R¢gistered nurnbor.. 07471625 Charity number: 1142471 THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS. SOCIETY (A charitable company limited by guarantee UNAUDITED TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 •AEEVALIY• 08a11r2025 COMPANIES HOUSE A11 #124 Armstrongwatson. AccoLv*ants, Business & Financial Aup. 71 The Br￿th hdd a su¢¢e5sful Chrislma5 meal event at the t￿n Cow in Sedgefield befo￿ the Decemter 2024 meet5ng 81 There have been no requesls lor PiFe ￿e. 91 The ChaK thank$ the 8ran¢h wimittee and rnembBr5 for IhwTthwk and SU￿¢￿1.. David CDok Cleveland and Co. Outham Branth Chair and Seuetary August 2025 Page 7 THE NORTHUMBRIAII PIPERS. SOCIETY IA ch•italAe compary limited by guaranteo TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 IAARCH 2025 The twstee5 p￿sent their annual report together *ith Ihe unalklrted ffinancsal slalernenf5 of the tharity for the ended 31 March 2025. The annual iewt ser¥e$ the purposes of both a trustees, report and a éirector5' report uThJer cornpany I•Af. The trustees confimi that the annual report and financ￿1 ststements of the tharrtable cornpany comFty %%ith the Cltrrent Statutory requirement5, the reqU1￿ments ol the Charitab￿ ccfflpanfs goveming docurnent and the provi&on5 of the Statement of Recornmen¢Jed Practs"ce ISORPI appluble to charities prepanng their accounts in accordance wth the Financial Re￿1￿09 Stan¢Jard ap&￿b* in the UK and RepuL4ic of Ireland IFRS1021 leNective 1 January 20191. Since Ihe charity quaSfie5 85 5rn311 under seCb￿ 382 of the Cornpanies A(a 200S. Ihe $traieg¢ report required of rne(lium and large companies under ihe Conw¥es Act 2006 {Strategic Rewt t￿re￿irS, Report) Re9ulaticffjs 2013 has been ornitted. stw¢tur•. 9D¥emanee and rnanageme Con$t6tthOon The Northumbrian Pipe￿. Sooety (the 'Soc*tyl. is a Chantable cornpany limiled by guarantee afKI is g)vemed by rts rnemorarKlum and a￿CleS of •sswation daied 16 December 2010 a5 amended by speu31 resolutions ¢Jated 3 June 2011, 2 August 2013 and 10 August ￿19. The Sc(iety w35 registered wth Ihe Charty Cornrni5son ¢Yt 20 June 2011. The Stityety indudes Cwand and Ccwity t￿rharn Branth meets at Ceddesfdd Hall, Sedgefidd and a umber of less formally consbtuted groups ￿1¢h meet at vanous knab"on5 in Great eritain. mair4and Europp, Austraba, New Zealand. Ihe United Stales of America and Canada. The charitsble Company wa$ domiant rt wuired the assets of Ihe Lth1ncO￿lTaIed Northumbn2n Pipers. Society on 1 April 2012. Page 8 THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS. socieTY IA charitalAe ¢ompany limitsd by guarafrteel TRUSTEÉS. REPORT {C014TINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 202S Stru¢ture, go¥•rnance and rnanagemert Icontinu•dl M•rnb•rs and tIust￿$ The Society h85 no paid ernFdoyees and rel*s ￿ the unpaid vokwtsry services of membe15. In •aty 2017 t Sctiety engaged Ihe services of a part-tirne sdl•wnF4oyed athnir*5tratr*. The affairs of Ihe are managed by a comrn￿ee elected by members of the Society. Members of Ihe cornmittee are trustees of the tharrty and direclors of the company. Trustees who seThed during Ihe year we noted on paqe c￿. At the AGM held on 1fj No¥ 2024 the ftAkJw"rKJ TNstees StO￿j ¢knfft'. Torn Fairfax. Knox and Cardyn Soakdl. Baroness Joyce Quin is offering to stsnd fry Te-apptyntrneni as ￿￿￿ent of the Society. AnL1few John Davison is offering ¢0 stand for re-appoiniment as Chairmah. Andrew James La￿TensOn. Melanie Jessir2 Rothman and Vincent OAen Swn are offemg themselve5 lor rtrelecbon lurther ts%rtyear iemls. expirin9 81 the 2027 AGM. Fornial cornmittee Meetings are held phy5Kalty or by video confererKe every rnonih$ and we supplemented by informal ad hoc meetin9s aTrJ d$scuss•￿5 by telephone em•1 as ¢onsider*J necessary. The Swety en(kavours to recruit committee members t*rth a wde variety of mu*cal. teth￿￿1. professional and organisatonal skils m order to rneet the Swetys aims and objetbves. Vacanoes are advertysel to all members through the Newsletter and pe150n￿ a￿ also used ￿ iderfify potent￿1 candidale$. Cleveland and County ￿ffiarn Branch is managed by a cOmm￿ttee ele(xed by branch members. 8ranch committee members a￿ not tnjstees of Ihe charty or directOf5 of the company and durin9 Ihe year comprised Dave Cook (Chair and Secrelaryl. Peter Manning (r￿asUrer1. Timothy Jones and Philippa Sinclair. Branch accounts lor year ending 31 March 2024 were approved at the branch AGM in November 2024 and a￿ induded. ong wth provis￿4 actounls for year ended 31 March 2025, in the account5 olthe Society for year enéing 31 March 2025. Page 9 THE NORTHUMBRIAN HPERS. SOCIE IA ch41itsbl* ta)mpany Iwnit•d by gu•rnnt•el TRUSTEES. AEPORT ICONTWIUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 ObJ•¢tives and activities . Polici•s and obJ•¢tives The objectives of Ihe Souety are". . to advance art, tArftwe and hen.iage thIW enctyjraging the Klayry. •, m*"ThJ and de¥ebpment of the Northumbrian ￿Pe$ and Iheir rnux. and to advance the educatbjn rel*1￿ to the SbJdy. dawng. making and develxjment ol the Northumbrian ￿Pes. In sett*ng otde¢tives and ptsnning for ac1m1￿$, the Iru5tees ha¥e given due ￿￿&￿eratiOn lo general guidance wblished by Ihe Charity Comm155M rdating lo publ￿ benefil, snthding the guIdar￿e 'Putlic benefit. running charity IPB21'. They confinn thai pubk benerrt has been wovided by the range of ath"¥ibe5 as desuibed in detail in Ihe Chaiman's StaternenL Flnan¢lal revi . Going concem After making apkyopnate enquiries. the trustees have a ￿asonable expectsbon that the Charity has adequate resoufces to contynue in operalwal existence for ihe foreseeable fithjre. Ihis reason. they continue lo adopt the going concem ba￿$ in preponn9 the finanual statements. Further (letsils regardin9 the adoption of the going ncem basis ran be found in Ihe accounbng ￿￿e$. b. R859r¥•s poIiGy The trustees have Conydered the level of reseThe$ that shoL*J be hdd. Reserve$ are reqUI￿d to allow for any fiJnding gap5 trtat May arise because of the dffie￿nt b"ming5 of incorne ané expendrture throughoui the financial year, to cover fvtUTe expenditure at)d to al￿* for contingencie5 5uth as emergency expense5 or fleeting opportunrties to further Its chan￿LIe aims. The trustees conwder ttwi the level of unre5trided feseThes not invesled ￿ fixed a55eis should not frdll bekiw f10.000. The re5wves hekl at 31 March 2025 were £35.77612024". £30.6891. . Financial r•viÈw The finawal results for the year are shovm in Ihe Statement of Financial Acbvitres I'SOFA'I. The charity had net operatin9 surF4u$ of £9.83a 12024.. deficlt of £3,722). Nel assets at 31 Uarch 2025 t¢thlled £116.22512024.' £106.3871. Achievements and perf4)nnance . Main achievements ofthe charity The athiEvement$ and perfrymarKe of the Soc*ty a￿ set LyJt in detol in the Ch•innan'5 slate￿nt Page 10 ThE NORTHUIA8RIAN PIPERS. SOCIETY IA charitalAe company limit8d by guaTrnte•l TRUSTEES. REPORT ICOIITINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2025 Stotement of tvustees. rwJonsibiliti•s The Irustee5 l¥•ho a￿ akn Ihe director5 of the charity for ihe purposes ol ¢ornpany L*vl are reswnyble for prepanng the trustees. an(1 the financial statements in accordante wilh appkatle Law and Unite ThJdom Acuwniing Standards (United bth'ngdom Generally Accepied Accwnting Pr3Cticel. Company requres the trustees io wepare fjn8￿aI slateftw￿ for each financHI year. UTrJer company W. Ihe ¢ru$tees rnusl not approve the finanual $lalement$ un￿sS they a￿ sabsfied Ihal they give a tnje and fair viv of the state of affw'rs of the chanty and of its incorning ￿SOUT¢t$ and aF*al￿n of resource5. induding its irKome and expendi141re, for that penod. In preparing ffinartC￿ ststements. Ihe trustee$ are requwed tc.. sdect SL#table acc￿nting poliue5 and then apply U￿rn th￿si$lenty". ob5erye ihe methods and pnncirles ofthe Chantie$ SORP (FRS 1021.. make judgments and accounting estirn*es that are reasonable and Pr￿jeA1.. State *thether applicable UK Accounting SlandariJ5 IFRS 1021 have been foltyh*d, subject to any Material departure5 disdoseKJ and exF42ined in the finanoal siatements," Prepa￿ the financi81 statement5 on the gLmrg ba515 urrfE55 rt is irwjprowate to Presume th8t the chanty %MII ccfitinue In I￿sIne￿. The Iw$lees are responsible for keeping adEquale accounting recorts Ihat are $ulfityent to show and explain the charitys transacbtsns and disdose ￿1th reaSona￿t accuracy at any time Ihe finantyal posibon of the charity and enable them to ensure that the finanaa staternents cornpty wlh the Companies Act 2006. They are also esponsible fof safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taknng reasonable stèps for the preveThtion and Llete¢ty"on of fraud antt other iFregularil*S. Approved by order of the members ofthe board of tsustee$ and sryned ￿ Iheir behal by.. AJ Oavisw INov6. 20352tr03..44GMT) Andrew Oavlson OBE chai￿an Oate. 5 November 2025 Page11 THE NORTHUM8RW4 wpeRS' SOCIETY (A ¢haril•W cixnpany lim•ted by g￿lA•ll*&I INDEPEIIDEWT EXAIIINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 Indepertdtnt exarnlnerfs repyt to the trustees of Tho Norfhunthn Pipets. Soclety fthe Char￿ I report to the thanty trustees cffj my exaft*natsc•i of the accwnts of the thwity for the year ended 31 March 2025. Responsibillti88 and basis of veport As Ihe twstees of the chanty its L*rectors for Ihe purposes of [￿p￿Y you are resw5*1e loi Ihe preparabon ol tre ¥1 acefort other recogni5ed gainslllosso51 6.488 {2.3T2) 6.488 6A88 (2.3721 0th8r recogni58d gainsllloss•s): Gainslllossesl on revaluatin of fixed assets 3.350 fl,3501 Ntt movemeffl th fvnds 9.838 9,438 (3.7221 Recondllatlon of fvnds: Totsl funés brought foTh¥a Net movement in lund5 105.6S2 9.838 735 106,387 9,838 110. 109 13, 722) T¢Jt•l lurKfs carri•d fty*aryl 115.490 735 116,225 106.387 The Stalemenl offinanckn81 aclbwthes inrknjes all gains b5ses recognxd In ihe year. Al in￿rne and expenditure derives ¢onlfftuing ￿ti￿￿"e5. The nutes on pages 16 to 26 1￿M part ofthese finaThr4￿ stalements. Page13 THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS. SOCIE IA eharitabl¢ company limrted by gyar4nt¢•l REGISTERED 14UMBER.. 07471625 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 IIARCH 2025 2025 2024 Fixed a55•ts Tangible as$els 10 79,714 74,963 79.714 74,963 Curr•ntass¢ts Stocks Debtors Cash at bank and in h 9.555 4.041 45,896 12 4.275 48,845 62.079 59.492 c￿￿rt￿$.. amounts faling due wthin one year 13 (9.5611 (10,668) 14et current assets 52.511 48,824 Tolal assets less current lialxlrlies 132.225 123.787 Creditors". amounts falling due after nve Ihan one year 14 116,0001 f17,4QO} Totsl net assets 116.225 106,387 Page 14 THE NORThUMBRIAN PIPERS. 50GIETY IA charitable cornpany limlted by guarantsel REGISTERED NVM8ER.. 0747162S BALANCE SHEET ICONTINUEDI AS AT 31 IdARCH 2025 2025 2024 Not• Charfty fund$ Restricted fvnds Un￿￿tride￿ lunds 15 15 735 735 11&490 105.652 Total fimds 116,225 706.387 The charity was enliued to exempts￿ unoer seth"(ffi 4TT of the Companies Act 2c￿. The member5 have not required the company to obl￿n an alklit for the sEar in que5th"M in aceertanee %Mlh S￿￿on 476 of COmpan￿S Act 2006. The trustees ackn)o*ledge their responsknlth.es for cornptymg Ihe reqUI￿rnerrt5 of Ihe Act wilh respect to accounb'ng records and p￿p￿￿￿On offinanua state￿nIs. The ffinancial statements have been wepafed ￿ w1rdan￿ the w0¥i￿on5 aFWKat4e lo entsties Subject Ihe small wrnpan*s regime. The fir￿￿la1 statements We￿ apwo¥ed and aulhorised fcff issue by Ihe trustees and $igned on thtrr behalf by". AJ Davislln INov6. 1025 20.03.44GMTI Andrew Davi50n 08E Chaiman Oate". S November 2025 The note5 cn pages 16 to 26 frAm wt ofthese finarKi4 ststements. Page15 THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS. SOCIETY {Acharitabl• Company limited by guaranieel NOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Ge￿1 inlorniatiibn The chanty is a tc*npany I'mited by 9uarantee and has M share caytal. The addie5s of the registered off￿e is Time Central. 32 G￿lOw93t*. Ne*rasUe upon Tyne, NE14BF. The 1iat4.lty of each member in the event of TrAindirtg up is limbted to £1. A¢counting policie5 2.1 B¥$is of WI￿ration of financ•al ststefflents The financa21 staternents have been prepared in accordance wilh Ihe Charib"e$ SORP IFRS 1021- Accountrn9 and ReP￿ting t¢y Charibes. Ststernent of Recomrnended Pracbce appli￿le to thairties epann9 their a￿￿unt$ In ar£ordance vthh the Finanaal Rewbng Standard applicable in the UK aNI RepuWi¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffective 1 January 20191. the Finanual RepDrting Standard app￿1¢able in the UK Reput4ic of Ireland IFRS 1021 aThJ the Companies Act 2006. The Ntythumbn"an Pipets, Soraety rneels the definitKfi of a public benefft enbty under FRS 102. Assets and liat*.1￿"eS a￿ inth'alty at historKal cost w I￿sactIon value unless otherw5e stated in Ihe relevant accounbng pjky. The financial ststements a￿ PTep¥ed in stewl'ng ¢5 the funcb'onal and presentation currency of Ihe chanty. 2.2 Going con¢¢m After makn"NJ oppropriate enquiries. Ihe trv5tees 3 rea50natle eyctation that the charity ha5 adequ*e resryjrces to contynue in operaiional existence for the loreseeable luture. For this reason, they COn￿"nUe to adopt the gwg concern basts in weparing Ihe finanual statement5. 2J Incorne All Income Is recogniseil ￿ce Ihe chanty has entidement to the income, rt is probable that the Inco￿ I be receNed and ihe amount of inc¢)me recwable can be mea5ure(I reliat4y. Dfy￿"¢￿S *e induded in the SOFA the tharity has un￿lI￿Onal entioernent to the re50ur¢e$. Caprtal grants rtcewed are released overtr* ecorrtrric usefijl lrfe ol Ihe asset to *thich they relate. Income from other trading adi¥ibe5 tsmpnses irttsne frcth funLlraisin9 events and B irKkJded receivable. Income frorn investments awi5es frcffl ￿ttle$1-be3￿￿3 deposrt 3￿ntS Is recc•Jnised on a receivable ba￿s. Income from chantable ath't*s ￿￿￿deS from concerts. lestpR15 and pipe hwe and is recognised *then receNable. Income from the s* of gc¥)ds is ￿n￿e¢l Subs1￿.￿lY al the risks and rewards have been transferred tothe buyer. Page 16 THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPERS. SOCIETY IA Charitable cornp•ny limit¢d by guarantee NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 IAARCH 2025 Accounllng wllcie5 {continuedl 2.4 Expend•ture Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal c¥ constructs¥e 0￿19ation to transfer econoffl￿ benefit to a third party. it Is [￿Oba￿de that z transfer of econorn￿ benefrts will be requi￿￿ in settlemenl and the amount of the Qtyigation can be Ir￿Sured reth"a*. Expenéiture on chantal￿e aL*vIt￿ is Ir￿ffed on diredty unde11aking Ihe actmtw further the charity'5 obJeth¥es. SuFPOrt costs compnse govemance costs ￿1￿ch are all ¢Dsts incutrert in connedion wrth the 8th￿1￿rat￿ of Ihe tharity and cornplkance consb"iulional and statutory quirem￿ts. l expenditu￿ Is indus¥e ofxrewable VAT. 2.5 Lif• membwships m￿￿be￿ of the Swety may wwchase an IrKh￿d￿al lrfe membership al any b.me at a cost tsf £400. Amounts received in respe¢t of bfe memberships are released to incorne o¥er a period 0125 years from 1 2012. vthen the company assumed the assets and habthties of the former Northumbrian Pipers, Society. tythe date the life n￿Mbers￿'p carne irrto exstence, *thichever is the later. 2.6 T•ngibl* fixed •￿ets •nd depreciation Tar¥3ible fixed asset$ are In￿aty re￿grrised al c05L After recosnition, under the cost m¢Jdel, Office equipment is rneasured at cost less accumulated dep￿tra￿￿ and any accumulated impaim)ent 105se5. All cosis incvrred to t￿ThJ a taThJible fixed asset into lis Intendeé vLYking C￿￿rt￿n shoukj be induded ￿ the meawrement of cost Depfeoati¢yt is Charged $0 as to all￿ale the cosl of tsngible fi￿d a55et5 kn5 iheir residual value overtheir e$b"mated usefijl lives. u&ng the straigh14ine method. The estimatsd useful li¥e$ a￿ as folfm5'. Office eqsjiwnent 4 year5 TaNJible fixed assets relalry to trorths. medal th'es aThJ hire Frfpes are iFKkKled in the ￿ancIal stsiements under the revalualv)n model. Pipes held for hire and meda die5 are valued by the trustees based en Ihe Swetys tmvn experbse. Tro￿leS ¥￿Ued by ihe trustee5 ba￿ ¢n indeswtht wofession81 v4uations. Trophies, rnedzl dv2s and pipes held for hi￿ a￿ noi dweoaied. as they do not have finite lives. provided that Ihey are coThecUy made and yoperty maintained. The caftwng vakjes are assessed each year and an impaimenl wo¥i*on ts made rf ￿e$￿y. Costs of maintenartt a￿ witten off in the year In they a￿ lncjj￿. 2.7 stocks stocks are v*ue