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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1117723

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023

LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 3
Trustees’Annual Report 4
Independent Examiner’s Report 9
Statement of Financial Activities 10
Balance Sheet 11
NotestotheFinancialStatements 12

LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Reference and Administrative Details

Registration

Leamington Music is a charity registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales, registered number 1117723. Its principal address (and address for correspondence) is Leamington Town Hall, The Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AT.

Trustees

Overall management of Leamington Music is by a committee of charity trustees. Details of the managing committee of trustees who served during the year ended 31 July 2023 and serving as at the date of the trustees’ report are set out below:

Peter Glanfield Chairman Mary Adams Treasurer Appointed 1 October 2022 Paul Thomas Secretary Jane Williams Friends’ Co-ordinator Eleanor Hedger Resigned 13 April 2023 Simon Hogg Daniel O’Brien Resigned 28 March 2023 Georgina Middleton Resigned 27 January 2023 Howard Skempton Sarah Swinburne Resigned 30 April 2023 Christopher Thomas Appointed 27 January 2023 Festival Director Artistic Director Richard Phillips MBE Helen Beecroft Independent Examiner

C Christou FCCA MAE Leigh Christou Limited Euston House 12 Euston Place Leamington Spa CV32 4BN

Bankers

HSBC Bank plc Lloyds Bank plc 126 The Parade 73 The Parade Leamington Spa CV32 4AJ Leamington Spa CV32 4BB

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Trustees’ Annual Report

The trustees of Leamington Music present their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2023. The reference and administrative details disclosed at page 3 form part of this Annual Report.

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity is an unincorporated association governed by a constitution adopted on 26 July 2006. Leamington Music is managed by a committee of trustees, who are all unpaid volunteers and receive no private benefits from Leamington Music. Trustees are selected on the basis of their experience and suitability by the committee and their appointment confirmed by election at the Annual General Meeting of the association thereafter.

Objectives and Activities

The objectives of the charity, as set out in its governing document, are:

  1. To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals; and

  2. To further such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations.

The main activities of Leamington Music in relation to these objectives are:

  1. Organising a variety of concerts, providing a high standard of international music, at a variety of venues in the Leamington and Warwick area.

  2. Providing educational music workshops, master classes and special concerts for young people.

  3. Supporting musicians through funding, grants and prizes.

Public Benefit

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and work to maintain the accessibility of the programme of concerts and educational workshops to the widest possible audience. Ticket prices and workshop fees are subsidised, mainly through donations and sponsorship, with some additional funding provided by local Town and District Councils. A range of concessions are available: students are offered standby tickets at £1, accompanied schoolchildren pay £1 per ticket and special discounted ticket prices are offered for family concerts.

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Volunteers

In addition to the trustees, nearly 60 unpaid volunteers contribute to the organisation and running of Leamington Music and the programmes of events in many ways, including, inter alia: assisting with publicity; stewarding at concerts; accommodating visiting musicians; organising and facilitating the educational workshop programme. In addition, a significant proportion of funding is raised by the Friends of Leamington Music, which is also organised and run by volunteers: in 2023, the Friends’ funding, including Gift Aid, amounted to some £9,750 (2022: £12,000). The trustees of Leamington Music are most grateful to all our volunteers for their ongoing dedication, enthusiasm and loyalty.

Achievements and Performance

During the year ended 31 July 2023 by Leamington Music staged 35 concerts of a high musical standard, representing a return to a “normal” season. (2022: 42 concerts; 2021: 16 concerts; 2020: 19 concerts; 2019: 35 concerts):

Average attendance per concert increased 22% compared to 2022 with 4,436 tickets sold across the 35 concerts. Although this is still around 15% below attendances prior to the Covid pandemic it is a welcome and positive trend. Whilst the majority of those attending our concerts are local, the high quality of our concert programmes continues to attract visitors from the rest of the United Kingdom and overseas.

In the 2022-3 season, our concert artists also delivered a full program of 36 workshops and masterclasses in our education programme for children attending Warwickshire schools. We are most grateful to our guest artists for their continuing commitment to — and enthusiasm for — our education programme, which is made possible by generous private and other funding, including a grant from Warwickshire Music (Warwickshire County Council’s music education hub).

The charity awards an annual prize to students at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Sadly, the Félicité Piano Trio, 2022’s winners, were unable to performa Prize Winners’ concert in Leamington as the Trio’s pianist continued to suffer from tendonitis. The 2023 contest took

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

place in March and the winners were Junction T Trio, a multinational ensemble of piano, flute and cello.

In organising these activities, Leamington Music works closely with a number of local and national arts organisations, including: Chamber Music Plus; Making Music; Music in the Round; the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire; Warwick District Music Promoters’ Forum; and Warwickshire Music. Full details of our current concert and education programs can be found on our website www.leamingtonmusic.org.

Financial Review

Reserves Policy

The trustees have a responsibility to assess both the suitability and the financial viability of the concert and educational workshop programmes planned for each season. This includes ensuring that sufficient reserves are available at the end of a financial year to cover the funding requirements for concerts and workshops scheduled through the first part of the following year.

At the end of the 2021-22 financial year, unrestricted reserves totalled £58,000, sufficient to cover the predicted expenditure for the first 6 months of the 2022-23 financial year, and the concert and workshop programmes were consequently approved. ms

However, by the end of the 2022-23 financial year, unrestricted reserves had been depleted by over £26,000 (to £31,400) and restricted reserves by more than £23,000 (to £9,400), a total deficit of nearly £50,000 for the financial year. This followed a total deficit of £9,500 for the 2021-22 financial year.

The trustees recognised that the overall low level of reserves indicated an urgent need not only to review current financial practices but also to act immediately to ensure the future sustainability of Leamington Music. The subsequent review encompassed all areas of income and expenditure, from management and office costs to concert programming, ticket sales, donations and grants.

Succession planning for Richard Phillips MBE, our esteemed and highly experienced Festival Director, had been put in place in 2016 when Helen Beecroft joined the team to assist Richard. That plan had also recognised the need to move operations to commercial premises, and in September 2022 Leamington Music duly moved into office premises in Leamington Town Hall.

Appeal 2018 had been launched to help cover these additional costs and by the end of the 2022-23 financial year had raised some £26,000. As of 31 July 2023 the trustees duly agreed to utilise £16,750 of those funds to help cover the increased costs. The trustees also recognised that the education programme had seena significant decrease in levels of Local Authority grants and duly agreed to immediately release £6,300 from the education fund in support of that programme.

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Registered number: 1117723

LEAMINGTON MUSIC

The unutilised funds of £3,100 for Appeal 2018 and £6,300 for Education (£9,400 total) (2022: £32,500 total) are disclosed as part of restricted reserves in this Statement of Financial Activities.

As well as investigating ways to reduce budgeted overheads, the trustees had to make a number of difficult decisions.

First and foremost it was unanimously agreed that the Succession Plan should be fully implemented, with Helen appointed as Artistic Director and Richard focussing solely on the 2024 Festival, his last before retiring. Sadly, the trustees concluded that the services of Maria Antunes, Helen’s assistant, were no longer affordable. The trustees are hugely grateful to Richard for his leadership of Leamington Music since its inception in 2006 and also to Maria, whose reliable and cheery presence will be missed.

The trustees are confident that these actions and efficiencies will deliver both immediate and ongoing cost savings, but also recognise the need to generate additional income. All future concert and education programmes will be run to a stricter budget to ensure financial viability. In November 2023 a new fund-raising appeal was also launched.

Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Going Concern

The charity remains dependent upon income from individuals, companies, trusts and other grant-making bodies to fund its charitable activities (see Incoming Resources, below). Whilst income from grants has reduced dramatically in the wake of Covid, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that other income will be forthcoming for the foreseeable future. This income, in conjunction with the measures detailed above, means that the trustees believe that the charity is able to continue as a going concern.

Incoming Resources

Our concert programmes are financed by ticket and programme sales, supplemented by additional fund-raising. Concert ticket and programme income of approximately £74,000 (2022: £76,000) covered 41% (2022: 44%) of Leamington Music’s total expenditure for the year ended 31 July 2023. Our other main sources of funds were:

We are most grateful to all those individuals, trusts, grant-making bodies and sponsors who have supported Leamington Music during the year under review.

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Investment Policy

The charity has no investments other than funds held at banks as disclosed in the balance sheet.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Signed: Signed: Peter Glanfield Mary Adams Chairman Treasurer Dated: 2% {alo 2o 2p Dated: 23 feb 2OLY

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Independent Examiner’s Report

TO THE TRUSTEES OF LEAMINGTON MUSIC

| report to the trustees of Leamington Music (registered charity number 1117723) on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (‘the trust’) for the year ended 31 July 2023, which are set out on pages 10 to 16.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

| report in respect of my examination of the trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

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C Christou FCCA MAE independent Examiner

Leigh Christou Limited

Euston House 12 Euston Place Leamington Spa CV32 4BN

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Statement of Financial Activities FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023

Unrestr’d Restricted Total Total Last
Funds Funds This Year Year
Note
£ £ £ £
INCOMING RESOURCES
Income from:
Charitable activities 3 74,881 - 74,881 75,743
Donations and legacies 3 52,923 4,094 57,017 86,855
Investments 3 317 - 317 41
Other 3 53 - 53 1,908
TOTAL 128,174 4,094 132,268 164,547
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities 4 128,626 10,437 139,063 141,027
Raising funds 4 15,669 - 15,669 15,548
Administrative costs 4 10,303 16,750 27,053 17,493
TOTAL 154,598 27,187 181,785 174,068
NET(EXPENDITURE)
/INCOME (26,424) (23,093) (49,517) (9,521)
TRANSFER BETWEEN
FUNDS FORTHEYEAR 0 fe) 0 0
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT
FORWARD 57,820 32,509 90,329 99,850
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD 31,396 9,416 40,812 90,329

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Balance Sheet

AS AT 31 JULY 2023

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||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestr’d|Restricted|Total|Total|Last| |Funds|Funds|This Year|Year| |Note| |£|£|£|£| |FIXED|ASSETS| |Tangible|assets|9|-|-|-|-| |CURRENT ASSETS| |Debtors|11|15,637|~|15,637|13,073| |Cash|at|bank and|in|hand|12|28,380|9,416|37,796|86,848| |TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS|44,017|9,416|53,433|99,921| |LESS:|CREDITORS| |Amounts|falling|due|within| |one|year|13|12,621|-|12,621|9,592| |NET CURRENT ASSETS|31,396|9,416|40,812|90,329| |TOTAL NET ASSETS|31,396|9,416|40,812|90,329| |FUNDS|OF|THE|CHARITY| |Unrestricted|funds|31,396|-|31,396|57,820| |Restricted|funds|16|-|9,416|9,416|32,509| |TOTAL FUNDS|31,396|9,416|40,812|90,329|

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Approved by the trustees on 16 February 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Peter= Mary Adams Chairman Treasurer

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Notes to the Financial Statements

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023

Note 1. Basis of Preparation

Basis of Accounting

The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant Notes to the Financial Statements; and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102); and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The Financial Statements present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are outlined in Note 2 below.

Going Concern

The trustees believe that any uncertainties related to current events or conditions do not cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Note 2. Accounting Policies

Reconciliation with Previous Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP)

No adjustments to fund balances as previously stated are required to disclose funds as determined under Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Income

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Expenditure and Liabilities

Assets

Note 3. Analysis of Income

Unrestr’d Restricted Total This Total Last
Funds Funds Year Year
£ £ £ £
Donations and legacies:
Individual donors, inc. Gift Aid 47,764 2,156 49,920 36,155
Legacies - - - -
Local authority grants 1,324 1,668 2,992 22,000
Trusts and other bodies 550 270 820 16,200
Sponsorship 3,285 - 3,285 12,500
52,923 4,094 57,017 86,855
Unrestr’d Restricted Total This Total Last
Funds Funds Year Year
£ £ £ £
Charitable activities:
Ticket sales 70,797 - 70,797 72,392
Programme sales 3,088 - 3,088 3,351
Education workshops - - - -
Advertising income 400 - 400 -
Other sales income 596 - 596 -
74,881 - 74,881 75,743

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Income from investments of £317 comprises bank and other interest received (2022: £41). Other income of £53 comprises the proceeds of the sale of donated goods and provision of services (2022: £1,908, including Other sales income now within Charitable activities).

Note 4. Analysis of Expenditure

Unrestr’'d _ Restricted Unrestr’'d _ Restricted Total This Total Last
Funds Funds Year Year
£ £ £ £
Charitable activities:
Artistfees and expenses 77,728 - 77,728 86,815
Venue hire and other event costs 21,365 - 21,365 22,869
Box office charges 6,519 - 6,519 6,372
Leamington Music Prize 1,200 - 1,200 1,250
Concert management& admin fees 21,700 - 21,700 17,000
Education workshop fees and exp’s - 9,776 9,776 6,608
Other education costs - 640 640 -
Other costs 114 21 135 113
128,626 10,437 139,063 141,027
Unrestr’'d _ Restricted Total This Total Last
Funds Funds Year Year
£ £ £ £
Raisingfunds:
Advertising and marketing 10,251 - 10,251 5,234
Printing, stationery & postage 4,675 - 4,675 9,828
Friends’ expenditure 247 - 247 401
Entertainment—sponsors 371 - 371 -
Bank fees 125 - 125 85
15,669 - 15,669 15,548
Unrestr’'d Restricted Total This Total Last
Funds Funds Year Year
£ £ £ £
Administrative costs:
Management fees - 16,750 16,750 15,000
Office costs 9,411 ° 9,411 1,845
General expenses 892 - 892 648
10,303 16,750 27,053 17,493

Note 5. Support Costs

Not applicable (2022: not applicable).

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Note 6. Trustee Expenses and Professional Fees

No payments of trustee expenses or professional fees were made in the year (2022: none). Expenses incurred on behalf of the charity reimbursed to trustees during the year amounted to £293: £163 to Simon Hogg and £130 to Jane Williams (2022: £209 reimbursed to Simon Hogg, £161 to Georgina Middleton and £94 to Jane Williams).

Note 7. Paid Employees and Pension Scheme

Leamington Music has no paid employees and no pension scheme (2022: none).

Note 8. Grant-making

Grants made as part of charitable activities: no grants were made to any institutions (2022: none); grants to individuals: Leamington Music Prize (for the support of young musicians) £1,200 awarded to Junction T Trio (2022: £1,250 awarded to Félicité Piano Trio).

Note 9. Tangible Assets

The trustees lease a printer for use at the charity’s registered address. This is an operating lease thus the printer is no longer a tangible asset. During the year ended 31 July 2018, two new desk-top computers were purchased for use by the Charity. These computers are now fully depreciated.

Office Totals
Two desk-top computers, purchased February 2018 equipment
£ £
Cost
At 1August 2022 1,637 1,637
Additions - -
At 31July 2023 1,637 1,637
Depreciation -
At 1August 2022 1,637 1,637
Charge foryear - -
At 31July 2023 1,637 1,637
Net Book Value
At 31 July 2022 - -
At31July2023 - -

Note 10. Other Assets

Leamington Music has no: intangible assets; heritage assets; investment assets (other than bank deposits) or stocks (2022: none).

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Registered number: 1117723

LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Note 11. Debtors

Note 11. Debtors
Thisyear Lastyear
£ £
All amounts fall due within one year:
Gift Aid claim 8,564 6,500
Trade debtors 500 -
Prepayments and accrued income 6,573 6,573
15,637 13,073
Note 12. Cash at Bank and in Hand
This year Last year
£ £
Total cash at bank and in hand 37,796 86,848
Note 13. Creditors and Accruals
Thisyear Lastyear
£ £
All amounts fall due within one year:
Trade creditors 1,476 4,906
Accruals and deferred income 11,146 4,686
12,621 9,592

Note 14. Leasing Agreements

In August 2022, the charity entered into a three-year leasing agreement with Warwick District Council for an office in Leamington Town Hall.

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

Thisyear _Lastyear Thisyear _Lastyear
£ £
Within one year 2,200
Between one and five years 2,200
In morethan five years -
4,400 -

Note 15. Events after the end of the Reporting Period

No events have occurred after the end of the reporting period, but before the Financial Statements are authorised, which relate to conditions that arose after the end of the reporting period, and which would require adjustment to the Financial Statements.

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LEAMINGTON MUSIC

Registered number: 1117723

Note 16. Restricted Funds

Note 16. Restricted Funds
Appeal
Education 2018 Total
£ £ £
Yearended 31July2020
At 1 August 2019 7,621 12,365 19,986
Additional donations - 180 180
Gift Aid claimed in theyear - 297 297
At 31 July2020 7,621 12,842 20,463
Yearended 31July2021
Gift Aid claimed in the year - 46 46
Grant for education, The Grimmitt Trust 5,000 5,000
At 31 July 2021 12,621 12,888 25,509
Yearended 31July2022
Corporate donation - 7,000 7,000
At 31 July 2022 12,621 19,888 32,509
Yearended 31 July2023
Donations, including Gift Aid 2,156 2,156
Income from grants and trusts 1,938 1,938
Realised (10,437) (16,750) (27,187)
At31July2023 6,278 3,138 9,416

Leamington Music has no permanent endowment, expendable endowment or restricted income funds (2022: none).

Note 17. Transactions with Related Parties

During the year ended 31 July 2023 the charity received from its trustees donations of £2,864 plus Gift Aid of £716 (2022: £2,825 plus Gift Aid of £706).

In addition to these donations, the charity received commission of £140 from Jane Williams, trustee and Artist in Residence, following the sale of her paintings at Leamington Music Festival events, with a total sales value of £700 (2022: £242).

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