# **Verwood Prize Band** # **known as Verwood Concert Brass** **Registered Charity Number 1144224** **Annual Report For The Year Ended 31 December 2020** ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **For The Year Ended 31 December 2020** ## **Contents** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Trustees and Advisors|1| |Trustees' Responsibilities|2| |Report of the Trustees|3| |Independent Examiner's Report|7| |Receipts and Payments Account|8| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|9| ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Trustees and Advisors** |Principal address:|Band Hall| |---|---| ||Moorlands Road| ||Verwood| ||BH31 7PD| |Chairman:|H Dunnings| |Vice Chairman:|I Harris| |Secretary:|T Harris| |Treasurer:|G Graves| |Management Trustees:|J Bray| ||D Burrows| ||S Burrows| ||M Dunnings| ||R Graves| ||M Green| ||J Scammell| ||S Ward| ||R Wyatt| |Holding Trustees:|K Butler| ||N Smith| ||J Tiller| |Independent examiner:|Terry Hayden, ACMA| ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Trustees' Responsibilities** The accounts are the responsibility of the Trustees. The Trustees have supervised the preparation of the accounts and have agreed suitable accounting policies, to be applied consistently, making any estimates and judgements on a prudent and reasonable basis. The Trustees also have a general responsibility for ensuring that adequate accounting records are kept and for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the scheme and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities, and are required to act in accordance with the constitution and rules of the charity, within the framework of the law; act prudently, conscientiously and honestly, and with the utmost good faith; act in the best interests of the members and beneficiaries of the charity and strike a fair balance between the interests of the different classes of beneficiary and take advice on technical matters and any other matters which are not understood. ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Report Of The Trustees** The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their annual report and accounts for the year to 31 December 2020. ## **Structure, governance and management** The charity, which is a non-incorporated organisation, is governed by a constitution which was adopted 3 October 2011. The Trustees throughout the year were: H Dunnings Chairman I Harris Vice Chairman T Harris Secretary G Graves Treasurer J Bray D Burrows S Burrows M Dunnings R Graves M Green J Scammell S Ward R Wyatt Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting held in March. They are elected from the charity's membership. The Holding Trustees for the charity who hold the title to the charity's property were: N Smith J Tiller K Butler ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Report Of The Trustees (Continued)** ## **Objectives and activities** The Objectives of the Band are – a) To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals. b) To further such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives** 2020 has been a difficult year for the band with a Worldwide pandemic placing rigid restrictions from March, where only a small amount of playing has been able to take place. The normal key activities of the year have been greatly limited making it challenging to support the objectives of Verwood Concert Brass (VCB) to facilitate the musical aspirations of its members. One coffee morning and one contest took place early in the year but for months no playing was allowed at all except virtually, and the band arranged some online live Masterclasses and home-recorded music videos which we were able to share with the community. For a matter of weeks groups of 8 were able to meet to play together, but this unfortunately was stopped as restrictions were tightened again Nationally. ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Unfortunately, the Pandemic has meant the band was not able to actively support the community during 2020. VCB would normally play a key role in providing musical entertainment in the community in the Verwood Carnival Parade, the Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade, Mayor’s Civic Service and Christmas Reception, Palm Sunday Service, Ferret Green Christmas Extravaganza, Rustic Fayre and other local fetes, but sadly all these events were cancelled in 2020. ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Report Of The Trustees (Continued)** The training band played at a coffee mornings at the Verwood Memorial Hall in February, but the band was not able to hold their usual 'Brass on the Grass' open air concerts on Verwood Recreation Ground due to the pandemic. Christmas would normally be a particularly busy time for the Band members with carolling groups entertaining the public at a range of venues across the region, but due to the pandemic there was just a couple of occasions where this was possible; thanks to a generous Verwood family, who live opposite Andrews Butchers, who allowed a small group of players to play carols in their front garden for the entertainment of people queuing outside the butchers in the days leading up to Christmas. The preservation of the tradition and heritage of Brass Banding is a key aim of the Trustees. Brass Band contests are an important way to uphold this tradition. Verwood Training Band managed to compete in the Wessex Training Band Contest in Downton in January and both the Principal and Town Band competed at the National Brass Band Championships West of England Regional Finals held in Torquay in March. However, The Wessex Brass Band Contest in Bournemouth and The South West Brass Band Association Contest in Torquay, The British Open in Blackpool and the Wychavon Entertainments Contest were all cancelled in 2020. We hold cash amounts of £47,207.24 at the year end, all of which are unrestricted funds. The trustees regularly consider whether to set aside an amount to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur at any point during the year. ## **Reporting Serious Incidents** - The Trustees declare that there are no serious incidents or other matters relating to our charity over the financial period to 31 December 2020 that should have been brought to the Charity Commission's attention. Verwood Concert Brass Report Of The Trustees (Continued) Decl2r8tlon The Trustees declare that they have approved the Report of the Trustees above. Signed on bchalf of the charity's Trustces. Date Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Verwood Coneert Br I r¢port on the accounts of Verwood Concert Br￿ (Registered Chan"ty Number 1144224), for th¢ year ended 31 December 2020 whi¢h are set out herewith. Respective re8pon$iblitieJ of the trnste¢s *nd examiier As the charitys trustees you 4r¢ responsible for th¢ preparHtson of the ?￿o￿nts. you consider that an audit is not required for thts year under section 144 of the Chariti&s Act 2011 (the Charities Act). and that an independ¢nt examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the a¢¢ounts under section 145 of the Chan"ties Ac( to follow the procedures laid dowft in the general DI￿lE0n$ 8iven by the Charity Commission (under section 145{5Mb) of the Chanties Act), and to stst¢ wheiher particular matt¢r8 have come to my attention. BASI8 of ei*miTreT'S report My examination was carri¢d out in accordanc¢ with general Directions 8iven by the Charity Commission. Art examination includes a review of the accountin8 re¢ords kept by the charity and a ￿mPa￿S0n of the accounts prttented wth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or dix105ures in the accoun￿ and seeking explanations from the trnstees eonceming any such matters The procedures underthken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and ¢ortsequently no opinion is wven as to wh¢th¢r the accounts present a'tnje and faiP vh¢w and the report is limikd ¢0 those matters se¢ out in the sthtement below. Independertt examiner's st•tement In connection with my examination. tto matter h&8 to my attention.. which 8ives me rea￿￿able cauqe to believe that any maten'al respecL the wuirements to keep a¢counting records in accordance wtth S¢dions 130 and 131 of the Charities A¢L to prepare accounts which accord wilh the a¢¢ountin8 records and c4)mply wilh the accountin8 requirements of th¢ Chanties Act have not ixen or to which. ift my opinioo attention should be drawn in order to enabl¢ 4 proper underst8ndin8 of the accounts to b¢ r¢ach¢d. Name.. Address.. 21Yf tW'IDEJ {￿-￿j c WJIUthA r]cwQct( Q￿Q8 IfJ Signed ## **Verwood Concert Brass** ## **Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020** ## **General Fund (unrestricted) receipts and payments** |**Receipts**
Donations, sponsorship and grants
Fundraising and sundry income
Interest on deposit account
Members' subscriptions
Concerts and engagements income
Hire of hall and equipment
Gift aid receipts
**Asset and investment sales**
Receipts from sale of instruments
**Payments**
Cost of fundraising and sundry income
Expenses re concerts and engagements
Musical Director expenses
Repairs and maintenance
Light and heating
Rates and water
Insurance and licences
Telephone and web site
Contest and affiliation fees
Donations paid
Printing, postage, stationery and sundry
**Asset and investment purchases**
Purchase of instruments
Purchase of uniform and music
**Net of receipts / (payments)**
**Cash funds last year end**
**Cash funds this year end**|**2019**
**£**
4,505.45
10,008.64
10,055.00
11,804.29
3,240.00
1,634.45
41,247.83
224.00
1,555.53
10,725.00
1,554.50
1,346.34
186.50
2,869.72
489.40
14,924.52
1,444.00
1,990.95
37,310.46
2,491.20
1,352.84
3,844.04
**93.33**
39,927.28
**40,020.61**|**2020**
**£**
15,333.67
4,600.04
8,616.00
801.64
860.00
1,764.08| |---|---|---| |||31,975.43| |||39.30
313.76
4,685.00
1,025.28
1,071.44
274.08
2,349.68
475.52
5,042.48
1,551.50
535.36| |||17,363.40| |||6,499.25
926.15
7,425.40
**7,186.63**
40,020.61
**47,207.24**|