## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **1 Sept** 2023 31 Aug 2024 **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
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8|**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||to 20 October 2023|| ||Sarah Mossop|||| ||Leigh Henson||from 20 October 2023|| ||Atalanta Hersey||from 20 October 2023|| |||||| ## **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** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Constitution Association 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 showcase recital evenings and end of term concerts and the **had regard to the guidance** Band 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 and appointing a young person under 30 as one of our new trustees. ▪ Continuing our mid- term “Showcase” performances and our end of term concerts solo performance slots, to give members, younger and older, a chance to play their pieces to a supportive and appreciative audience. ▪ 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. ▪ Retaining ambitious and enthusiastic music directors and tutors. ▪ Striving to be “ _London’s friendliest band_ ”. _**Becoming more ambitious and enriching the experience of Band members**_ ▪ 0rganising, promoting and presenting a one day music and dance festival, ELCBFest. The festival was a key part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of our founding as Tower Hamlets Youth Band ▪ Arranging a half-term social evening for the band at a City venue, with the specific purpose of involving our younger members. The evening was a great success, with our younger members taking part in video and board gaming, karaoke, quiz and open mic activities ▪ Championing contemporary British classical and jazz composers by commissioning two new pieces for our Jazz Big Band and a substantial new composition for our Concert Band for our end of year 50th anniversary celebration. The composers are both under 30 years old. ▪ Performing increasingly challenging and rewarding arrangements, while maintaining accessibility to all members. ▪ Continuing to enhance our communications with members, with March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance visually attractive and informative regular Sunday and Friday emails, and regular messages from our director of music. - Further increasing the range of band merchandise sold at our events. - Continuing to improve the organisation of our events, enlisting new volunteers to help with setting up before and taking down after the event, and with transport. - Providing a tea stand, and encouraging members to make and/or donate cakes and snacks for sale on the stand. - Surveying our members on their views on, and experiences of, our activities. - Commissioning a video documentary to record our 50[th] anniversary year. ## _**Working in partnership**_ - Taking part, through out Jazz Big Band, in the Hoxton Trust’s 40th anniversary celebrations. - Partnering with St Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney Green to host our one day 50th anniversary celebration, ELCBFest. - At ELCBFest, hosting young dancers from the Udichi Bangladeshi Dance school, North London brass group Corsican Brass, the professional John Bennett Big Band (run by our tutor JB), and the dance tuition company, Swing Dance UK. 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** 28 June 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 5 **A1** **East London Community Band** **1142255** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** |**For the period**
**from**|01-Sep-23
Period start date|**To**|31-Aug-24
Period end date| |---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**36 932**
**927**
**2 376**
**1 420**
**1 489**
**-**
**1 000**
**77**
**281**
**1 846**
**700**
**581**
**47 630**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47 630**
**26 402**
**1 800**
**1 450**
**543**
**224**
**303**
**337**
**1 791**
**-**
**-**
**831**
**750**
**4 989**
**138**
**39 558**
**842**
**985**
**1 827**
**41 385**
**6 245**
**-**
**21 892**
**28 137**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**16 000**
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**16 000**
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**16 000**
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**16 000**
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**16 000**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**36 932**
**927**
**2 376**
**1 420**
**1 489**
**-**
**17 000**
**77**
**281**
**1 846**
**700**
**581**
**63 630**
**-**
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**63 630**
**42 402**
**1 800**
**1 450**
**543**
**224**
**303**
**337**
**1 791**
**-**
**-**
**831**
**750**
**4 989**
**138**
**55 558**
**842**
**985**
**1 827**
**57 385**
**6 245**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**36 932**|||||**29 504**| |Friends of the band donations|**927**|||||**781**| |Concert catering receipts (includiing at
ELCBFest)|**2 376**|||||**1 182**| |Individual donations|**1 420**|||||**367**| |Tea stand|**1 489**|||||**279**| |Gift aid|**-**|||||**9 375**| |Grants - allocated between unrestricted
and restricted funds|**1 000**|||||**9 000**| |EasyFund raising/Amazon/PayPal|**77**|||||**181**| |Just Givingfund raising|**281**|||||**58**| |Sale of merchandise (including at

|**1 846**|||||**464**| |~~ELCBF~~
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Performance fees|**700**|||||**50**| |ELCB Fest(other related receipts)|**581**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**47 630**|||||**51 241**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**51 241**| |||||||| |Directors of music and tutors' fees**-**
allocated between unrestricted and
restricted funds|**26 402**|||||**40 642**| |Main venue hire|**1 800**|||||**3 350**| |Other venue hire|**1 450**|||||**1 350**| |Subscription and insurance|**543**|||||**508**| |Transport/travel|**224**|||||**13**| |Stationeryandprinting|**303**|||||**125**| |Website,zoom, google|**337**|||||**144**| |Buyingmerchandise|**1 791**|||||**710**| |Event management|**-**|||||**380**| |Sundry payments|**-**|||||**52**| |Bank charges and payment service
processingcharges|**831**|||||**255**| |50th anniversaryvideo|**750**|||||**-**| |ELCBFest expenses, including hire of
|**4 989**|||||**-**| |~~t~~
Sundries|**138**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**39 558**|||||**47 529**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Music/Composition|**842**|||||**405**| |Equipment and instruments|**985**|||||**573**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1 827**|||||**978**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||||||| |||||||**48 507**| |||||||| |||||**6 245**||**2 734**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**21 892**||**19 538**| |||||**28 137**||**21 892**| |||||||| **A2** ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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behalf of all the trustees
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**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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approval| |||Richard Coiln Peat|28 June 2025| ||||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlnerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of East LorKlon Communty Band On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024 Charlty no (if any) 1142255 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 3110812024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Act.). 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 Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (GtheF-￿SGl0Se￿dQw-") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement 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 a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not appty. Signed: H￿r o. Fa Date: D3] June 2025 Name: Margaret Elizabeth Falshaw Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (rf any): Address: 23 Adine Road London E13 8LL IER October 2018