Trustees. Annual Report for the period Pericxl start date Period end date From August 202£ To 31 Juty 2023 Section A Reference and administration details Chabity name Friends of Havering Music School other names charity is known by FOHMS Registered charity number (rf any 1121215 Charity's principal address FOHMS rjo HaveriThJ Music SchcM)I The Walk Homchurch Postc¢xle RM113TL Namès of the charity trustees who manage the Charity Dates acted il not for WI￿1¢ ear Trustee nam8 Office lrfany) Name of person {or body} èntÉUed oint tntstee rfan Sean Phiri Patricia Clark Chair Marion Overy 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustsos for the charity, rf any* (for example. any custodlan trustees) Name Dates acted rf not for whole TAR March 2012 Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional infomiation} e of adviser Address Name of chiof executive or nanes of senior staff members (Optional information) Michael Overy - Treasurer Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charlty's trusts Type of goveming docJJment NCPTA Model Constttution How the charity is constituted Unincorporated Association Trustee selection methcKds FOHMS is run by unpaid volunteers. Trustees and Offi￿rS are appointed or reappointed at Annual General Meetings that are open to all current volunteers. Additional govemance issues (Optional infomiation) Havering Music School is the specialist music service for the London Borough of Havering and the lead organisation for the Havering Music Education Hub. You may choose to include additional infomiation, where relevant, about: tK)licies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the chanty's organisational strncture and any wider network with which the charlty V￿rkS,. relationship with any related partl8S' trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. The Friends of Haveriffj Music School (FOHMS) was created in 2006 by parentslguardtans of children stLKlying there at that time wtth the aim of suppoth'ng the Music Sthool and its students. All fiJndiTrJ requests are subj'ect to apwoval by the FOHMS trustees and distMJr5ements are dep￿dent on the presentation of invol￿$ or receipts. Section C Objectives and activities Our objectNes are to advan￿ the education of children and adults studying at the Havering Music School by providing equipment, facilities and financial support and to make muslc tuition available to more people within the London Borough of Havering, especially young people vthose lives may be enriched by the experien￿. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governlng document TAR Mar(* 2012 Funding the purchase, maintenance, repair or installation of musical instruments. Funding the purchase of other music related equipment and sheet music for Music School ensembles. Sponsorship to help students in need to continue their studies at the Music School and (occasionally) grants to help students continue their music tuition after leaving the Music School. Funding activities ar￿ initiatrves to encourage young people across the London Borough of Havering to take an interest in musi¢ making and musFC Studies. Summary of the main activities undertaken for th• public benefrt in relation to these objects linclude within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public bonefit) In planning our acAivibes and considering requests for funding the trustees have had regard to the guidan￿ issued by the Charity Commission on public tenefit. Additlonal details of objectives and activities (Optlonal infomiation) In April, £37.681 was donated to our 9eneral fuTrJ following the closure of the Havering Schools Music Assocration {HSMA). In retum it was agreed that FOHMS in conjunction v￿th Havering Music School V￿uld continue to support the HSMA'S ot4'ective to encourage and facÈlitate musical activIt￿S within and between all schools and education centres in the London Borough of Havering. To this end. a committee has been s8t up by the Music School induding representatives from local primary and secondary sch¢Jols whth together with FOHMS will develop a programme of a￿1vilieS going forward, attounted for under the category 'Music for Sch¢JoIs'. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about" policy on grantmaking" policy programme related investment" We are entirely reliant on volunteers arKI are gratefijl for everything they do. We value the good working relationship we have with Music School staff in pursuit of our obj'ectives as a charity and are grateful for their help in facilitating the Saturday Tuck Shop (see Sedion E). contribution made by volunteers. TAR Mareh 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary oftho maln achievemonts of the charity during the year In accordan￿ with our objectives we funded the ft)Ilowng items: £903 for the purchase of ten DJ decks, mainly used at the Music School's Wednesday DJ Club and Summer School sessions. Two of the decks vRre srtuated at Iixal libraries to provide widèr public access. £3.320 for the purchase of 12 month unlimrted a¢￿sS li￿n￿S from Play Virtuoso for eight Havering Secondary Schools, providing access to 300+ hours of video courses from professional producers, DJS and songwrtters covering modem music making techniques. This was a one-off purchase made on the understanding that the schools Con￿Med would be responsib￿ for then renewing their licences and at the time of writing we under5tarKI that at least six schools intend to renew for a further 12 months. £384 for the purchase of 31 violin bows of various types, £462 for the refurbishment of a grand piano donated to the Music School and £183 for the purchase of sheet music. £5.400 was provided to the Music School to cover the initial costs of staging a two day Junior School Singing Festival at the Queen's Theatre, Homchurch in June. This was a continuation of the feskn'vals pr&viously organised by the HSMA prior lo the Covid pandemic. We anticipate that after ticket sales have b￿n taken into account arTrd VAT has been recovered, a modest surplus will be generated to help fund fijrther Music for Schools initiatives in future periods. £1.206 spent on subsidising Music School lessons for five students for varying p￿riodS over the 2022123 school year. The students concemed came from families vtho were experiencing financial drfficulties and we were pleased to be able to help them continue their musi studies. TAR Marth 2012 Section E Financial review Brlef statement of the charitys policy on reserv05 Part of our general fund is held by the Churches. Charities and Local Authorities {CCLA) Investment Management Ltd. These funds are held in an interest bearing account. Details of any funds materialty in deficit None Further financlal review details Ioplional informallon) You may choose to includ& additional information. where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising),. how expenditure has supported the key objecttves of the charity". investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Our principal souro of fijnds are.. 1. Donations, induding those from indiwduals, charity fund raising organisations such as the PayPal Grving Fund and from cash collections at events such as Music School Con￿rtS. 2. A Tuck Shop njn by volunteers at the Saknrday Music School sessions providing refreshments for students and their parentslguardians. The Tuck Shop is financially self-sufficient Wtth the income from sales fully overing the cost of stock. Any su￿luseS are used to support our charity objectives with £1.748 contribLrted to our funds from a tumover of £5.562 over this reporting period Section F Other optional information The large donation from the HSMA increased our total income over this reporting period to £44,531 As a result, this period's accounts require an indeFendent examination. Total income over previous accounting periods has ranged from £3,998 to £12.841 and is expected to retum to these levels from the next period onwards. Section G Declaration Tho trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report al)ove. Signed on behalf of the chaiitys trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Positlon leg Secretary, Chalr. etc) Sean Phiri Marion Overy Chair 1213r2024 TAR Mard) 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENfjLAND ANO WALES 1121215 Recei tsand ents accounts CC16a For the I￿0d from ot AUg￿tst 2￿22 31 2023 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted lunds Restricted tunds Endowmert funds Total ￿ndS tyear A1 Re￿1 Tuck Shop Sa￿5 Other Sales ofGL* 4737 38.$33 FUndra￿ing Musicfor Schcds CCLAAccount lrterest 41 ross income ARJ 4&531 531 s￿02 Inves sa tota 44631 02 A3Pa ments NCPTA IPaf8ntkIr￿l SAkts(xtpic Equiprrtentl Mwca5 Instrumènts Tuth Shop Stock Mu¥Acfor &Jrsanes Mi¥cdLaneous 140 140 1,087 116 721 3.452 3,452 8.720 Sub total 15.451 15,451 A4 Asset and investment None Sub total 14451 15.461 8,303 Net of ￿CeIptsI(payMents) A5 Transfers betrdeen funts A8 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this yearend 29,080 29,080 499 21017 61.097 22,017 61,097 499 CCXX R1 arKounts ISSI 09103r2024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢ted Restricted funds t¥ nww•5t£ Endowment fund5 Categories Details B1 Cash funds 152Crf) 818 Total cash funds 61.097 s)) Endowment fund5 t• Mqr•51£ fund5 funds Detsi15 b) to nMr•st£ Fund ta wTrkl•h C•5t (aptton*ri CurrenÈvdu• Detsils Furbd to ￿10h CurF•ntvalue Details B4 Assets retained for the charity's ¢wn us• Fund tQT•Jhioh du• Details 85 Liabilities ziaa Svaned by one ortsm trustee8 on tehalf of all th8 trustees &JnabJre Pr￿￿ Name Date of rov Sean Phiri 12103r2024 mar1￿ I￿ry 12K)3r2ry24 CCXX R2 ar£ounts ISSI 09t(W2024 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Friends of Havering Music School (aka FoHMS) **On accounts for the year** 31 July 2023 **Charity no** 1121215 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 to 2 plus associated documents (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 July 2023. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 18/04/2024 **Signed: Name:** Peter Fanning **Relevant professional** None but I served as the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, a large **qualification(s) or body** charity, for 10 years and prior to that, I was an Accounting Officer and **(if any):** Principal Finance Officer in the civil service within the HM Treasury Group. **Address:** 65 Bushwood, Leytonstone, London E11 3BW. **October 2018** **IER** 1 ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . None **October 2018** **IER** 2