Resources Expended between December
funds 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted Funds 62,608 65,461 (91,212) 15,447 52,304
Restricted Funds 57,170 174,183 (148,159) (15,447) 67,747
Total Funds 119,778 239,644 (239,371) - 120,051
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
Funds for Funds for Funds Funds for
Individual Choral for Deaf Teacher
Lesson Workshops Schools Training
programmes Programme Total
in London
£ £ £ £ £
-
Opening balance at 1st Jan 2023 25,429 18,086 13,655 57,170
New funds received 55,738 79,284 27,661 11,500 174,183
Transfer of funds to Project Administration (5,684) (10,341) (5,194) (1,500) (22,719)
Expenses (66,952) (59,887) (14,857) (6,463) (148,159)
- - -
Reserves transfer to cover Project Shortfall 7,272 7,272
Closing funds at 31 December 2023 15,803 27,142 21,265 3,537 67,747
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11. Related party transactions

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
£		 2022
£
Trade Creditor 5,050 11,831
Accruals 4,595 2,954
Total 9,645 14,785

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 2023, 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:

Gerard Pottinger

Anonymous donor

Alaina Sandford

Barry Short Inigo Ugarteburu Marilyn Vincent

Jack Brierley Birgitta Clift James Cooper

Ray Longbottom

Anna McClarnon

Our Royal Parks Half Marathon Runner Fundraisers:

Oliver Irwin Simon Longbottom

Gary Solomons

Legal and Administrative Details

Charity number:

1102827 4963498 54 Portland Place London, W1B 1DY

Company number: Registered address:

Ray Longbottom (Chair) Harvey Jones (resigned 30 November 2023) Catherine Clarke (Vice Chair) Sarah Kolkman (Treasurer) Kunal Jhanji (resigned 1 May 2023) 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) Emma Dearnaley (appointed 1 May 2024) Belinda Kembery (appointed 1 May 2024) Valentina Di Venuta (appointed 1 May 2024) Gary Learmonth (appointed 1 May 2024)

Trustees:

Maria Teterina, Chief Executive Suzzie Vango, Head of Choirs

Team

Ruth Montgomery, Music for Deaf Children Programme Lead

Emma Cockbill, Lucy Hollins, Gina Baker, Charlotte Galloway, Helena Raeburn, Workshop leaders Shruti Soni, Accountant

Diana Cripps, Administrative Support (volunteer) >50 music teachers and support musicians

Evelyn Glennie CH, DBE Denise Leigh John Lubbock OBE

Patrons

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

The CAF Bank Ltd

Bankers:

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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