we are music .¢E A Company Limited by Guarantee Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ending 31 May 2025 Charity Number: 1130937 Company Number: 6916641 COMMUNITY Gross Roots Music &¥. Funde(I by UK Gmmment ,. FUND CV* ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND YourH 16 ¢"1 MUSIC ARTS COUNC ENGLAND . Funded by LIVELLIMG Tendring UK Govemment _ up ARTS COUK ENGLAND l*•*i I1￿￿ Communlty F4tsnddilon EALC Administrative Details Chority Number.. 1130937 Company NLJmber'. 6916641 Registered Address.. 12. Queen Street. Greot Ookley, Essex C012 SAS Locatlon.. Bulldlng 4. Off Hlghfield Avenue. Dovercourt. C012 4DH Dlrectors and Trustees The directors of the charitable compony are its trustees for the purposes of chority tox. The trustee ond officers serving during the yeor ond since the yeor end were os follows'.- Chris Scott Chairman Trustee - 1 Morch 2024 Joseph Mccann Trustee - 29 July 2025 Amber Scott Trustee - 1 March 2022 Ross Kemp Truslee- 17 August 2024 Other nomes used by the Charltu Get Known, Rock School Club, Rock the Tower were names previously used by We ore Music descrlbing programmes operated by the chority. We hove now rebronded uslng WAM Harwich and WAM Jaywick to replace Rock School Club ond Rock the Tower. Governlng Document We ore Music Is o company Ilmited by guorontee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association doted 1 Februory 2014, It Ss regislered as a chority wlth the Charity Commisslon. Anyone over the age of 16 can become a member. Children from 9 to 16 wlll be members through their parent or guardian. Appointment of Trustees As set out in the Artlcles of Association at the Annual General Meeting one third of the trustees retire in rolation and con be re-elected at the meeting. If another party wishes to seek oppointment. they must give not less than fourteen days, notice nor more than thirty-f Ive days bef ore the date of the meeting to the Charity. The purposes of the chority ore. to help young people through. (o) The provision of recreotionol and leisure time oclivilies provided in the interest of social welfare, designed io improve their conditions of life (b) Providing support ond activities which develop their skills, copacities. and capabilities to enable them to participate in society os mature ond responsible individuols Our Operotionol Area Tendring is ranked as the most deprived of oll Essex districts. Essex County Council figures show Tendring is -falling further and f urther behind- The ECC Orgonisational Intelligence report states °Tendring shows o challenging environment focing young people in the oreo.- Secondory pupils score the lowest in wellbeing in Essex. Seven areas in Tendring are in the most deprived 10/0 in England. There ore low family incomes in the oreo. 15 words ocross Tendring hove child poverty in the 20-50Vo range with significont high pockets (30Vo+) in Horwich. and Clacton. Jaywick is the most deprived area in Englond. There ore very f ew activities available for young people in the area. o high degree of vandolism, eorly drugs use and because of the coastal locations o low police presence. In planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commissions guidance on public benef it, includlng the guidonce on publlc benefit and fee chorging. We are Music relies on gronts wlth mlnlmal other Income, All servlces are, due to the support of grant f undlng. free to partlclponts. WE ARE MUSIC - breaking records! In the period June to end December we delivered 434 hours of regular sessions to 162 young people. With increased f unding from The Arts Councll and Youth Muslc, slnce Jonuory we hove delivered a further 572 hours to 274 young people. This makes the total for this occounting yeor1,006 hours to 436 young people The Youth Councll has been a greot success Includlng developlng taster sessions in the Horwich focility. ond outreach sessions across Tendring. They hove also secured more signed guitars. one donated and slgned by Seosick Steve and another slgned by Lolo Young. Maisie Peters. Joe Flubel, Holly Humberstone, Nectar Woode, New Dods, ond Tom Misch to ovction and support our operation. Prlmory School sesslons in our Harwich faclllty have been o mojor success. Twelve primory school ore involved in the project thot supplies six one hour session for all Yeor Six children ot our Harwich centre includlng tronsport lo ond from the school, In addition we are operoting out reach ofter school club sesslons in five primory schools focused oround rurol ond low income oreos. This has included performances to the whole schools ond porents for some schools. Secondory School Support With support from the Essex Music Hub we have started regular ofterschool sessions ot Tendring Technical College ond now through alternative funders we are extending the the work ot TTC. operoting ot Clacton Couniy High School ond Market Field College SEND funded by Youth Music. Our regular sessions at the Jaywick Martello Tower and our Harwich facilities are expanding as a result of our activities with primary schools. Providing sessions for complete year groups broodens the inclusiveness of our operotion ottracting more girls ond children with learning difficulties and there are spins offs f rom the secondary school sessions to our Soturdoy Horwich sessions. Government Grossroots Music Support. We hove funding. to be delivered through Hamf ord Studio. to provide o range of skill development ond indLJStry services to feed tolented young people into the indLJStry. These include songwriting workshops, stLJdio engineering moster closses in conj unction with Decoy Studios and live performonce vldeos. The projecl is evolving ond completes in Morch 2026. We hope to contlnue the work through Hamford Studlo Performance Opportunltles Two mojor events occurred during the year a summer showcose ol Hamford Vlew and a Chrlstmas event In Harwlch. In addltlon we supported locol communlty events with o vorlety of bands and artlsts. This is 15 years of WAM and we stoged an event in a circus big top to celebrate. Young people who hove been supported by us in the post reformed bonds especially for the day. Flnanclal Revlew Our turnover £124,695 shows on Increase on last year (last year £110,536) and we returned an excess of £18,777. Vorious gronts provide restricted f unding, ond we are holding bolonces totaling £77,473 at the year-end for these funds. These are supported by £96.806 cash ot the bank. During the year we hove funding from Ihe Essex Community Foundation, the People's Healih Trust, the Notionol Lottery Community Fund, the Essex Muslc Hub, The Arts Council. and Youth Nusic. Golng forward we have Grossroots Muslc Fundlng to work wSth Hamford Studlo and Shored Prosperlty Fundlng to support the WAM15 Festival in August 2025. We end the year with secure forward income with grants from the Arts Council. Youth Music and the National Lottery Communlty Fund. The f inanclol stotements hove been prepared in accordance with the occountlng pollcles set out In notes to the accounts and comply with the chority s governing document, the Charities Act 2022 and the Chorities SORP (FRS102) second edition 2019. E$Mx COMMUNITY FUND YOUTH MUSIC ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Ed￿41￿1￿ EAL ARTS COUNCIL &as5 R1￿Mus*.￿.. Funltsd ENGLAND ARTS COUPXIL tNGLAND Essex Community Foundotion FLWKled ty LMLUNa Tendring WE ARE MUSIC Slal•menl ol Flnanclol Actlvltrles lo year end Jl May 2025 R8stricted incomo fvnd• Unr08tricted lynd• Prlor year lynd• Tot•1 lund• Incomlng rosourcos In¢orne from.. Oonalions 6859 Charitsble acbvilie$ 119,356 119356 103,677 Oth•r Tol•l 5.339 119,356 124695 110,536 Expendlture on.. 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