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camden music trust Registered Charity No: 1126046

2021/22 ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS

Access to Music-Making for all Children and Young People in Camden

Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Objectives and activities

Our purpose at Camden Music Trust is to facilitate participation in music activities by children and young people resident in or educated within the London Borough of Camden, and in particular to assist those who face hardship. We support young people’s music-making for the benefits this brings in itself and in their personal and wider educational development, such as resilience, team-building and self-discipline.

The Trust follows the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. We raise funds to support activities that schools are unable to provide, and which enrich the music experience of children and young people in Camden, including:

Activities funded by the charity are delivered by Camden Music Service under a grant agreement.

Achievements and performance

The year 2021/22 continued to challenge, as the impact of Covid continued. We congratulate Camden Music Service on its performance and partnerships with the borough’s schools and families throughout these difficult times, maintaining support for young people’s music-making which seems ever more valuable in bringing us together, on-screen or in real life, to engage in this life-enhancing activity. The Music Service reports each year to Arts Council England which, in 2021/22 commended the Service as ‘very resilient, persistent and inventive’ and on the strength of its relationship with Camden Music Trust.

Our Big Give campaign raised £29,563 and we thank in particular new trustee, Martin Fraenkel for his generous donation matched by S&P Global which provided the required pledge for Camden Music Trust to benefit from The Big Give. Our thanks go also to donors Tom Schuller whose gift helped establish Camden Youth Recorder Group, and an anonymous donor whose gift supported training for peripatetic tutors in working with young musicians with special educational needs. We are grateful to Jacques Foex, a former Camden Music student, who ran the 2021 London Marathon raising over £2,000. Equally important are the many individuals who give on a regular or occasional basis. The generosity of all our donors helps us fulfil our mission to enable disadvantaged young people to enjoy the many benefits of music-making.

This was the third year of funding from John Lyon’s Charity for Somers Town Sinfonia, supporting progression and social music-making for primary school Year 5 children. We are very grateful to The John Lyon’s Charity for funding this programme and for their direct support to Camden Music Service for bursaries for enthusiastic and engaged young musicians whose families cannot afford to support individual music lessons and instrument hire. Continued support also came from The Aldama Foundation and The Jusaca Charitable Trust, and the Peter West Bursary Fund for which we are very grateful.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Camden Music Trust was proud to support Camden’s Spring Music Festival – nine days of singing by primary and secondary students, in nine different secondary schools across the borough, together with three public concerts at major venues. We were particularly excited to be able to live-stream the concerts, which were viewed by family and friends in 68 countries across six continents – a palpable indication of the diversity of Camden’s population. We also continued to raise funds through our campaigns, 100 Hours of Music and A Song for Camden.

Our thanks go to our fundraisers Julie Wemyss, in particular for her management of The Big Give campaign so effectively, and Katrina Duncan for her work on grant applications to trusts and foundations.

Financial review

Camden Music Trust income for the year totalled £92,324. This enabled the charity to maintain at £80,000 its level of expenditure on charitable activities: bursaries, quality instruments, Saturday Centres and other ensemble activities, and special projects.

As we have experienced increased competition in raising funds, we are fortunate to have ended the year with unrestricted funds of £65,105. We have agreed to designate part of these funds to support the 2023 Camden Schools Music Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, a key event in raising the profile of young people’s music-making and an important opportunity for our fundraising.

The trustees have reviewed the charity’s reserves policy. To maintain its current level of charitable expenditure, the charity depends on receiving a small number of significant grants in each year. Although it has been able to obtain sufficient major grants for this purpose in recent years, there is a risk that in a particular year it may be unable to do so, in which case the charity’s income would fall significantly short of the targeted level. In order to enable the charity to maintain its level of charitable expenditure should this occur, while it seeks to raise income to cover the shortfall, the trustees consider that it is prudent to maintain free reserves of between £40,000 and £50,000, which represents approximately half the charity’s current annual expenditure on charitable activities. As at 31 March 2022, free reserves held by the charity exceeded £50,000. If the charity is able to maintain its income at the current level in 2022/23 and 2023/24, the trustees intend to reduce the reserves by increasing the charity’s expenditure on charitable activities.

In this 'Covid' era and with a cost of living crisis engulfing us, the numbers of young people who need the benefits of music-making are growing, and will continue to do so. Our work is needed more than ever.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Activities supported by Camden Music Trust

Camden Schools’ Spring Music Festival

For the first time, this annual singing festival went online in 2021/22 – with live streaming of the concerts taking place in nine secondary schools across Camden and featuring choirs from all the borough’s primary schools. At 25 March 2022, there had been a total of 6,044 views of the concerts (974 while events were live) – each representing one device watching which could range from a single person through to a family group or a whole class watching together. People watched from 68 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North and South America.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Somers Town Sinfonia

Somers Town Sinfonia is based in one of the borough’s poorest wards, working with children and families from local primary schools to encourage and progress instrumental learning beyond the classroom. Having had to move the programme largely online in 2020/21, staff were delighted to welcome 20 pupils from five primary schools to Regent High School for ten weekly sessions culminating in a joyous performance for family, friends and school staff.

This year’s cohort was augmented by four secondary- age musicians providing peer-mentoring and inspiration. It was very pleasing that three of the four had previously been players in Somers Town Sinfonia.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Young musicians recognised their progress:

I am getting better at all the notes with my right hand. I am much faster. It used to annoy me that it didn’t work when I tried. I’m getting better at playing without the notes written in.

My favourite bit is just playing lots of music on my violin. Playing lots of notes fast is hard, but lots of people are around to help.

It doesn’t matter if you go wrong, the whole thing just keeps going and you can join in again when you know a bit and work out where you are.

And family members commented on positive developments in their children:

Y has really been enjoying your afternoon sessions and learning new things, routine, repetition/practising, meeting new people has really boosted his confidence. It’s been lovely watching him progress and grow.

Z is a reserved young man but I have seen a spark ignite within him after attending the STS and have seen a true passion for music which I probably wouldn’t have noticed if he hadn’t taken part in STS. He becomes animated and excited when talking about his sessions at STS and has made new friends and his confidence has definitely been given a boost.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Pathfinder Bursaries

Pathfinder bursaries are vital in supporting talented young people with a passion for music from families who could not otherwise cover the costs, offering them four years of individual tuition following their Whole Class Instrumental Learning (at 9/10 years of age), and being able to start GCSE Music when free instrumental lessons are again available at school. In 2021/22, Camden Music Trust fundraising supported 14 Pathfinders, playing recorder/flute, guitar, violin, cello and trombone.

The Pathfinder bursary provides these keen young musicians with:

Here are the benefits two of our Pathfinders are experiencing from their bursary:

A has a sibling with profound special needs, so her family struggles financially. Music is something that really lights her up and her school felt she would benefit from individual lessons and the social opportunities that ensemble playing would bring. A says this about having a bursary:

I think it is important I have this bursary because it gives me the opportunity to show my full potential when it comes to music and it provides me with what is needed to continue to learn and develop music skills. Some things I enjoy that motivate me to keep attending Saturday Centre are meeting new people and being able to have people besides me to help me along my journey. It has also given me more confidence as I have been given the opportunity to perform in concerts, which made me realise that some things are not as hard as you think they are.

K has very limited vision, but loves playing his cello and has great facility on it. He works really hard to memorise long passages of music. His family would struggle to afford any extra activities apart from a short cello lesson, and K needs longer lessons both because he is more advanced, and because it can take longer to get through what he needs to do, because of his vision. His Mum says this about the bursary:

Whenever we watch a film, we imagine K playing in the orchestra, and we listen out for the cello in any music we hear. K is just K, and having the iPad this year has been so helpful (he has been allowed to take the iPad he uses in school to work on music). He integrates so well with the other children on the music courses and has made loads of really good friends. I can’t thank you enough – the concerts have been fantastic, each one better than the last.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Camden Youth Recorder Group

Launched in September 2021, this group offers a pathway for recorder players, ensuring continuation beyond Whole Class Ensemble Teaching and SuperToots (a beginner mixed woodwind group). CYRG is led by two of the borough’s specialist recorder teachers, working with partners The Flautadors. Seeing professional musicians play a varied repertoire at a high level is inspirational for young musicians, helping them appreciate the potential of their instrument.

The group ended their first year performing at LSO St. Luke’s in March 2022, as part of Camden’s Spring Music Festival. It is continuing in the current school year.

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Charity Structure, Governance and Management

Camden Music Trust registered as a charity on 28 September 2008, and is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, which was amended and approved by trustees on 26 July 2022. Governance is exercised by the charity’s trustees. Our trustees bring a wide range of appropriate skills to manage the charity; they are appointed by invitation when required to replace resigning trustees or fill gaps in skills and experience. Trustees meet six times per year augmented by working groups focusing on specific projects.

Camden Music Trust’s management, policy and decision-making processes adhere to the Charity Commission’s CC10 guidance, “The Hallmarks of an Effective Charity”. We have a suite of policies which are regularly reviewed and updated:

Complaints Conflicts of interest Reserves and investment Know your donor Safeguarding Trustee expenses Whistleblowing Financial management and accounting

Trustees 2021/2022

During the year we said goodbye to two of our trustees, Kam Perera and Imogen Sharp, both of whom had given many years of service to Camden Music Trust. We welcomed two new trustees, Martin Fraenkel and Bavaani Nanthabalan.

Trustee Professional skills and experience Sarah Allen Musician, music educator, folk music booking agent Ian Baker, Secretary Retired District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) and Recorder, formerly a solicitor, amateur saxophonist Esther Caplin, Chair Artist/art historian, community organiser, urbanist Martin Fraenkel Non-Executive Director, retired senior corporate executive, trustee of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and amateur violinist (appointed 22 November 2021) Paul Keene Classical music programmer David Lindsell Charity trustee, company director, former partner in EY, amateur trumpeter Bavaani Nanthabalan Retired headteacher with extensive teaching experience in Camden schools; also trained in South Indian classical dance and music (appointed 22 November 2021) Kam Perera Event management & PR consultant; children’s counsellor (resigned 14 May 2021) Imogen Sharp Former senior civil servant and charity CEO, and school governor (resigned 21 July 2021) Dominic Tinley Media and technology consultant, and Trustee of Reach Volunteering Selina Tang, Treasurer Banking accounting consultant; amateur violinist and pianist

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Camden Music Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022

Patrons

Martyn Brabbins - Music Director of English National Opera Mark Crown - Trumpeter, Producer, DJ and Songwriter Matthew Daines - Executive Director, University of California Trust (UK) Nubya Garcia - Jazz Saxophonist Christine Gilbert - Chair, Camden Learning Cllr Jenny Headlam-Wells - Former Mayor of Camden John Lill CBE - Classical Pianist Mark Pemberton - Arts Consultant, former CEO of Association of British Orchestras Louise Shackleton - Violinist, London Symphony Orchestra Jon Snow - Journalist and broadcaster Emily Stubbs - Development Director, OAE Suggs - Lead Singer, Madness Nikki Yeoh - Jazz Pianist

Camden Music Service

Activities supported by Camden Music Trust are managed by Camden Music Service. The Service is lead partner of the Camden Music Hub which provides high quality music opportunities for over 5,000 young people each year.

Our thanks go to Deborah Rees (Head of Service), Rachel Barnes, Deirdre Box, Guy Forbat, Eve Gordon, Joel Kwantreng, Marilyn Martin, Sheena Masson, Jenny Morgan, Joanne Smith, and the peripatetic teachers and school staff throughout Camden who do so much to support children’s music-making; to Julie Wemyss and Katrina Duncan for fundraising and reporting; to Camden schools, teachers, children and parents; Friends of Camden Music and their friends and families.

Camden Music Trust Registered Charity No: 1126046

Crowndale Centre 218 Eversholt Street LONDON NW1 1BD

Email: chair@camdenmusictrust.org Website: www.camdenmusictrust.org

This Trustees’ Annual Report was approved by the Trustees on 30 November 2022, and is signed on their behalf by:

ESTHER CAPLIN

Esther Caplin - Chair

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Funders, Sponsors and Donors

In the year 2021/22, Camden Music Trust has benefitted from the support of the following:

The Aldama Foundation Black Hill Trust Fraenkel Charitable Trust

The John Lyon’s Charity The Joseph Mindel Trust Jusaca Charitable Trust

Leland Music Ltd London Sound Project S&P Global

anonymous A Ainger William Ainger Manfred Akinde-Hummel David Allen Sarah Allen Sally Ashcroft Ian Baker Sir Geoffrey Bindman Jonathan Bindman David James Boyd Victoria Bridge David Brooks Andrew Byass Cora Cabuso Giuseppe Caggese J Camacho David Caplin Huey Cheung Carmen Clemente Serra David Cohen C Connellan Charlotte Cutts Dr Matthew Daines Jonathan de Lance-Holmes Alyson Dermody Palmer Hamish Donald Dr Jonathan M Downs Katrina Duncan Felicity Evans Dr Emily Finch Dr Pierre Foex Charlie Forman Martin Fraenkel Dr Jill Franklin Jonathan Freegard Dr Julian Fulbrook Conor Gearty G Gentleman Sarah Gordon Greg Gottlieb O Gruenbaum D B Guthrie Dr A Hall Yandoli Hall

Jill Hallpike W Hawkins Cllr Jenny Headlam-Wells Thomas Healey Prof Peter Hobson Nick Hodgson A Holle Dr Frederika Holmes G Jayatilaka Valentine Jennings Philip Jones Juliet Kantazi Paul Keene Marion Lester-Card Polly Leys Gianni David Lindsell Andrew Lobbenberg Amanda Long M Gosia Mabrouk Jean MacDonald Dr Fiona MacIntosh Jonathan Marcus Hugh Marshall Kate Marshall Giles Martin Steve McCauley Emma McClelland Alec McCluskey Philip McCorkell Susan McGinn Cate McLaurin Roger Milton Alison Minto Trisha Montague Kristen Morgan Alan Mustafa Joanna O’Sullivan Archie Onslow Ken Orchard Michael Palin Gina Pearce Mark Pemberton Susy Penney Isobel Pick Gavin Potter

Deborah Rees Kate Reich Anthony Richardson L Robin Eve Rogans Michael Ross Annabel Rowe Haidje Rustau Jocelyn Sampson Tom Schuller John Seddon Mary Shepherd Polly Shields Jill Shields Ethel Shoul Emily Stubbs Clare Sunderland Grzegorz Swirszcz Mark Templeton Lucy Thomas Dr Theresa Ward Carey Wells Julie Wemyss Peter West James Westhead Bernadette Wren Jane Zelly Kelvin Zhang

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Independent examiner's report

To the trustees of

Camden Music Trust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Camden Music Trust (‘the Trust’) for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of the report

As the charity trustees of Camden Music Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 all 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 that give me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I 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.

Caroline Sharp FCA, DChA 55 Canberra Road LONDON SE7 8PF

Date: 15 December 2022

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CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST

(Registered Charity No: 1126046)

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Note
Donations and legacies received
1
Total receipts
Payments for charitable activities
2
Total payments
Excess of receipts over payments
Net movement in cash at bank
Total cash funds brought forward
Total cash funds carried forward		 Total
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
64,725
27,599
92,324
89,370
64,725
27,599
92,324
89,370
53,313
27,599
80,912
81,925
53,313
27,599
80,912
81,925
11,412
-
11,412
7,445
11,412
-
11,412
7,445
53,693
-
53,693
46,248
65,105
-
65,105
53,693

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CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST

(Registered Charity No: 1126046)

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At 31 March 2022

Note
Assets:
Cash: Bank Current Account
Debtors: HMRC: Gift Aid Tax Claim
Liabilities
Independent Examination
Charity Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
3
Total Cash Funds		 Total
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
65,105
-
65,105
53,693
2,126
-
2,126
2,500
67,231
-
67,231
56,193
650
-
650
350
650
-
650
350
Total
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
65,105
-
65,105
53,693
-
-
-
-
65,105
-
65,105
53,693

Approved by the Trustees on 30 November 2022 and signed on their behalf

ESTHER CAPLIN SELINA TANG Esther Caplin Chair Selina Tang Treasurer

Date: 30 November 2022

(Registered Charity No: 1126046)

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CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022

Basis of preparation

The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis, as permitted by section 133 of the Charities Act 2011, and consist of a receipts and payments account and a statement of assets and liabilities.

Note 1
Donations and legacies
John Lyon's Charity
Reta Lila Howard
Jusaca Charitable Trust
The Aldama Foundation
Camden Mayor
100 Hours of Music campaign
A Song for Camden campaign
The Big Give campaign
Jacques Foex London Marathon
Christmas cash collections
Recurring donations
JustGiving donations
One-off donations
Shopping donations
HMRC - Gift Aid
Note 2
Payments for charitable activities
Bursaries
Instruments
Recorder project
Commission - A song for Camden
100 hours of music
Saturday Centre and Ensembles
Spring Festival Band
Spring Festival streaming and sundries
SEN project
Camden Schools' Music Festival, Royal Albert Hall
Camden Music Service activities
Events and marketing
Leaflet design
Website fees
Independent Examination
Other expenditure		 Unrestricted
Restricted
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
-
20,349
20,349
-
-
-
-
30,000
10,000
-
10,000
2,500
3,775
-
3,775
5,000
-
-
-
25,393
2,957
-
2,957
2,780
1,097
-
1,097
-
29,563
-
29,563
-
2,278
-
2,278
930
1,459
-
1,459
-
8,405
-
8,405
8,890
2,018
-
2,018
3,953
632
7,250
7,882
4,739
39
-
39
-
2,502
-
2,502
5,185
64,725
27,599
92,324
89,370
25,000
-
25,000
15,000
6,920
-
6,920
17,500
-
5,000
5,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
4,481
20,599
25,080
-
2,700
-
2,700
-
10,700
-
10,700
-
600
2,000
2,600
-
-
-
-
41,200
-
-
-
6,300
-
-
-
444
-
-
-
442
172
-
172
481
419
-
419
342
321
-
321
216
53,313
27,599
80,912
81,925

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CAMDEN MUSIC TRUST

(Registered Charity No: 1126046)

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022

Note 3
Restricted funds
John Lyon's Charity
Individual donations		 Opening
Closing
Balance
Movement
Movement
Balance
01.04.21
In
Out
31.03.22
£
£
£
-
20,349
(20,349)
-
-
7,250
(7,250)
-
-
27,599
(27,599)
-

Purposes of restricted funds

John Lyon's Charity - £20,000 funding for the Somers Town Sinfonia project; £349 funding for staff training. Individual donations - for specified music activities, including CMS's recorder project, and to help children with special educational needs to take part in music activities.