Trustees’ Annual Report for the period: From 07/04/2022 To 06/04/2023
Charity Name: BeatLife
Charity Registration Number: 1133273
Address:
WINDSOR CP SCHOOL UPPER HILL STREET LIVERPOOL L8 8JE
Trustees during reporting period:
Alice Küchemann Donna Palmer Alexander Phillips Kathleen Phillips Matthew Phillips
## Governance
BeatLife is governed by the board of trustees. Trustees are recruited as volunteers from the membership of the family band and appointed each year at the annual general meeting (AGM). Members of the family band are invited to the AGM and volunteers for trustees are sought in advance of the AGM. The board meets regularly throughout the year to manage the running of the charity.
## BeatLife’s activities in the reporting period
BeatLife’s aims and objectives, as outlined in the charity’s constitution, are:
“To advance the education of the public in dance, music and carnival arts by such means as the Trustees may from time to time determine, in particular but not exclusively through educational programmes, publications, group tuition, rehearsal workshops and performances in dance, music and carnival arts.”
The charity continued to fulfil these aims and objectives by providing regular drumming and music classes in schools, performances at public events and weekly rehearsals with the family band.
The BeatLife family band, which meets on Monday evenings, is an intergenerational group, comprising of members of all ages and including parents and children. The band aims to cultivate confidence, boost self-esteem and foster team-building skills by creating a
supportive, inclusive environment for personal growth. The group is non-religious and nonpolitical and welcomes individuals from across the community. The activities in the group help to maintain good mental health for our members, and performances in the local community, most prominently at the monthly Granby community market, aim to lift community spirit and transform perceptions of an area which is undergoing a period of regeneration.
Practitioners have continued to provide tuition to groups in schools and nurseries in the local area, as well as providing after-school groups and facilitating performances with the groups within the schools. School groups were also invited to perform with the family band at the Granby community market.
Some of the younger members of the family band have started to engage in band leader roles, including developing their own original songs. The BeatLife family band joined Anfield Samba Kids and children from a number of primary school groups with Movema to perform at the Africa Oyé music festival. The family band was also invited to perform at two events at Liverpool John Moores University, one at the opening of the Final year art degree show and another at a fresher’s week event.
Workshops and tuition are provided to schools “at cost”, and membership contributions from family band members remain voluntary, with suggested donations of £4 for adults and £2 for children per session. This has ensured that the public benefit of the charity is maintained, and family drumming sessions remain accessible. Monthly performances at Granby community market, a regular local community event, give young composers and performers opportunity to perform and showcase talent on a regular basis which helps increase confidence in their craft, (composition and performance). This gives them experience of leading a music ensemble which can lead to greater opportunities and further studies and provides quality, free entertainment to the local community, which in turn instils pride and self-worth within the community.
The trustees have regarded the commission’s public benefit guidance where applicable, including when deciding on the appropriateness of activities conducted and membership donations.
## Financial Review
The charity remained self-sustaining, covering all outgoings without external funding grants. The charity does not hold any debt, and funding came from a number of sources including: voluntary contributions from members; payments from schools for providing workshops and tuition; and payments for some performances. No assets are held other than instruments and associated equipment.
A full independent examiner’s report is also provided to the charity commission.
**Charity Name BEATLIFE**
**CC16a**
**No (if any) 1133273**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** Period start date **To from** 4/7/2022
Period end date 4/6/2023
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**Total funds Last year**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Apr-22
**1,136**
May-22
**3,536**
Jun-22
**446**
Jul-22
**3,890**
Aug-22
**120**
Sep-22
**616**
Oct-22
**5,186**
Nov-22
**66**
Dec-22
**4,564**
Jan-23
**28**
Feb-23
**2,405**
Mar-23
**4,546**
Apr-23
**-**
**26,539**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 26,539**
**A3 Payments**
Apr-22
**1,390**
May-22
**1,086**
Jun-22
**3,245**
Jul-22
**3,850**
Aug-22
**-**
Sep-22
**14**
Oct-22
**2,065**
Nov-22
**3,791**
Dec-22
**4,908**
Jan-23
**354**
Feb-23
**2,365**
Mar-23
**1,900**
Apr-23
**3,890**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 28,859**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**1,136**
**3,536**
**446**
**3,890**
**120**
**616**
**5,186**
**66**
**4,564**
**28**
**2,405**
**4,546**
**-**
**26,539**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,539**
**1,390**
**1,086**
**3,245**
**3,850**
**-**
**14**
**2,065**
**3,791**
**4,908**
**354**
**2,365**
**1,900**
**3,890**
**-**
**28,859**|**to the nearest £**|
||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,136**|**-**|
|||||**3,536**|**-**|
|||||**446**|**-**|
|||||**3,890**|**-**|
|||||**120**|**-**|
|||||**616**|**-**|
|||||**5,186**|**-**|
|||||**66**|**-**|
|||||**4,564**|**-**|
|||||**28**|**-**|
|||||**2,405**|**-**|
|||||**4,546**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**26,539**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||**-**|**-**|
|||||||
||||**-**|**26,539**|**-**|
|||||||
|Apr-22|**1,390**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,390**|**-**|
|May-22|**1,086**|**-**||**1,086**|**-**|
|Jun-22|**3,245**|**-**||**3,245**|**-**|
|Jul-22|**3,850**|**-**||**3,850**|**-**|
|Aug-22|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Sep-22|**14**|**-**||**14**|**-**|
|Oct-22|**2,065**|**-**||**2,065**|**-**|
|Nov-22|**3,791**|**-**||**3,791**|**-**|
|Dec-22|**4,908**|**-**||**4,908**|**-**|
|Jan-23|**354**|**-**||**354**|**-**|
|Feb-23|**2,365**|**-**||**2,365**|**-**|
|Mar-23|**1,900**|**-**||**1,900**|**-**|
|Apr-23|**3,890**|**-**||**3,890**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**28,859**|**-**||**28,859**|**-**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||
||||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_ **||**28,859**||**-**||**-**||**28,859**|||**-**||
||||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**- 2,320**||**-**||**-**||**- 2,320**||**-**|||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**3,051**||**-**||**-**||**3,051**||**-**|||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**731**||**-**||**-**||**731**||**-**|||
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Bank balance
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**731**
**-**
**-**
**731**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature|Print Name
ALEXANDER PHILLIPS|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|
||ALEXANDER PHILLIPS|2/5/2024|
||||
Independent examinerfs report to the trustee5 of BeatLife
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of BeatLife for the year ended
0510412023.
Responslbllltles and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsib5e for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirement5 of the Charities Act 20111.the Act'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity'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 14515llbl of the Act.
Independent examlner's ststement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as requlred by section 130 of the
Act,. or
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.
Signed:
Name.. Matthew Garnett
Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies lif anyl.. Chartered Institute
of Management Accountants
Address.. 22 Oaklond Road. L19 9DU
Date.. 0410212024