RErn COMPA¥YNUMH' 073076a8 (E*nd and W8les1 LW J'.ty]I r. 6a St Andre*s Court Street OX93wr East Londt 14 Stst•m•nt oe Afi•rK*I *£tl%4 8t09 a•1•￿e Sheet toil NO￿ to th• Flnanclal *twn•nts tols 16to 17 The Dlrecl¢xs present thelrannual Teportand the Inarthl statements ofthe d%gfltyfor the year ended 12 Sknber 2024. The a¢eounts have been prepa In accordance wlth the acthuntln8 polldes set out In note I to the accounts and eomply wtth the Compan¢s Artl es of Asso?atlon, the Companles Act 2(106, and the Statement of Recommended Prd¢tl¢e {SORPI'knntln8 and Reportin8 ty Charltle<, Issued In Mafth 2(10& 073076381En8land and Wal￿} A￿$thred Ch•thnumber 1137006 ReBlsternd offlce Capltal Offlce 124 aty Road London ECIV 2NX Olreaors JudStAmbrus Denlse Brewstsr Julla Carroll Jacquellne Honetsll Mlchael Lee Brenda Magulre Jacquellne Parker Lynda Rowllnson Zenanl Slblntll Bernadette Stelert Pearl WlSllams Independertemwnlner Flu Accountln8 Umitsd 60 StAndrews Court Welllngton Street Thame. OxfoTdshlre OX9 3wr er of the board oftrustees on 23 Marth 1025 and sIBned on Its behalf by. eyball UnltyTrnst 8ank 4 Brlndley Place Blrnilnghar￿ Bl 218 CAF Bank 25 Klngs Hlll Avenue Kln8s Hlll, Wost Mollln8 ME19 4TA Ea The East London late Slarters (EUSO) w I￿Orp￿￿ a5 a tfryany Ilmlted ty 8uardn¢¢a on 7 July 2010 {number 7307638) and ts r4tstued as a In E*rrfl and Wale5 (number 1137W. It Is the succew of an unlncorpordted organlsth ofthe$8me nwme T*hKh wasfwnded In 1983. rn8htwed as •dwrAyoTh 9Juty 1991 and dtssolved on S Aprll 2011. The gtwernlng documert specffles th•t the ¢harlty b esrab115hed to promote publk knowledge and appredthn of muslc partlcularfy the establlshmert and mthts￿Of a (3)mmunfty orthestra whlch pro¥lde an oppothnlty ft)r stru¢tyred youp learnln8 of Instrumffiial ptrform￿ by late st•ters and ent(wrage partlcwon by them In all Judft Ambn Den15e Brewster15mtsry) Julla Carroll Patriiia Darnbrlne Jacquellne Hone￿311 Mlke Lee 8renda Ma8ulre Jacqvellne Parker Lynda Rowllnson Zenanl Slblndl 8ernadette Stelert Pearl Wlllkms R&eleLted March X)24 Elected March 2023 IR*ied Auiust 2024) EIKied Marth 2023 (Treasurerfrom October 20231 Rededed Marth 2023 compary. Dlrectors are appoln'.ted ty the rne￿￿ In the gener41 meetln& The Dlrectors may themsehes appolnt Membershlp Is sublert to reylatlons made ￿ the &rectors under piythvs In the Artldes of Assodth. whlch requlre payment ot a subscrfpuon. Membershlp runs from the dth of wr01m￿t untll the 12th Septerthr. All members The tnthes meet a mlnlmum of 6 tlme5 a year to dlsoJ55 slrateglc dlrectt(M 8nd owffslth ofthe cornpany. Th eppolntfrom amonÉthelr Thumber,• thalr. a Secretsryand •Tr￿sUrer. ¢Jher Board membw5 Ur￿ke prdctkal tasks hlre. for pald admlnlstraifvesupport W￿￿thIS ts •pw EUSO The m•Jor rfsks to whlth th¢ cunpany Is eKpo*l have l)¢en Ideniw * the dlre¢torn and arn rwlMd InD￿lly. Sy5tem5 and procedure5 ha¥* been establlshed to man4è •r#l mltl8ats those rfsk& A rf5* Is malntslned and The Olrectors the re8ular con51deradon to thth 5taww oblt8allon5 for he•lth •nd safth and re8ukrfv revlew procedurL% to mlnlmlse the rfsk of.105s due to frnud Adequ•ts ¢obw15 M•lnts1n￿ lor the Insurnble th to ¥thlch the charfty Is exposed. Publlc 8onefft The Dlre¢tors pald reu•rd to the Charlty Comm15￿￿$ pub￿hed Wdanc• gn pulth l*nefftvthen r￿ryth•1r •lms and obfvcdws and tn plinnlN8 firtur• aclmu The present u>mmunlty*b*•d teachhw orthem arw out of a of pN￿ts of d￿ld rnuslcl•ns In TtrA*r Hamlets who expretsed •n Int¢rert In le•rnts¥ a classkal strtnyd Irdtnrn￿t themsel¥*s. Thls led In 1983 to the creatlon of i S•WrdJy morn1￿1•8rnl￿ pny•mmewlth no1￿n$ or mlnlmum requtrementsto memknhlp. eLLSO cortknu¢sthls apwoath tOd•Y￿ th¢ sl•tsl th of womrtln8publkhitra4edy and apPrttI￿QTr ofrnusk Jnd the encourwment of ￿rt1dp81l0n by adults at any In Ilfe. EUSO welcow adults who hwe never playod In In5tnJment before, those rettmilng to ptsyln8 after a 8*p and those look1￿ to exterKI thelr muskal e>pertenre or develtjp skllls on another In5trumenL To maxlmlse to Its actmtfes, EUSO oflers Concess￿ fees whwe there An Inteml fund known as Ws Funrf ts s•t up and mthtslned In memory of W M4yTldN a fomier Member, to cover a Eon¢esslon xhwne and make sm•1 flnmthl yants In the f¢mi of or*thoff fee w•l¥ers or redurtlons to ELLSO members who •rn e4yerEandni le￿re flnanthl An thdep¢Trdert Pf•cilttw •dmlni#ers th• fund on a eonfidentl•l ba51% Durlr4 theY￿r 241ndl¥Wu•ls ww•A*•rd•d hThv•ts ¥nd e•bi¢wslonstotsllln8£3.745 onablln8 som• members lo Joln. or oth•rs to contlnu4 who *wuld 1)thern1￿ hwe been wablo to afford to do so. The Board records thanks to Ill fI￿seWh0 made donatl(rnto thts Importantfimd. ELL50 offen • d1￿1¢ rawiol pWnBftywnk" urd•y momlnp. ethYln84N le¥¢ls of •bllltyfrom be8thners ￿t0 an equl¥alent toABK5M Grnde 6+ lrtemedlate Strln8 Ensefflble-meettry Mond•y emilngs. for st4e 2. 415 stsnd4Td playe symphony Orche5V•- meetln8 Thursday e¥￿Ing$ for plays at a sthndard of sw 5 and ab Annual ftesldthttlal summer SthooL The Satuth momln8 teathln8 pro8rdmffle remalns the dwrws core adlth. Here ELLSO texhes adults to play orthestral S￿nged kn$trum￿ts through a c(¥nbln¥rlon of ensem￿ p*ln& technlque dasses and sesslons In Musklln#￿p. delfvered ty prDfeMlon•l m￿1￿$ In • supporUK non<0m￿l￿8 and nonthlerarthlcal envlronment. ft Is open to au ad¥lty ranWn6from thxethrtln8from watth to fflQTe4dvanced plarn Th IlmltaltoM ofspBco, the need tr keep tethnlque dasses to a reallsik slze and to nwlnt8ln • deyee rf ￿lart(e In ensembles. means that thts actmty has to be Ilmlted toaraund 150 Pla￿ In any one terni lTrterrn•dlats Slrfng Enwnble IISE) The Intermedlate Strlng Ensemble, Is a t&thln8 •nsemblo apen to pfoyers who arn at a standard eQu￿810nt to ELLSO 2 to 4. It Is Intended prfmaruyto enable the Saththlearnors to extend thelr eThsemblfrplaWn8 experfenw a for thls reason the £￿dUctOr Is drkn fram thot•arn of Satuvdaytuto Approxlm*ely 40 Str1￿ players benefft frnm coathed ensemble whlth me•ts on Mondy e¥enlnBS and holds •n InfomMI plwhrnuth atihe end of terni forfamlly and frlends ELLSO Symphy a￿hertrn (E50) The ELLSO Symphony 0￿h¢S￿ Is a $mJll yimphony orthestra of amateur strln& bras5 •nd woodwlnd players, ertabllshed to provlde a pro8resslon route for EUSO members who have reached ELiS0 stw 5 or Grade 6 and Jbove. Thls iroup Indudes brdss and woodwlnd players In addttlon to Strlny. The ESO t8¢kles a wlde repertolre of syfflphonlc and other pleces wlthln an orchestral settlft& drawln8 In soiolsts and addttlonal volces le.& percusslon or extra brn playen) as requlred. The orchèstra Ythe•r￿W￿oTh •Thurnthyd¥rlngtemitlme In SL Anne'schurth In Ufflehowe and holds Its own ternily concerts. Concort1 Free con¢erts are wualty 8lvqn at the ffid af eath tsrm. Thue eoncerts brkn8 tO8ether all th• dllferont parts of ELLSO and enable Membe￿ to hear vthat those In other Aroups have been leamlTrg durlnB the terni, as well as belni • BTe4t opportunttyto play to f•mlly and frtends. rnmr Mond8 Aseason of less fornial sesslons tskes place durln8the summer hollday8 whlch any ELL￿ strlns plryer can attend on • pl￿￿YOU40 b•$15. Thls Kroup Is sornetlmgs InvJted to plty at lo￿1 open4lr ev•nts at whlth It usually runs a popul•r 'havepa*O° Item. SummerS¢hool Al our resldentlal suMn*rStho￿￿e w￿￿Me strfn8pl•yerJfrom f•r•ftd wld•toJotn us andto sh•r•the unlque ELLSO eMperfenc& The 2024 ELLSO reshlentlal Summer School was aBaln held In Rutland and attended by 99 players led by • team of 10 ￿nowned tutorlperforfflers. ThrouBh thls vertty￿ we have encouraged •nd supported othef aroups (e& Ywkshlre Lats Starters Strln8s. New Yark Lat¢ Starter S￿ngS) to set themselves up. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE After5everal monthsofdevelopmeiiL4 newm0￿•¢¢¢$$lble ELLSOwebslte was launched In January 2024. We¢ontlnue to Invest In rethlni and Impro¥ln8 the slte •nd the 8oaTds thanks go ta tho volunteets who ts thelr tlme to runnln8 the websfte, Anew publlcltyfllm featurfn8 ELLSO mèmbers was prnduced Inthe summer of 2024, and thlsls a¥allableto ¥lewon the webslte. It Is hoped that It wlll Increase ELLSO'S proffle and member recrultment. These developments and EUS(Ys. re8ular actlvltles demonstrate that EUSO contlnues to fuim ft5 publlc benefft bv prornotlng publlc knovAed8e and appredatlon of mujk •nd by encourn8ln8 partldpatlan by adults In all aspects ol Durfn8 2023 - 24 we re81stered 215 mernbws of ELLSO altogether rt one or more ol our rewlar Broups. Oft avern8e* 140 re8lsrered for Saturday sesslons, and around 40 attended the Intermedlth Strfn8 Ensemble and ELLSO Symphony Orchestra sesslons respectlvely. We took t)n 51 new >iurday players across the year and sald 9￿dbYe lo 21 mernber5 as the year ploywed. ISE saw 28 new pgrtldpantsJolnln8thls ye?r. ESO acqulred 8 new players. Late Sts Avera￿ atter1d￿ fl8ures ky the yw 75% forSatwthy% 71% for ESO n% for ￿E. We alw try hard to keep Intouth peoplewlK• have been awayfora *￿Se¢l￿d thls asan hnportantpartof ourrole as a tofflmunlty. The 2024 Summer Sthool was •ttMded ty IIM playtrs *MI was led ty ¥ t￿M of 10 trJtorlp¥frn. (hr own members werejolned lry thers from •H oxnffls of the UK others tra¥elllw fram the U4 Southem Ireland. Ha Kon& Bel8￿￿ Fran￿ and the Netherl•nd& Summ•r Monday$ 2024 was mular and atlracted an aitend4no of 46 members, represeThtln8 all In 2023.2024, elelen ttrtors were contracted forthe Sthrd•y rumhw at the PIKth Sthool olThfiom rnnthe IntwmedlateStrlny Ertsembleon Mond•yedwtyattheeernleCaThron Comrnunltycentre and an ￿dI￿ana1 Hav1￿ a rtabl* tslentsd•nd ￿p￿1*￿￿¢￿￿OItUI￿•ftd rwJl•r4kpull•s r•milM a *lkntitrnn8thfor ELLSO. A mernbw< rg¥lff•J of the Satwday kYo8rarnme Is coftd￿￿ annualty. The feedba¢k from membets In 2024 was 0¥eTh￿lm1n8l¥ posltfve and appr0dat￿. Where was crltlctsm. ft t￿ 8enernlly th(whthJl and b•lancrf •nd An exemplary number of memlxrs thfttr1￿¢ to EUSUS success bv volunteertw to helo wlrh the many wactlcal and •drnlntstra￿ tssfv3 necessary to all Its wular actl¥lts and A rnyrtsd of tssk5 are done falthlully •nd nobtnMl¥ety by IndMdu•lmembefS 411 yevround and the DI￿¢￿￿￿tIr¥I¢(￿l tg•llw1￿ hwe¢pntrlbuted thelrtlme and holp Follo*ln8 •n •*r8etlc the mem1￿1P, thts p•st year h•s seen the Ooard rnlch Its RetIrI￿ Dlre¢tor¥ h•ve wllik¥ty th¢lrllm¢ to p¢opts In th* nv• Ind the b￿rd has be•n workl hard to spread the kn¢Mled8e of ELLSO operntes to keep fuler ree4)rds of prL*edures. Are•s of Its Fln¥nc4 Sottetsrf•l Admlnlstratlon and M•mbothlp. nv•J ln teams*tho hm dlff•r¢ntJobs to do but wfro e4n dewdse tempornrfty for others ¥Athlnthetrte•ry In sltuakn of emw8wKy. In the absence of a repla¢ement for the role of Chalr, thls work ha$ beth covered by a Steerfn8 Group of S Dlr¢ctornThh hm had the benefft ofspreadlnB theworfvJo•d. whlle ilso shaTlryga deeper understsndlnN Dfthe runnln8 ofthe chwlty, untll tlme as & new ￿￿{r￿narya Amftd￿ R•¥lew The DlTrcknrs rth4ew the ffflanthl rA the ￿￿15allon thro￿ the war at Boanl ffleet1￿ Th15 Indudes annually revlewln8 the fees pty8b* for eath Eiiso •rtl¥lty on the basts that e•th •clJth should be prfced at'bfeak. •￿1, to mlnlmlse cross•sub51dlsatloN the 202>2024 thandal y a total sur￿￿ Df £10,160 was Incurred ln the runnln8 ofour acththlek Thb we contlnue to ftr4erthe Invests￿ In a new webslK whlch was necessary as th• cld platfm baC0Th￿n8 obsol Gfft Ald from yary. whlth w*$ • sknllk•rt faLtLr In Our flnand•l rfj¢o4wy fvom pandwnl4 c4Yrtlnuw to b• • us•ful addlllan to ourtlMnce*. The estlm•ted Glft Ald dalm for 202>2024 £LIXIIi The Dlrectors have estsblSshed a wlkyto pr(wlde for an •dequ•ts ltrrtl of reseNes to u￿bIethe companyto orryout tharftsbla obJertl¥es, feco8nlslnBthat rnstrlcted fund5 We81¥￿ ftYspedft¢ puryoses and usedforth(tse purposes. Thth should be suflklerf unrestrkted rn￿VeS to conllrwlty of a¢tlvltles and to prevent dlsTuWlon by thort term varknctt In c*h Iky*A or uWnned the c(ryMny to meet h contra oblWons. Thh polky, whtth b fe¥lewed annualty.iyJffefttyfequlfesa resw¥eolup tot¥nterm< costs forall tern￿b•s¢d artlvltles and, foranyresldefitlal &l1¥lty.toseektohold 25%%Mue rmts pl￿50% altutorfees. In MKth2024• sultableMer¥e5 fl8ureof£75,tXJlwasa8Yeed. Theb*l•ncegf unrastr￿ Funds •v•ll•blels £115J35 •ft¢ralhwAnAforFundsof£L718 Inv•std In Muskal InstNm•iits Iraprtta￿￿ ￿ Flxed oftthe O•l•nce sI￿tI. Appro¥•d by order of the board of trustees an 23 ma￿ 2025. dent Exam on ELiSO lftdepgn41antexamlnees reportto thelnutea ol EartLondon Lat¢ Slarters Orthe5tr4 qELLW)1lh• C•mpan*l I report to the tharlty tru5te25: on my examlnallon of the accounts of the Company for the ye•r ended 12 September 2024. Respomlbllltlos and bath of report The tharltys Irustees of the Company land •150 Its dlrectors for the purpose5 of compHny Iw) are responslble forthe preparatlon ofthe a¢rounts In accordance wlth the requlrenwnts of the Companles Act 2006 (*he 2006AcVI. H•vlng s*lsfted rnyselfthat the atc4unts of the Compry are not requlred to bo audlted undw Part 16 of the 2006 Act Ind 4reelleJblefrJrlndependenteKamlnatlon, I report In respectof myexamlnailon of yourtharlrfsaccountsas clrrfed out under sertlon 14S of the Charltles Att 2011 fthe 2011 Actr). In ￿rryIng (Art my eMmln•tlon I have follty4Ad ihe Dlrectlons8l¥en by the Chaflty Commlsslon under sectlan 14515) Ibl ofthe 2011 Indopendentomamlneei rtat•mont I have completed my emmlnatlon. I confirn that no matters have came to my attentton In connectlon wlth the examlnatTon tsln8 me ￿USet9 bellove: accountln8 records wère not kept In respert of the Company as requlrnd bysectlon 386 olthe 2006 #' or the accounts do not Kcord wth those record$: or the accounts do not comply wlth the accountlni requlrqrnents of sectlon 396 of the 21106 Art otherth•n anv requlrement th8t thoac¢ounts 8l¥e •tfue and falrvlew whl¢h Is nota matter con51d¥red as prt of ID Independent examlnatlon: or the accounts havg not been prep•red In •ccord•n¢e wlth the meth￿9 and PTlftdpkn of theStstern•nt of ecommended Prnctlce faraccountlng and reportln8 by tharltEes appllcable to ¢harltles PTepafEngthelr axounts In a￿ldance wlth tha AMnd•l R•wtln8Stsndard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 1021. 8451$ olthe Independ¢nt •xamlneV• rnport My examln•Uon wa5 carrl¢d out In •¢ry>rd•n¢• *4th the General Dlreetlom Blven by the Charfty Q>mmlssl*x. An examln•tlon Indudes a revlv4¥ oftheaccountln8records keptbvthe ¢h•T5ty4nd a compaTlsonolthe accoufits presentsd wlth those records. t al￿ Includes cons1dVatk￿ of any unusual ftems or dhclosures In the accounts, and seeklni •xplanatlons from you 81 tnthoes foncernln8 any such matter5. The pmcedures undertsken do not pro¥tde all the •vldqnce ihat would be requlrnd In 8n audtL and ¢onsequ¥ntly no opSnlon Is 8lven •s towh&ther the accouTrtl Pfeient 'tru• •nd f•lr vlew. and th• report Is Ilmlted to those m•tters Jrt In the rtalements b•low, In conne¢tlon ¥Ath myexamlnatton, no matter has come to my attèndon: 11) vthlch tss me r&ion8ble ¢4uw to thB¢ In •n¥ m•tsrlal reipe¢L the roqulrements to ka•p •ccountlr records In a¢cord•nuwlth Sertlon 386 and 387ofthe CompanlesA¢t 2006. and to prepare ocrounts whlth accord wlth the accountln8 rncords. compty wlth the amntlng requlrements of Sectlons 394 and 395 of the Companles Act 2006 and wlth the methods and prfnclplesoftheststement of Recommend•d Practke: Aceountlng and Reportln8by Charftles have not been metr, or 12) to whlth In my oplnlon, •ttenUon thould be drawn In oth to enable a proper understsndln8 d tho acmurtts to be reathed. Greg Loyett Accountlni Umlted 6a St Andre￿ Court Welllnlton Street Thame Oxfordshtre OX9 3WT 12.924 12.923 Vnre$trkt￿ Restrfcted Totsl funds Total fund hjnd N￿eS INCOMe AND ENOOWMEKIS Ffto Oonatlons •nd le8aC 740 10.803 17N87 Ch•rltsbl• acth ELiSO Symphony Or¢hestrn Ifornierfy PE) Intermedlate StrlnB Ensemble (formerly IPE) Instrument hlre Refr￿hrn¢ntsI3Ulfet 5ummors¢hool Saturday Mornln8s Summer Mondays EJ1tr4 Actlvltles other Incom8 IL103 10.923 9.f15 8.095 &176 L799 64,769 65,586 4A58 1,960 1,950 1,950 68,564 74,510 77￿5 13,365) 1502 1502 L267 Totsl IA7J82 177A02 eXPlNDlfURE ON Chwltable •ttl¥ltl Other Acthltle5 Sumrner school Tutors Foes Ho11 Hlre 5.107 5,247 77.106 73.tss 12.157 72.994 65,958 73,135 Other ,945 14,767 Total 175,540 175,$40 173.608 NeTINCOMVIEXPINDmJRei 11842 IL682 10,160 i.0￿) N•t movernmtln fun* 1ffj842 ftecoNauATrON OF HINDS Total fund• brnuohthmrd 104.393 .148 I￿.541 1111647 TOTAI FUND5 CARweD FORWARD The notes fami part of tt￿se flnandal statements contlnued... st 11924 119.23 Totslfunds Totsl lunds fvnd fvnd cotfflNUING OPEAA710NS Atl Income and e¥pendItU￿ has •rfxn from c