What a difficult two years it has been with no rehearsals for almost a year and yet many of our players stuck with Lions Brass 4 Youth doing on line lessons, on live playing projects and even a 100-piece challenge raiding over £800 for the Southmead hospital Covid charity. I would be lying to say that we didn’t take a hit, we certainly did and lost in the regions of 40 players leaving quite a hole in all our bands. Even when we returned to rehearsals the risk assessments, sanitation procedures, playing with bell covers and socially distanced band made rehearsals very different from what these young people were used to. Never the less with perseverance I am confident that we will yet again rise up and become as strong if not stronger than we were before.
So we need to grow from the bottom again as such we started two new starter bands this year with 9 and 7 players. Our training band consists of 10 players, junior band 8 players and youth band 21 players. We also started an off shoot elite group, giving us a ten piece band chosen from youth band in order to challenge these more experienced players. For anyone who is following the maths you will see that even with two new starter bands the organisation has dropped from 85 players in 2019 to 54 presently and by far the majority of these are due to Covid.
As well as very generous donations from some clubs in 105SW as well as a large donation at this years convention we have also been very lucky this year having received substantial donations from Nailsea and Backwell rotary club following their Nailsea walks and runs fundraiser, from the co-op Langford token collection, a piece of music personally donated by a Crediton lion and a huge £19,800 grant which was used specifically to fund brand new top of the range instruments for our principle players, and fund starter band 15. With two years without performances our fund have obviously also been hit quite hard so we are very grateful for these supporters.
We have had a significant change in musical direction this year with the resignation from MD of David Hollister, this was obviously a great loss to the organisation and we would like to thank him for all his hard work and commitment to Lions Brass 4 Youth since it commenced. However, this was mitigated not only by Abie, who many of you know, stepping up to conduct youth band but also by Rachel Hincliffe joining our team of conductors as training band conductor. Rachel was our principle cornet player in the past and it is great to welcome her back. We also were lucky enough to precure Roger Sansom a North Somerset Brass teacher and conductor, to conduct one of our starter bands. The enthusiasm and energy of these three conductors is very evident in the band room and will be taking LB4Y forwards to a very bright future,
Only two weeks ago we also had Paul Denegri, who is the recently retired head of Brass at Wells Cathedral school over for a master class. This brought yet another dynamic to the rehearsal and we hope to repeat this and similar events in the future.
Lions Brass 4 Youth
No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts
9/1/2020 8/31/2021
For the period from
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds
Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds
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to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
CDs 5 - - 5
Subscriptions 5,606 - - 5,606
Grants and donations 19,884 - - 19,884
Grants and donations (Bursary) 450 - - 450
Lions funding 400 - - 400
Fundraising 831 - - 831
HMRC Gift Aid 1,911 1,911
Bank 1 1
Sundry receipts 83 83
Concerts -
- - - -
- - - -
29,171 - - 29,171
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 29,171 - - 29,171
A3 Payments
Music 71 - - 71
Band Director Fees 2,212 - - 2,212
Tuition Fees 546 - - 546
Awards and presentations 219 - - 219
Rent and Storage 1,380 - - 1,380
Cleaning 488 - - 488
Overheads 474 - - 474
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 5,390 ] - - 5,390
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Instrument Purchases 19,405 - - 19,405
Equipment Purchases 299 299
Uniforms - - - -
Sub total [ 19,704 ] - - 19,704
Total payments 25,094 - - 25,094
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,077 - - 4,077
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 19,337 - - 19,337
Cash funds this year end 23,414 - - 23,414
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | ||
| B1 Cash funds | Current Account: 81448919 Business Money Manager: 01517848 Bursary Account 81463772 Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 4,858 15,982 2,574 23,414 |
to nearest £ - - - - |
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OK | OK | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||
| funds | funds | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Details Instruments |
Unrestricted Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
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| charity’s own use | Trailer | Unrestricted | - - - - - - - - |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | ||||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CC16a
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Last year
to the nearest £
£818 £7,089 £2,250 £2,000 £1,240 £1,774 £19 £200 15,390
15,390
157 2,362 1,109 98 1,295 - 797 - - 5,818
1,632 2,311 410 4,353 10,171 5,219 - 14,118 19,337
Endowment funds
to nearest £ - - - -
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)
Date of approval
Receipts and payments 1st September 2020 - 31st Aug
| Cash funds @ 1st September 2020 Available funds Asset replacement & repair reserve Bursary - available Bursary - allocated Other reserves Receipts LB4Y concerts Lions concerts CDs £5 Collections Subscriptions £5,606 Grants and donations £19,884 Grants and donations (Bursary) £450 Lions funding - District 105SW Lions funding - clubs via District £400 Lions funding - clubs direct Sundry income Fundraising £831 HMRC Gift Aid £1,911 Bank £1 Sundry receipts £83 TOTAL RECEIPTS Payments Purchases Instruments & accessories - additional £18,275 Instrs & accessories - replace & repair £1,130 Uniforms & banners - additional Unifs & banners - replace & repair Equipment - additional £256 Equipment - replace & repair £43 Music £71 CD Other purchases Direct expenses Youth Band MD £792 Junior Band MD £781 Training Band MD £639 Starter Bands tuition £368 Individual tuition fees Individual tuition fees (Bursary) £178 Overheads |
£5,701 £10,734 £2,302 £0 £600 £19,337 19/20 £200 £818 £7,089 £2,250 £1,500 £500 £1,240 £1,774 £19 £29,171 £563 £1,069 £410 £36 £2,275 £157 £894 £820 £648 £536 £573 |
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| Awards and presentations | £219 | £98 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brass Bands England membership | £98 | £98 | |
| Concert overheads | £127 | ||
| Insurance | £175 | £175 | |
| Marketing | |||
| Other expenditure | £83 | £97 | |
| Printing and computer supplies | £96 | £249 | |
| Refreshments | £33 | ||
| Rent | £600 | £1,295 | |
| Storage | £780 | ||
| Stationery & postage | £22 | £18 | |
| Cleaning | £488 | ||
| TOTAL PAYMENTS | £25,094 | ||
| NET RECEIPTS (PAYMENTS) | £4,077 | ||
| Depreciation | |||
| Transfer to Asset replacement reserve | £2,400 | ||
| NET RECEIPTS (PAYMENTS) after depreciation | £1,677 | ||
| Assets and liabilities as at 31st August 2021 | |||
| Assets | |||
| Cash funds | |||
| Available funds | £5,345 | ||
| Asset replacement & repair reserve | £11,995 | ||
| Bursary - available | £2,574 | ||
| Bursary - allocated | £0 | ||
| Other reserves | £3,500 | ||
| £23,414 | |||
| Other assets | |||
| Instruments and equipment | |||
| Music | |||
| (Valued periodically for | insurance purposes) | ||
| Liabilities | NIL | ||
| Signed by one or 2 trustees on behalf of all trustees |
Signature Print name
gust 2021
For Submission on Charity Commission CC16a form
£15,390
| CDs | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions | 5606 | |
| Grants and donations | 19884 | |
| Grants and donations (Bursary) | 450 | |
| Lions funding | 400 | |
| Fundraising | 831 | |
| HMRC Gift Aid | 1911 | |
| Bank | 1 | |
| Sundry receipts | 83 | |
| Concerts | 29171 | |
| Instruments & accessories - additional | 18275 | 563 |
| Instrs & accessories - replace & repair | 1130 | 1069 |
| Uniforms & banners - additional | 0 | 410 |
| Unifs & banners - replace & repair | 0 | 0 |
| Equipment - additional | 256 | 36 |
| Equipment - replace & repair | 43 | 2275 |
| Music | 71 | 157 |
| CD | 0 | 0 |
| Other purchases | 0 | 0 |
| Direct expenses | 0 | 0 |
| Youth Band MD | 792 | 894 |
| Junior Band MD | 781 | 820 |
| Training Band MD | 639 | 648 |
| Starter Bands tuition | 368 | 536 |
| Individual tuition fees | 0 | 0 |
| Individual tuition fees (Bursary) | 178 | 573 |
| Overheads | 0 | 0 |
| £10,171 £5,219 £2,400 £2,819 ` |
Awards and presentations 219 98 Brass Bands England membership 98 98 Concert overheads 0 127 Insurance 175 175 Marketing 0 0 Other expenditure 83 97 Printing and computer supplies 96 249 Refreshments 0 33 Rent 600 1295 Storage 780 0 Stationery & postage 22 18 Cleaning 488 0 25094 10171 Current Account: 81448919 £4,858 Business Money Manager: 01517848 £15,982 Bursary Account 81463772 £2,574 £23,414 |
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Date of approval
818 7089 2250 0 £2,000 1240 1774 19 0 £200 15390
| Instrument Purchases | 19405 | 1632 |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment Purchases | 299 | 2311 |
| Uniforms | 0 | 410 |
| Music | 71 | 157 |
| Band Director Fees | 2212 | 2362 |
| Tuition Fees | 546 | 1109 |
| Awards and presentations | 219 | 98 |
| Rent and Storage | 1380 | 1295 |
| Cleaning | 488 | 0 |
| Overheads | 474 | 797 |
| 25094 | 10171 |
Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Lions Brass 4 Youth Trust I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Lions Brass 4 Youth Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 315t August 2021. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confimi thal no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giwng me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the 2. the accounts do not accord those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dravffl in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Mrs. Claire Esposito FMAAT Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) AddSs. Invest Accountancy Ltd. 29 Station Road, Nailsea, BS48 4PD Date: 13° June 2022