2022-08-31-accounts - East London Community Band

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 Sept 2021 31 Aug 2022 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

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

East London Community Band

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

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	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

Description of the charity’s trusts

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.

The Band successfully returned to using the space in a former school that it had rented for many years before the pandemic, on Friday Summary of the main evenings during school term times. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to The Band engages, and pays for the services of, tutors and directors of these objects (include within music and jazz, who together provide individual and group lessons and this section the statutory direct group rehearsals and performances. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance The Band and the groups and individuals within it perform their rehearsed issued by the Charity pieces at solo recital evenings and end of term concerts and the Band Commission on public performs at local events, including local charity events. benefit)

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

TAR

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 ▪ Continuing to implement its long- term “ Full Circle ” project by obtaining funding to extend subsidised membership fees to young adults (in addition to child members and families). ▪ (As previously recognised in academic research) maintaining children’s engagement in music -making during the difficult transition from primary to secondary school. ▪ Recruiting a teenage member of the band to be a youth representative on the B and’s management committee . ▪ Involving another teenage member of the Band in the recruitment process for percussion tutor roles. ▪ Running a successful promotion campaign, and open evening, mostly targeted at recruiting young adult members. ▪ Welcoming young adult members to the Band and retaining them within it, in particular by ensuring that we play interesting repertoire, and by encouraging interaction and social activities. These members are often new comers to the area from other parts of London, the UK, and the World. ▪ Welcoming older, late-starters, to the Band, and encouraging and supporting them within the Band. ▪ Consolidating our resumption of in-person, multi-generational, musicmaking from the summer of 2021 onwards, and successfully returning to our Friday evening base at the Shadwell Centre in Limehouse. ▪ Striving to be “ London’s friendliest band ”. Becoming more ambitious and enriching the experience of Band members ▪ C ommissioning two pieces for our Jazz Big Band (“ East End ” and “ Tower Hamlets ”), both specially composed for us by an up and coming jazz composer and instrumentalist. ▪ Premiering a piece, “ Swing ” commissioned to celebrate the eightieth birthday of our oldest member, written by an established conductor/composer who has been associated with the band for a number of years. ▪ Taking part in the Contemporary Music for All (“CoMA”) festival at Queen Mary University of London and premiering a new piece, “ Hooligan ”, with a giant massed ensemble, based on the singing of football crowds. ▪ Recruiting new volunteers to our “ comms ” team and enhancing our communications with members, with visually attractive and informative regular Sunday and Friday emails.

March 2012

TAR

performance

Creating videos of members ’ experiences of the Band – and involving younger members in the project.
Increasing the range of band merchandise sold at our events.
Improving the organisation of our events, enlisting new volunteers to help with setting up before and taking down after the event, and with transport.
Moving to a new system for collecting members subscription/termly fees.

Working in partnership

Collaborating, at the CoMA festival, with London Sinfonietta, CoMA London, CoMA Singers, and the QMUL Chamber Ensemble.
Taking part in our local community Big Lunch event.

March 2012

TAR

Section E Financial review

T he Band’s general policy is to seek to retain sufficient reserves to cover Brief statement of the one term’s expenses and foreseeable future shortfalls in membership charity’s policy on reserves subscriptions.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Richard Colin Peat Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 29 June 2023

March 2012

TAR

East London Community Band

1142255

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 01-Sep-21 31-Aug-22 To from

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 £ 22,585 591 1,186 387 17,000 194 258 170 160 42,531	Last year to the nearest £
Membershipfees	22,585		-	22,585	18,341
Friends of the band donations	591		-	591	627
Concert receipts	1,186		-	1,186	-
Individual donations	387		-	387	1,625
Grants - allocated between unrestricted and restricted funds	4,000	13,000	-	17,000	8,200
EasyFund raising/Amazon/PayPal	194		-	194	132
Just Givingfund raising	258			258	205
Sale of merchandise (part included in concert receipts)	170			170	649
Sundry receipts	160		-	160	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	29,531	13,000	-	42,531	29,779
	- - 29,531 19,289 - 500 412 200 - - - 74 144 228 - - 42 20,889 1,274 797 2,072 22,961 6,570 - 12,967	- - 13,000 13,000 - 13,000 - - - 13,000 - - - 1	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-			-	-
*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					29,779

Directors of music and tutors' fees- allocated between unrestricted and restricted	19,289				25,595
Main venue hire	-				-
Other venue hire	500				200
Subscription and insurance	412				497
Instrument repair	200				-
Festival entryfee	-				-
Transport	-				-
Travel	-				370
Stationeryandprinting	74				226
Website design and hosting/platform fee	144				153
Buyingmerchandise	228				305
Recruitment costs	-				300
Sundry payments -	-				268
Bank charges	42				-
**Sub total **	20,889				27,914

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Music/Composition	1,274				-
Equipment and instruments	797				1,204
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
					1,204

					29,118

	6,570	-	-	6,570	662
	-	-	-	-	-
	12,967	- 1	-	12,967	12,305

Cash funds this year end 19,538 - - 19,538 12,967

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds 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 Main venue hire Concert venue hire Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 19,538 - 19,538 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 9,000 - - - - - 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) Unrestricted 1,800 Unrestricted 200 Print Name Richard Colin Peat	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			-
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			When due (optional)




			Date of approval
		Richard Colin Peat	26-Jun-23

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examlner'g Report Report to the trusteesl members of East L(xKIC Community Band On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 1142255 31 August 2022 Set out on pages A1 and A2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31108 12022. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011 ("the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Com mission naer section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention ( ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect= accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: 26 June 2023 Independent examinerfs statement Signed: Name: Margaret Elizabeth Falshaw Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 23 Adine Road London E13 8LL Sectlon B Dlsclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018

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East London Community Band

1142255

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 01-Sep-21 31-Aug-22 To from

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 £ 22,585 591 1,186 387 17,000 194 258 170 160 42,531	Last year to the nearest £
Membershipfees	22,585		-	22,585	18,341
Friends of the band donations	591		-	591	627
Concert receipts	1,186		-	1,186	-
Individual donations	387		-	387	1,625
Grants - allocated between unrestricted and restricted funds	4,000	13,000	-	17,000	8,200
EasyFund raising/Amazon/PayPal	194		-	194	132
Just Givingfund raising	258			258	205
Sale of merchandise (part included in concert receipts)	170			170	649
Sundry receipts	160		-	160	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	29,531	13,000	-	42,531	29,779
	- - 29,531 19,289 - 500 412 200 - - - 74 144 228 - - 42 20,889 1,274 797 2,072 22,961 6,570 - 12,967	- - 13,000 13,000 - 13,000 - - - 13,000 - - - 1	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-			-	-
*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					29,779

Directors of music and tutors' fees- allocated between unrestricted and restricted	19,289				25,595
Main venue hire	-				-
Other venue hire	500				200
Subscription and insurance	412				497
Instrument repair	200				-
Festival entryfee	-				-
Transport	-				-
Travel	-				370
Stationeryandprinting	74				226
Website design and hosting/platform fee	144				153
Buyingmerchandise	228				305
Recruitment costs	-				300
Sundry payments -	-				268
Bank charges	42				-
**Sub total **	20,889				27,914

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Music/Composition	1,274				-
Equipment and instruments	797				1,204
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
					1,204

					29,118

	6,570	-	-	6,570	662
	-	-	-	-	-
	12,967	- 1	-	12,967	12,305

Cash funds this year end 19,538 - - 19,538 12,967

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds 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 Main venue hire Concert venue hire Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 19,538 - 19,538 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 9,000 - - - - - 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) Unrestricted 1,800 Unrestricted 200 Print Name Richard Colin Peat	Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			-
			-
			When due (optional)




			Date of approval
		Richard Colin Peat	26-Jun-23

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)