GBRTI7': Gpeat Bowden Recital Tpust Great Bowden Recital Trust Flnanrial Report 2023-24 Music developmen¢ oppre¢lotlon and participationfor all
GBRT.Ix ": .-JEii Fleiit£l Trvse ABOUT GBRT Great Bowden Recltal Trust {GBRTI is a charltable trust. founded in 2004 and reglstered in 21x16, promotin8 muslc in Market Harborough and the surroundin8 area. The Trust's charitable purpose is 'Muslc development, appreclation and participation for all,. Music has been proven to have a vlslblei Positive impact on the lives of people of all ages, buildin8 confidence, communication and discipline. increasing CO•ordlnation and encouraging social relationships. The Trust continually strives to entourage personal development by usin8 music In all its forms, iDcludin8 running a range of community choirs and ensembles, organising Concerts and events in the local area and btyond, European concert tours and an annual Junior X Factor talent competition for young muslclans and singers. Surplus funds genernted by these acttvities are used to fund a grant pro8ramme for young people in financlal need to help to pay for singing and Instrumental lessons. GBRfs Trustees GBRT is managed by volunteer Trustees and Choir/Ensemble Secretaries. New Trustees are recruited by Invitation from the Trustee board and are provided with copies of the most recent Accounts. They are also briefed on their le8al obligations under charity laws, and on the content of the governin8 document of the Trust, together with the declsion-makin8 processes and recent financial perfomance. The trustees durin8 the 2023124 financial year were: Sue Benson, Managing Trustee Linda Pentland, Finance Trustee and Chaim)an Graham Vick Poppy Shortland Debbie Smith Lucy Ingall Jim Holyoak Great Bowden Recital Trust. Registered Ollice.. 30 Nelson street. Leicestei LEI 7BA CDnstituted a5 a Charitable Trust by means of a Declèratlon of Trust on 2911. June 2006, Cha¥ity Regi51ration Number: 1118140
•• r. gav..ttEn Ppcicdl Trucf GBRfs Areas of Activity The Trusys activities divide Into four key areas: l. Music Development GBRT believes that an individual's financial circumstances should never be a barrier for pro8ressing and developing their skill of singing or playing an instrument. The Trust provide5 grants towards instrumentsl or vocal lessons for local young people in financial need. We also work with local schools to help to promote music. l Musi¢ Appreclatlon GBRT organises concerts and events Including an annual Community Concert whlch showcases local young singers and instrumentalists, some of whom are performing in public for the first time. The Trust's choirs and ensembles also perform at a range of local and regional concerts raising money for GBRTand for other charities and good causes. 3. Music Participation The Trust provide5 Opportunities for everyone to become involved in music regardless of age, experience and background. GBRT'S five choirs and ensembles have over 150 members. The annual GBRTJuniorX Factor competition provides the opportunity for PM)Sitive feedback from professional musicians and for the finaliststo perform on stage to supportive aUdienS. 4. For all GBRT believes that music should be accessible to everyone. Inclusion is important to us and we are workingto remove barriers to participatlon. We are proud to be a pilot group for Maklng Musids INCLUDE project. Great Bowden Recital Trust. Registered Office.. 30 Nelson Streei, Leicester LEJ 7BA Constituted a5 3 Charitable Trust by means ol 3 Declaraiion of Trust on 2911, June 2006, Charity Re8lStration Ntsmber.. 1118140
GBRT.I% ': I-TrPr &r. Trust Music We received 24 applications forfunding for our grant programme in 2023124 which was nearly 3 times as many applications as 2022123. Eighteen of these applications were successful, includlng 7 continuing students and 11 new applicants. A total of £4.614 was awarded to fund 721 lessons. We were very grateful to receive a donation of £10 from Landmark Practice Developmentto support our grants programme in addition to the fundswe generated from our other activities. GBRT is a member of the Harborough Alliance for Muslc Education, a forum to bring tO8ether music leads from local schools organised by Robert Smyth Academy. We have also been Involved with settin8 up Creative Harborou8h, an initiatlve to promote arts activltles in the town and encourage more people to get involved. GBRT was one of 20+ groupsto take part in the launch event on 2 March 2024 and we continue to be actively Involved in the development of thls initiative. Musl¢ A eciation GBRT organised four concerts during the 2023124 financial year: GBRT Community Choir, accompanled by a live band and invited 5010ists, put on a gala concert to ralse fund5 for the local NSPCC branch on 17, June 2023. The concert wa5 a huge success and raised £2000 for the NSPCC through ticket sales, donations and raffle tickets. GBRfs annual Community Concert on Saturday 11 November provided an opportunityfor elght young people to perform on trombone, piano, voice, guitar and French horn. GBRT Youth Cholr also took part. GBRT Community Choir and Northampton Male Voice Choir performed together in a sold out concert in Market Harborough on Saturday 18 November. This was the first time that the two choirs had performed together and was a Breat success. raising over £500 for GBRT from tlcket sales and donations. GBRT Community Choir was jolned by Robert Smyth Academrfs Secret Cholr for a concert in Market Harborough on Saturday 18 May. raising over £SC(i in donations for the school toward5 the purchase of a new barltone $8xophone. GBRT'S choirs and ensembles also took part in the following events organised by other organisations: Performances at The Café @ Welland Park: o GBRT Community Choir, Sunday 25 June 2023 o GBRT Community Choir Caro15 in the Park Sunday 17 December 2023 o GBRT Flute Choir, Sunday 19 May 2024 th GBRTCarnival Drums at Foxton Locks Fun Dayon 15 August 2023 GBRT Orchestra Sunday Afternoon Concert at St Peterfs Church. Church Langton on Sunday 24 September 2023 GBRT Communlty Choir performed at the Eco Village'swinter Fair on Saturday 25 November 2023 GBRTCommunlty Choir supported Specsavers Market Harborough's Dickenslan fundraiser on Saturday 91h December 2023 GBRT Carnival Drums performed at Kettering Christmas Market on Saturday 16 December 2023 Gieat 8owoen Rec*tal Trust. Registered Oftice.. 30 Ne150n Streei. Leicester LEJ 7BA Constitvied as 3 Charitable Trust by means ol a Declaiation ol Trust on 29" lune 2(X)6. Charity Re8istr3tion Number: 1118140
31 Trurt. Members of GBRTCommunity Choirsupported TLC Voices at the Laura Centre Memorial Service in Leicester on Sunday 12 May 2024 Music Partlcl tlon GBRT runs five choirs and ensembles- Community Choir and Flute Choir for over-185, Carnival Drums and Orchestra for all ages. and Youth Choir for school year5 5-13. Each group is self-fundlng as every member pays an affordable temily subscription fee to cover the costs associated with running the group as detailed below. Surplus funds are used to fund the charitvs general running Costs and grant programme. Carnlval Drums Community Choir Flute Choir Orchestra YoLrth Choir 17 rehearsals 23 rehearsals 18 rehearsals 17 rehearsals 18 rehearsals GBRT launched a new after-school music club. Music Makers, in four primary Schools in September 2024 which received an overwhelming response from parents and children. More than 50 children in school years 14 took part in the groups during the year and the children came together for a joint performance at GBRT Junior X Factor Finals in March. The club, run by Graham Vick and supported by a team of volunteers. teaches singin& performan skills and the basics of music theory while having fun with warni-up exer(i5es. games. and creating rhythms and sounds using body percussion, speech, rhyme and syncopation. In addition, GBRT organised 3 workshop for members of GBRT Flute Cholr 4 November 2023 led by low flutes specialist Carla Rees, GBRT Community Choir attended UK Choir Festival on Sunday 8 October 2023 and G8RT Flute Choir took part in the first Bimiingham Flute Choir Festival on l March 2024. G8RT Junior X Factor heats were held on the weekend of 9110 March and 13 talented young people took place th In the Finals Saturday 16 March. The competition was fvDded by grants from Market Harborough and the Bowdens Charlty and Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons Charity. In April 2024, 48 members of GBRT Community Choir took part in a COnrttourto Umbria in Italy. Thegroup stayed in Passignano-suI-Trasimeno, overlooking Lake Trasimeno, and performed at the Chiesa San FIlipF Neri in Florence, Sala Dei Notari in Perugia and the Teatro in Tuoro overlooking Lake Trasimeno. For All In September 2023 GBRT wa5 selected as one of four music groups from ac1055 the UK to tske part in a pilot project on inclusion run by Making Music. the umbrella body for leisure-time music groups. Funded by Arts Council England, INCLUDE aims to help member groups in Levelling Up for Culture Places in England connect with new members of their community and indude a wider diversity of people in their norfflal activities. Diversity mean5 includin8 the widest range of people from our communty and recognisin& respecting and celebratin8 each otherfs differences. This includes a broad range of identities such as ethnicity. disability, neurodiversity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic background. The pilot project which will run until Marth 2025 and what we learn will be shared with all of Making Muslc's member groups. Our involvement In the project will focus on our Great Bowden Recital Trust. Registered Office.. 30 Nelson Streei. Lelcester LEI 7BA Constituted 3$ 3 Charitable Trust by means ol a Declèration of Trust on 2911, Jurie 2006, Charity Registration Number.. 1118140
instrumental groups- GBRT Carnival Drums, GBRT Flute Choirand GRBT Orchestrd- but the lessons that we learn will be applied to all of our activities. The first phase of the project was to get a better understandin8 of the demographics of our turrent membership compared to our local area. We asked members to complete an anonymous survey and compared the results to the most recent census data for South Leicestershire and North Northamptonshire. We found that our membership was broadly representative of the general population but the maln groups that were underrepresented being 21k35-year-olds and men. GBRfs trustees had a very helpful session with Making Music'5 project lead Elizabeth Palmer to discuss the results and start to develop an adion plan for the project. We decided to focus on the following areas- Developing a strategy to ensure that all our activities are as inclusive as possible, such as setting up 'buddrf schemes in our ensembles to make new members feel welcome. reviewing the accessibility of our communications and website, and asking members if there's anything we can do to improve access to rehearsals and resources. Encouraging more people to get involved in music making by rai5in8 the profile of our activities in North Northamptonshire, lookin8 at ways to encourage more men and 24>35-year-olds to get involved in our choirs and ensembles, and promotin8 the mental health and social benefits of muslc. We have reviewed our online and written communications to ensure that they are acce$5ible by: offerlng a text only digital verslon of programmes for use with Screen readers and online translation services as an alternative to printed programmes. revlewing our website to ensure that it meets accessibility standards. replacing PDFS on our website with more accessible formats such as HTML and Word documents. adding additional information about acce55ibility at our rehearsal and concert venues to our webslte and publicity materials. making sheet music avallable in alternative formats for members wlK* need it. adding an open question to our re8iStration forms and booking forms to ask whether members have any access needs. We are working on extending our actlvitles into North Northamptonshire: we organised an inclusion event in Corby on 21" February 2024 for local music group5 to discuss ways to encourage men to get involved in music makin& with speaker Will Prideaux from Peterborough Sings. GBRT Carnival Drums perfom)ed at Kettering's Christmas Market in Dember 2023 and are booked to perform at two more events in Kettering in 2024. We received a grant of £20C(I from Howard Watson Symington Memorial Charity to make a video promoting the mental health beneftts of being part of communty music making. We were very honoured and grateful to receive a generous legacy from the estate of Elizabeth Howe. who was a member of GBRT Carnival Drums and a supporter of our charity. GBRT'S trustees have given careful consideration to how best to use these funds to have a long-lasting impart. Funds were allocated to updatin8 GBRT'S sound equipment includin8 the purchase of a digitsl mixin8 console, a stage box, 3 monltors and 2 sub-woofers plus cables and accessories. We worked with Great Bowden Recital Trust. Regisiered Ofliie= 30 Nelson Stretrt, leicestei LEI PBA Constituted as a Charitable Trust by means ol a Declaratioll ol Trust on 2911 June 2006, Charity ReÉistration Number.. 1118140
Brickworks Studios to design a high-quality and affordable system that will be durable and be flexible enough to cover dlfferent types and sizes of events and gigs. We purchased a bass flute and an alto flute for GBRT Flute Choir which will add depth to the sound of the group and enable members to have a chance to play lower flutes which they might otherwise not be able to experience as they are less common and more expenslve to own. Funds have been allocated to GBRT Carnival Drums to repalr and update instruments, to G8RT Orchestra to purchase new music and to GBRT Youth Choir to put towards artivities to attrdrt and retain new members. We are creatin8 The E112abeth Howe Legacy Fund"_ a project which will encourage primary school puplls to learn musical instruments. It is still in development but is Intended to begin early in the 2024-25 academic year and will focus on students who face greater barriers than most to musical participation. We believe that. as a former primary school headteacher, Liz would very much have approved. GOING CONCERN Subscriptions GBRT'S main Sour of income Is subscriptions paid by members of its choirs and ensembles. These are paid in advance before the start of each term. MDS are engaged to run these rehearsals on a freelance basis. which all0v flexibility. Trustees regularly review the Subs income recelved for each choir and ensemble to ensure that the costs of rehearsals can be met, and are able to adjust the number and/or length of rehearsals offered if necessary. There is currently sufficient surplus generated from subs to fund GBRT'S essential running costs and grant programme. Concerts and Events The Trust generates additional income frorn donations made by audience members at conrts and perfomjans. Essentlal Runnlng Costs As the Trust does not own or rent any offitss or employ any staff, essential runnlng costs {e.g. insurance and independent examiner fees) are relatively modest. The Trust is carrying forward sufficient surplus funds from the 2023/24 financial year to cover all essential costs for 2024125. Grant Programme The Trust uses any surplus generated from its other activlties to fund a grant programme for young singers and instrumentalists who need help to pay for their specialist music lessons. The grant programme is funded from the 5urplu5 generated in the previous financial year and amount of funding made available can be adjusted according to the available funds. Grants are awarded for one school year. Going Concern For the reasons set out above, GBRT'S Trustees are confident that the Trust will continue to be a going conrn throughout the 2024125 financial year. Great Bowden Recital Trust. Registered Oflice.- 30 Nelson Streei. Leicestef LEI IBA Constituted as a Charitable Trust by means DI a DEclaration of Trust on 29". June 2006. Charity Registiarion Number.. 1118140
I ,rf.1r IIo% 1p.n BLaCir.al TpLJsr Income and Expenditure For the year ended 31 May 2024 Account 2024 Income Clothing- Hoodies T shirts Masks Collection Boxes Donations- General Donations- Perfotmance Event Income Grants Other Revenue Subscriptions In Tour Income Total Turnover 505.00 56.60 1,566.38 1,465.21 9,445.65 4,700.00 20,876.78 18,528.79 22,334.32 79,478.73 Gross Incom• 79,478.73 Admini$trative Costs Acccmnpanist A¢¢ounts and Audlt Donation$ Given Equiw•nl PuT¢hased Gaiag8 Hir• General Exponses Grants Given Hoodies Tshirts Masks Insurances and PRS Junior X Factor cos15 Junior X Facior PrEes Marketing Mu51C Musical Director other Event Costs Printing. Post and Stationery Square Fees Tours Venue Hire- Concerts Venues- Rehearsal Volunteer and TnJ$tee Costs Totsl Admlnlstrallye Costs 1,620.50 498.00 2,485.62 8,309.08 1,285.00 781.27 4.680.63 819.50 643.83 1.217.75 862.19 1,361.86 1,243.50 9,895.10 6.411.79 608.11 41.15 28,863.57 773.30 2.030.50 329.92 74,562.17 lus 4.916.56 Greal Bowden Recital Trust, Registered Office.. 30 Nelson st*t leitÈstei LEI 78A Constituted as a Charitable Tnjst by means of a Detlaration of irust on 2911. June 2006. Charity Registrètitsn Number.. Lll8140
Jfr. 130%'Jtti-rt Heciral Tr% JFt. GBRT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES SUMMARY Monetary Assets 1st June 2023 31st May 2024 Funds in GBRT Bank Accounts £16,325.64 £21,242.20 Creditors Invoices due to be paid for this period £0.00 £0.00 Reserves The Trust maintains minlmal reserves sufficientto meet its day to day requirements Public Benefit The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guldance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidan on public benefit when reviewing the Trusvs aims and objectives and in planning future activities. GBRT Trustee Declaration The Trustees have thorou8hEy reviewed and understood all aspects of the accounting information for the period 1st June 2023 to 31st May 2024, have had regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit and approve, in full, the figures provided within this Report and the Income and Expenditure Summary. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Date: 301h December 2024 Linda Pentland Chair of Trustees Great Bowden Recital Trust, Registered Office- 30 Nelson Streei, leicester LEI 7BA Constituted as a Charitable Tnjst by means ol a Declaration of Trust on 29tli June 2006. Charity Re8lStr3tion Number.. 1118140
Independent Examlners Report To the Trustee5 of Great Bowden Retltal Trust For the year ended 31 May Z024 I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charivs trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the chariws accounts carried out undersertion 145 of the Art and in carryin8 Out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions glven by the Charlty Commission under section 14515}(bl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have cometo my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect- attounting records were not kept In respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act. or 2. the account5 do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examlnation to whlch attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Ob/,,/ Alexander West FCA Somerbys Chartered Accountants 30 Nelson Street Leicester LEI 7BA Greèt Bowden Recital Trust. Registered Oftice.. 30 Ne150n Slreei Leice5tei IEJ 78A Constituted as a Charitable Trust means ol a Declar3Lion of I rLSS1 on 29l.. ltsne 2006. Charity Registtation Number. 1118140