## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 / 05 / 2021 Period start date To 30 / 04 / 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: TEMPO** ## **Charity registration number: 1107415** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 YOUTH AMATEUR MUSICAL
of the charity as set out THEATRE GROUP
in its governing
document
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and THE GROUP PUTS ON ONE MAJOR
1.19
activities in relation to SHOW AND FUNDRAISING SHOWS
those purposes for the EACH YEAR PROVIDING THE YOUTH
public benefit, in MEMBERS WITH DANCE, SINGING
particular, the activities, AND ACTING TRAINING AND
projects or services GIVING THE PUBLICGREAT
identified in the ENTERTAINMENT
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 YES
whether the trustees
have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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SORP reference
WE DO NOT MAKE GRANTS
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
NOT RELEVANT
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
THE TRUSTEES AND SHOW
Para 1.38 BACKSTAGE STAFF ARE ALL
Contribution made by VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE NO
volunteers EMPLOYEES AND NONE OF THE
GROUP STAFF RECEIVE PAY OR
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**EXPENSES NOT REL** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
MARCH 2022 SAW THE GROUP PUT
ON THE SHOW “CHICAGO” WHICH
WAS WIDELY ACCLAIMED AND
Summary of the main PROVIDED GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
Para 1.20
achievements of the TO THE 300+ PEOPLE WHO
charity, identifying the ATTENDED EACH OF THE 6
difference the charity’s PERFORMANCES.
work has made to the THE YOUTH MEMBERS GAINED
circumstances of its GREAT EXPERIENCE PRODUCING A
beneficiaries and any PROFESSIONAL STANDARD SHOW
wider benefits to society AND LEARNING TO WORK AS A
as a whole. TEAM DEVELOPING INTER-
PERSONAL SKILLS AS WELL AS
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL TALENTS
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NOT REL
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
THE GROUP FINANCES HAVE BEEN
ENHANCED BY SEVERAL VERY
Performance of GENEROUS DONATIONS AND ALSO
fundraising activities Para 1.41 SUPPORT BY WILMSLOW TOWN
against objectives set COUNCIL AND THE EVANS ARTS
TRUST AND MABEL EVANS TRUST
WE DO NOT MAKE INVESTMENTS
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
NOT REL
Other
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## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 AS PER ACCOUNTS THE FINANCIAL
financial position at the POSITION HAS IMPROVED AFTER
end of the period TWO YEARS OF COVID
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 CASH HELD IN A BANK CURRENT
policy for holding
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £24,192
Para 1.22 -
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Para 1.24 -
Details of fund materially
in deficit
Para 1.23 -
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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THE CHARITY IS FINDED BY
INDIVIDUALS, BY THE LOCAL
The charity’s principal COUNCIL AND ARTS GROUPS AND
sources of funds Para 1.47 BY SHOW TICKET SALES
(including any
fundraising)
WE DO NOT INVEST
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
ONLY MAJOR FINANCIAL RISK IS
SHOW CANCELLATION CAUSED BY
A description of the Para 1.46 COVID OR OTHER DISASTER
principal risks facing the
charity
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Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 TRUST DEED
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 ASSOCIATION
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 ELECTION OF TRUSTEES AT THE
methods including details AGM
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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GENERAL GUIDANCE GIVEN BY
CHAIR. THE CHARITY IS A SMALL
Policies and procedures GROUP WITH NO EMPLOYEES OR
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 PROPERTY OF VALUE
and training of trustees
NOT REL
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
NOT REL
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name TEMPO
Other name the charity THE EDGE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ORGANISATION
uses
Registered charity 1107415
number
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Charity’s principal 89 MOOR LANE
address WILMSLOW
CHESHIRE
SK9 6BR
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 ALISON BISSET CHAIR
2 BARBARA HERD PRESIDENT
RACHEL TICKET
3
DARLING SECRETARY
4 SUE DUFFY
5 ALASTAIR DUFFY
6 ANNE BRANDER SECRETARY UNTIL 15 / 5 / 2022
7 TRISH MOULTON TREASURER
8 ROB BISSET ASSIST TREAS
9 TIFFANY HENRY MARKETING
10 CLARE JONES COMMUNICATION
11 LYNN ASHALL
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13
14
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets NONE held in this capacity Name and objects of the NOT REL charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements NOT REL for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **NOT REL** ## **Other optional information** ## **NOT REL** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** ROB BISSET **Full name(s)** ROBERT A L BISSET **Position (eg** ASSITANT TREASURER **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 20 /5 / 2022 ## Tempo Accounts 1st May 2021 - 30th April 2022 Tempo is a registered charity ( number 1107415 ). Due to our cash turnover we are required to produce audited accounts each year. These accounts and a trustees report are filed on the Charity Commission web site every year and can be viewed online. The accounts show our present and previous financial positions but of course do not reflect the input of our many volunteers and helpers without whom we couldn’t function. As you will see from the accounts the committee members and the backstage helpers at the show do not receive any remuneration or expenses for their part in running TEMPO and a vote of thanks is in order for their generous support. Putting on a show is increasingly expensive and the cost is never covered by ticket sales hence the need for fundraising, donations and other support in addition to the group members annual subscriptions. Our financial position over the last 15 years is outlined below. 2006/7 Seven Brides for seven brothers profit £ 771 2007/8 42nd Street loss £ 5441 2008/9 Bugsy Malone profit £ 13 2009/10 Footloose profit £ 697 2010/11 West Side Story loss £ 3040 2011/12 Hot Mikado loss £ 3254 2012/13 Miss Saigon loss £ 5852 Cash in bank at AGM Current Savings Total 2013 Miss Saigon £5119 £5967 £11087 2014 Grease £9674 £5969 £15644 2015 Les Miserables £19423 £5972 £25395 2016 Starlight Express £24474 £5975 £30449 2017 Fame £26883 £5977 £32860 2018 Cats £20870 £5978 £26848 2019 42nd Street £17031 £5985 £23016 2020 Guys and Dolls £8733 £5999 £14732 2021 no show £8599 £6000 £14600 2022 Chicago £18191 £6001 £24192 The cost of putting on a show is significant given the ever increasing cost of professional support. We have done our best to cut costs this year but due to covid and other factors the cost of sound and lighting has risen by around 20% with all suppliers and will probably rise further given the present political situation. We have benefitted from the show Chicago requiring a smaller orchestra than needed for other productions and also Chicago was performed with a minimalist set. Renting a set for a show will usually add £2-3000 to the show costs. Whilst it may appear that we are financially viable as a group there is no room for complacency. This year we have benefitted from several extremely generous donations which have improved our financial position. Over the past twenty years we have received a bequest of £10,000 and donations of £10,000 and £3000 without which we would not have been able to continue putting on shows. I mention this simply to stress the degree to which TEMPO is dependent upon the generous support of well-wishers in order to continue. Group income and expenses - the cost of the last show in 2019 is given for comparison - **Income 2019 / 20 2021 / 22 Expenses 2019 / 20 2021 / 22** subs £6060 £3390 costumes £130 - Concert £1511 - marketing £81 £60 Programme £450 £700 print prog £540 £644 Interest £13 £7 print boards £144 £151 Floor hire £100 - show costs £3000 £3000 Patrons £840 £945 set hire £2580 - Tickets £14691 £20,473 sound & light £13,380 £12754 Cake sale £140 banners £180 Adverts £780 £100 guide hut rent £849 £1382 Donations £400 £9640 chelford Hall rent £174 - Raffle £610 £507 orchestra £5320 £3410 Evans Trust £1000 £2000 rental stands £1119 - Wilmslow show licence £1306 £1580 Town Council £1600 £2000 insurance £590 £352 Hoodies £703 £769 Hoodies £488 £547 Royalties £3137 £2722 Theatre Hire £4325 £4000 **Total £28,898 £40,531** Act membership £80 - postage £43 Misc £39 £124 Total **£37,282 £30,949** The above costs incurred for the last show are the absolute minimum running costs we can expect. If we put on a show which requires the rental of a set and a larger orchestra then costs can easily jump by £5000 and we will struggle to break even ( the figures on page 1 show the group has run at a loss in 2 years out of every 3 ). We can expect all our running costs to rise as companies deal with ever increasing costs and also attempt to recoup losses made during the covid lockdowns. Thus, though we have received very generous support from sponsors and benefactors which has repaired the damage done to our finances by the onset of covid in 2020 we need to fundraise and seek sponsorship in the coming years to ensure that the group remains financially viable for the future. ## Rob Bisset Assistant Treasurer. Accounts will be subject to external audit and will then be logged with the Charity Commission in the next few months when the Commission opens their website to uploads. CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report zfEmfO - r"￿} m•mborn of On accounts for th• yuEr 30" AFn'l zoiz Charfty no any> Iicy415 S•t out on pagos l rnwt io the trustees on my eXami)8t￿ of the accounts of the above (Iho Trust.) the yow endod RHpon8lbllitI￿ *nd basf8 of report accoun1$ in aCCordar￿a wfth the requlremenis of the Charfties Acl 20TI (Ihe Acr). I re￿ n respect of my oxarninatThi of the Tnmfs accounts CWTied out under sectton 145 of the 2011 Act and Fn carying out my examination, I hav8 followed all the appli¢abl8 Directions given by tho Charlty Commission under sedion 14515){b) of the Act. Independent tThe charity's gTDSS income exceeded £250.OLXI and l am quafrfied to 8xaminerf8 Statement und8rtake the examinatton by being a qualrfied member of [in$èrt name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete l ] rfnot aW"caNe. com? lo my attention in conne¢lion with the examination {othor than that disclosed bekm") gives mè causo to bekve that n, any material resF*Ct: of the Charities Act" or the a￿ntS did not accord with the accounting records; or the acccmjnts dKI not comply with applicable requiremerrts (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiretr*Jnt that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an ￿￿6Pandant examinaticm. I hav8 no concoms and have come acros8 no other matters li connection wilh the 8x8mination to wh￿h attention should be draY•n #i thk8 r8PQrt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Sign•d: Dat•: Zoz N•m•: Rolovant professlonal qualÈfication($) or l)ody IER Oct 2018