The Hathern Band
Trustees’ Annual Report 2020
The year began normally, and our LOROS Concert got us back into fine fettle after the Christmas break, raising more than £2,000 again for this most necessary charity.
The Coronavirus Pandemic began with a whimper, and we all thought that it would not impact upon us very much. The annual area contest went ahead at Bedworth, not our best performance, but we didn’t realise that this would be our last outing of the year.
With the first lockdown, we cancelled everything: concerts; practices; rehearsals; everything. Secretary Lesley Bentley kept in direct contact with our governing body, Brass Bands England, and after the first lockdown eased we were able to have several small groups practising in the open air outside the band room during the long hot summer.
As various lockdowns followed, all the events planned for 2020 were cancelled, although we did manage to provide the Last Post on Remembrance Day at the Hathern War Memorial.
By socially distancing, and by strict cleaning and disinfecting routines, we did begin limited training again towards the end of lockdown.
Stephen Barnwell, our new Musical Director, was unable to take up his post here permanently during 2020, and the future remains unclear.
A lot of time was spent planning for our new extension, another rehearsal room, which will allow us more freedom to split sections up to rehearse individually. A venture to raise money through Life Patronage was successful and with this money, and a grant from Charnwood Borough Council to ease our lack of fund-raising and see us through shut-down, we have the funds available to start the new build in 2021.
We would like to thank all our Committee, our players, our Patrons and followers for their continuing support and encouragement during a difficult time.
We look forward to the new year and the gradual return to normal from what has been an interesting and unprecedented time for The Hathern Band.
John Worsfold, BSC (Hons) CPhys MInstP Chairman & Trustee The Hathern Band
Hathern Band – Statement of Account
1[st] January - 31[st] December 2020
| 1stJanuary - | 1stJanuary - | 1stJanuary - | 31stDecember 2020 | 31stDecember 2020 | 31stDecember 2020 | 31stDecember 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receipts | Expenditure | |||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||
| Subscriptions | £3,751.00 | £3,483.00 | Electricity | £425.71 | £599.57 | |
| Engagements -A Band | £185.00 | £5,010.62 | Gas | £738.82 | £573.05 | |
| Concert Brass | £- | £1,710.96 | Extension | £985.00 | £10.00 | |
| Patrons | £3,215.00 | £2,885.00 | Water Rates/Ground Rent | £100.00 | £90.00 | |
| 200 Club | £396.00 | £394.00 | BuildingMaintenance | £866.48 | £354.84 | |
| Christmas Concert | £- | £1,340.09 | Insurance/Data Protection/Website | £1,030.86 | £946.63 | |
| Prize Draw | £- | £623.00 | Tuition Fees all Bands | £7,400.00 | £9,260.00 | |
| LOROS | £1,502.00 | £1,435.30 | Instruments/Equipment/Music/Uniforms | £721.84 | £2,559.89 | |
| CD Sales | £- | £130.00 | Registration,Contest Fees,BBE | £332.50 | £1,106.27 | |
| Donations/Grants | £23,813.23 | £1,713.35 | Professional tuition & other tuition | £590.00 | £1,160.00 | |
| Fund Raising | £- | £1,161.51 | £- | £290.00 | ||
| Tuck Shop | £77.00 | £271.28 | £- | £60.00 | ||
| EasyFund Raising | £- | £98.01 | Van Hire/Travel | £100.00 | £690.67 | |
| Recycling | £102.03 | £5.00 | Borrowed Players | £200.00 | £227.20 | |
| Gift Aid | £1,504.00 | £1,666.71 | Printing/Stationery/Admin/Audit | £265.70 | £393.27 | |
| Ticket Sales | £96.00 | £144.00 | Donations | £186.97 | £1,445.30 | |
| Band Room Hire | £- | £220.00 | Tuck shop/teas | £- | £132.33 | |
| Patrons Evening | £- | £163.00 | Room Hire | £- | £45.00 | |
| Christmas Carols | £547.54 | LOROS | £1,816.59 | £526.14 | ||
| Street Collections | £445.00 | Patrons Evening | £- | £329.69 | ||
| Bank Interest | £15.76 | £21.81 | £365.60 | |||
| Miscellaneous | £- | £510.00 | £92.03 | |||
| £100.00 | ||||||
| £75.00 | ||||||
| £120.00 | ||||||
| £759.00 | ||||||
| £450.00 | ||||||
| £120.00 | ||||||
| £20.00 | ||||||
| £103.60 | ||||||
| £35,649.56 | £22,351.64 | £15,760.47 | £23,005.08 | |||
| -15760.47 £19,889.09 Profit onyear - |
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| Balance Sheet as at 31st Decembeer 2020 | ||||||
| b/f 31.12.2019 | Balance@ Bank 31.12.2020 | |||||
| Current Account 272 | £1,549.84 | Current Account 272 | £1,431.30 | |||
| Business Prem.Reserve 786 | £4,000.00 | Business Prem. Reserve.786 | £4,010.00 | |||
| Business Prem Savings 560 | £8,503.01 | Business Prem. Savings 560 | £28,500.64 | |||
| £14,052.85 | £33,941.94 | |||||
| Less chs drawn notpresented | ||||||
| Profit onyear | £19,889.09 | Cash In hand | ||||
| £33,941.94 | £33,941.94 |
Inde endent examiners re ort- HATHERN BAND Name and address of examiner (including any professional qualifications) Philip H Edwards. ACIB 25 Chapel Street Shepshed, Loughborough Leicestershire. LE12 9AF For the Financial Year- Ending 31st December 2020 Any matters that have come to the attention of the examiner- N/A The examiner must sign and date copy of their examiner's report. Philip H Edwards. 5 February 2021