2021-08-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 Sept 2020 31 Aug 2021 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name East London Community Band Other names charity is known by ELCB Registered charity number (if any) 1142255

Charity's principal address 8 Maria Terrace London Postcode E1 4NE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Suzanne Gorman	Chair
Robert Whittle	Secretary
Richard Peat	Treasurer
Jonathan Ticher
Samantha Holcombe
Sarah Mossop

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A		N/A

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members/appointed by trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Section C Objectives and activities

March 2012

TAR

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance the education of children and adults in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs by the provision of tuition and courses in music and performances.

During the reporting year, the Band continued to fulfil its objectives by providing:

tuition to children and adults in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and other London boroughs;
rehearsal and performance opportunities for its members; and
� performances for the benefit of the local community.

Before the onset of the pandemic, the Band rented space in a former school on Friday evenings during school term times.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the The Band continued its activities online after the onset of the pandemic public benefit in relation to and, as and when possible during this reporting period, at two local these objects (include within churches. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have It engages, and pays for the services of, tutors and directors of music and had regard to the guidance jazz, who together provide individual and group lessons and direct group issued by the Charity rehearsals and performances. Commission on public benefit) The Band and the groups and individuals within it perform their rehearsed pieces at solo recital evenings and end of term concerts and the Band performs at local events, including local charity events.

Membership of the Band and access to lessons is open to anyone. The trustees have had regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

March 2012

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Section D Achievements and performance

During the reporting year, the Band achieved the following: Summary of the main achievements of the charity Maintaining the multi-generational and diverse membership of during the year the Band � ( �� engagement in music-making during the difficult transition from primary to secondary school. � Retaining young adult members (who are often new comers to the area, from other parts of London, the UK, and the World), in particular by encouraging and initiating social activities. � Implementing a long- �� involving obtaining funding for extending subsidised membership fees to young adults (in addition to child members and families). � Maintaining a consistently �� online activities across the generations during the pandemic. � Achieving a return to in-person, multi-generational, music making in the summer of 2021. � �� farewell to younger members leaving London for university elsewhere in the UK. � �� Becoming more ambitious and enriching the experience of Band members � Further developing the dedicated jazz programme introduced in the reporting year ended 31 August 2019. � Maintaining the involvement of our excellent first director of jazz on his relocation to Scotland. � Recruiting, through a rigorous application, audition and interview process, an excellent new director of jazz. � Providing on- �� members to showcase pieces to their fellow members and receive supportive comments from our director of music. Working in partnership � Collaborating with our local music education service and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra on an online music project. Meeting the challenges of the pandemic � Benefitting from having carefully nurtured a very strong community - ethos across the Band, including its self employed professional tutors

March 2012

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Section D Achievements and performance

and directors of music. � Pulling together and showing great resilience in the face of the crisis - sustaining core activities even under the most difficult of circumstances and without external emergency funding. � Benefiting from the genuine love people have for the band, reflected in generous individual donations from members and their friends and families, the loyalty and commitment of tutors, and the immense amounts of time and effort devoted by its volunteers, trustees, and directors of music to innovate and keep the Band going. � Being one of very few amateur music-making organisations which have been able to continue to function at near normal levels of activity and participation during the crisis. � Providing technical support to members for our weekly virtual programme. � Inc �� in our online �� open forum for members to present to the Band on their hobbies, pastimes and interests. � Consulting our membership on their preferences for virtual and inperson activities. � Re-establishing, online our Premier Band for those in the early stages of playing an instrument and our younger members. � Opening our first (virtual) ELCB Seasonal Charity Gift Shop selling mugs, beanies and calendars, the latter with original illustrations by a professional cartoonist and artist who is a member of the band. � Benefitting from the imagination, commitment and energy of our remarkable director of music and director of jazz in preparing and presenting inclusive, instructive and absorbing online content, including work on a massed piece for the whole band. � �� music-making to mark the end of lockdown, including performance of the massed piece and a warmly received concert in Victoria Park.

March 2012

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Section E Financial review

T �� seek to retain sufficient reserves to cover Brief statement of the �� and foreseeable future shortfalls in membership �� subscriptions.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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Signature(s)

Full name(s) Richard Colin Peat Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 29 June 2022

March 2012

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East London Community Band

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1142255

Receipts and payments accounts

01-Sept-20 31-Aug-21 For the period from To

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Membershipfees	18,341		-	18,341	23,953
Friends of the band donations	627		-	627	627
Concert receipts	-		-	-	913
Individual donations	1,625		-	1,625	3,997
Grants - allocated between unrestricted and restricted funds	1,200	7,000	-	8,200	3,000
EasyFund raising/Amazon/PayPal	132		-	132	19
Just Givingfund raising	205			205	497
Sale of merchandise	649			649	240
Sundry receipts	-		-	-	205
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	22,779	7,000	-	29,779	33,450
	- - 22,779 18,595 - 200 497 - - - 370 226 153 305 300 268 20,914	- - 7,000 7,000 - - - - - - - - - - 7,000	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					33,450

Directors of music and tutors' fees- allocated between unrestricted and restricted	18,595				33,915
Main venue hire	-				3,520
Other venue hire	200				200
Subscription and insurance	497				407
Instrument repair	-				-
Festival entryfee	-				185
Transport	-				422
Travel	370				-
Stationeryandprinting	226				244
Website design and hosting/platform fee	153				18
Buyingmerchandise	305				101
Recruitment costs	300
Sundry payments	268				428
**Sub total **
	20,914	7,000	-	27,914	39,439

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Music/Composition	-	-	-		-	354
Equipment and instruments	1,204	-		-	1,204	2,249

**Sub total **	1,204	-		-	1,204	2,603

*Total payments*	22,118	7,000		-	29,118	42,043

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	662	-		-	662	- 8,593
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end -
Opening balance column F	12,305	-	-		12,305	20,898
*Cash funds this year end*	12,967	-		-	12,967	12,305

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/06/2022

Categories B1 Cash funds - Closing balance column F Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B2 Other monetary assets	Details None Details Instruments Stands, chairs, banner Music Other equipment Cash at bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Gift aid claim - estimated Signature Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 12,967 - 12,967 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,500 - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted - Unrestricted - Unrestricted - Unrestricted - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Print Name RichardPeat	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		RichardPeat	29-Jun-22

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/06/2022

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of East London Communty Band On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 Charity no (if any) 1142255 Set out on pages A1 and A2 I report to the tnjstees on my examination of accounts of the above charily I'the Tru5t"} for the year ended Rasponslbilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis ot rnport of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 {"the Act°}. I report in respect of my examination of the Tnjst's accounts carried Olrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed thè applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 14515){bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resp8Ct.' accounting records were not kept in accordanc 1th section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not acconl with the accA)unting records Indepond•nt examinerfs stat•m•nt I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reaced. ' Please d81et8 the worrls in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: 26 June 2022 N•me: Margaret Elizabeth Falshaw R•levant protssslonal qualification(s} or body (It any): Address: 23 Adine Road London E13 8LL IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of Charity accounts.. direGtions and guidan for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the •xaminer wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Section D Achievements and performance

Section E Financial review

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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Receipts and payments accounts

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