## **[Draft] Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **1 Sept** 2022 31 Aug 2023 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details East London Community Band **Charity name 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** |1
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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** 1 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. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 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 meets on Friday evenings during school term times. **Summary of the main** The Band engages, and pays for the services of, tutors and directors of **activities undertaken for the** music and jazz, who together provide individual and group lessons and **public benefit in relation to** direct group rehearsals and performances. **these objects (include within this section the statutory** The Band and the groups and individuals within it perform their rehearsed **declaration that trustees have** pieces at solo recital evenings and end of term concerts and the Band **had regard to the guidance** performs at local events, including local charity events. **issued by the Charity Commission on public** Membership of the Band and access to lessons is open to anyone. **benefit)** The trustees have had regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. March **2012** **TAR** 2 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. ▪ Retaining a teenage member of the band as the youth representative on the B and’s management committee . ▪ 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. ▪ Appointing two recently graduating, ambitious and enthusiastic music tutors. ▪ Striving to be “ _London’s friendliest band_ ”. _**Becoming more ambitious and enriching the experience of Band members**_ ▪ Championing contemporary British jazz composers by sourcing and performing their compositions. ▪ Performing increasingly challenging and rewarding arrangements, while maintaining accessibility to all members. ▪ Taking part in the National Concert Band Festival and winning Silver and Gold awards. ▪ Recruiting a new volunteer to our “ _comms_ ” team and continuing to enhance our communications with members, with visually attractive and informative regular Sunday and Friday emails, and regular messages from our director of music. ▪ Increasing the range of band merchandise sold at our events. ▪ Continuing to improve the organisation of our events, engaging a professional event manager, enlisting new volunteers to help with setting up before and taking down after the event, and with transport. ▪ Buying catering equipment, providing a tea stand, and encouraging members to make and/or donate cakes and snacks for sale on the stand. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance - Surveying our members on their views on, and experiences of, our activities. ## _**Working in partnership**_ - Taking part in our local community Coronation Big Lunch event. - Taking part in the Friends of Victoria Park ’s bandstand programme. - Taking part with the East London Music Group and local choirs in the magnificient “ Striking Sparks: The Story of the Matchgirls ” concert at The People's Palace in Mile End in front of over 500 audience members. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **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** 30 June 2024 March **2012** **TAR** 5 **A1** **East London Community Band** **1142255** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**29,504**
**781**
**1,182**
**367**
**279**
**9,375**
**1,000**
**181**
**58**
**464**
**50**
**43,240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**43,240**
**32,642**
**3,350**
**1,350**
**508**
**-**
**380**
**-**
**13**
**125**
**144**
**710**
**380**
**52**
**255**
**39,908**
**405**
**573**
**978**
**40,886**
**2,354**
**-**
**19,538**
**21,892**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,000**
**8,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,504**
**781**
**1,182**
**367**
**279**
**9,375**
**9,000**
**181**
**58**
**464**
**50**
**51,240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,240**
**40,642**
**3,350**
**1,350**
**508**
**-**
**380**
**-**
**13**
**125**
**144**
**710**
**380**
**52**
**255**
**47,908**
**405**
**573**
**978**
**48,886**

**2,354**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**29,504**
**781**
**1,182**
**367**
**279**
**9,375**
**9,000**
**181**
**58**
**464**
**50**
**51,240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,240**
**40,642**
**3,350**
**1,350**
**508**
**-**
**380**
**-**
**13**
**125**
**144**
**710**
**380**
**52**
**255**
**47,908**
**405**
**573**
**978**
**48,886**

**2,354**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Membershipfees|**29,504**|||||**22,585**| |Friends of the band donations|**781**|||||**591**| |Concert receipts|**1,182**|||||**1,186**| |Individual donations|**367**|||||**387**| |Tea stand|**279**|||||| |Gift aid|**9,375**|||||| |Grants - allocated between unrestricted
and restricted funds|**1,000**|||||**17,000**| |EasyFund raising/Amazon/PayPal|**181**|||||**194**| |Just Givingfund raising|**58**|||||**258**| |Sale of merchandise|**464**|||||**170**| |Performance fee|**50**|||||**160**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**43,240**|||||**42,531**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**42,531**| |||||||| |Directors of music and tutors' fees**-**
allocated between unrestricted and
restricted|**32,642**|||||**32,289**| |Main venue hire|**3,350**|||||**-**| |Other venue hire|**1,350**|||||**500**| |Subscription and insurance|**508**|||||**412**| |Instrument repair|**-**|||||**200**| |Festival entryfee|**380**|||||**-**| |Transport|**-**|||||**-**| |Travel|**13**|||||**-**| |Stationeryandprinting|**125**|||||**74**| |Website design and hosting/platform fee|**144**|||||**144**| |Buyingmerchandise|**710**|||||**228**| |Event management|**380**|||||**-**| |Sundry payments|**52**|||||**-**| |Bank charges|**255**|||||**42**| |**_Sub total_ **|**39,908**|||||**33,889**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Music/Composition|**405**|||||**1,274**| |Equipment and instruments|**573**|||||**797**| |**_Sub total_ **|**978**|||||**2,072**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**35,961**| |||||||| ||**2,354**|**-**|
**-**|
**2,354**||**6,570**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**19,538**|**-**|**-**|**19,538**||**12,967**| ||**21,892**|**-**|
**-**|**21,892**||**19,538**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 **A2** |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
None
**Details**
**Details**
Instruments
Stands, chairs, banner
Music
Other equipment
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift aid claim - estimated
**Details**
None|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**21,892**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,892**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**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)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**|**24 June**| ||||**2024**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of East London Community Band On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 Charity no (If any) 1142255 Set out on pages A1 arKI P2 I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust'l for Ihe year ended 31108 12023. Responsibilities and As the chanty Irustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparatK)n basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtlh the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 Ilhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ￿rying out my examination, I have foll0v￿ the applicable D1￿ctionS grven by the Chanty CommIss￿n under section 14515)Ib) of the ACL I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention (other than thal disclosed below '} in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to telieve that In. any malenal resped.. accounting records We￿ not kept in accordan￿ viith section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinetrs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in ￿nne￿IOn 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 wonls in the brackels rf they do not appty. Date: PJl June 2024 Signed: Name: Margaret Elizabeth Falshaw Relevant professlonal qualificallon(s) or body (If any): Addres5: 23 Adine Road London E13 8LL IER October 2018 Section B Dlsclosure Only complete Il Ihe examiner needg lo highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of chanly accounls. direclions and guKJance lor examiner51 Giv• here brief detalls of any items that the examiner wish•s to disclos• IER October 2018