Registered number
08133744
qm
ND
City Music Foundation
(Company Limited by Guarantee)
Report and Accounts
31 July 2023
Ridgefield
Consulting
ICAIW
CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANTS

Clty Musle Foundatlon
Report and accounts
Contents
Page
Company Information
Management Committee Report
Indep￿dent Exanin*8 Report
Statement of Finwo cla AGtNit
Balance sheat
N¢)tO9 to the accounts
8-10

Clty Musl¢ Foundatlon
Company Information
Dir•ctorJ
Sir Andrew Charles Pannby {TesvJned on 30 May 2023)
Dr Kale Ann Gee
Mr Alastair John Nasbitl King
Mr Peter Dawd Gordon Tc#npkins (Chaimian Str￿ May 2(Y23)
Accountants
Ridgefiekl CC￿sUm1ng Lknited
2 Hinks8yCourt
Church Way
Oxford
OX2 9SX
R•gi8torod offlco
Church House
Cloth Fair
London
EC1A 7JQ
Reglsterod numb•r
08133744
Charfty numb•r
1148641

Clty Musk Foundatlon
Company R•9lstsr￿ numb•r.
Charlty R•gl•t•red numb•r.
08133744
1148641
Report Of Th• Managoment C<Krnilttee For The Yoar Endod 31st July 2022
par erkl8d 31 Juty 2023.
Gov•mlng 0¢)￿mInt
The orgarwsatK￿ 5$ • ¢h8rl* ¢ryany knitwj by guwarrteo. The (xxnpanywa8 in(xYpNated on 8th
July 2012 regi8tered as a c*arity on 20th Mwust 2012. The company was eSta￿lshe(l under 4
M￿￿Orandum of Aswth"on whith eslaL4ished th8 objth and wwerB of c*aiilable company L8
goverr￿d under rt8 Artides of Assoc1atK￿. In the event ofthe cLMnpwy ￿ng wouThJ up m8mber8 ar8
required to contr*>ute an am(￿ oxcoed*vJ £1
ObJecl•
Thè ¢har6ty¥ 4r• restr￿ed lo the fc•)wlrvJ:
{11 the thorK¢ment of th• arts, ¢uMuro aTrJ ethKation, and
{21 the a(fvarKemont in hf8 of young musuan$18s Solo￿ts or In •r*•mbl•s) as fvy $18rt tho[1
profe$8ion￿ careers., in parlicu&r ty pru4thJ sp(￿8￿h￿l. &wstance aThJ perfomianc•
opportunities in Lotwjon or elsowhwa.
provid•d th•t 81 of the Obigth of t￿ dwity ah￿ dwiita148 ￿ r￿lUTe 8haN b8 th8 put4ic
Nolhlng In the arlk4e8 8h81 outhorl8e an of t￿ propoty of tho tharfty for purpowwhlth 4r•
ncl charitable in 8¢tyJrdan¢6 with Secllon 7 of the Chanties aThJ TnAtee Investrn￿l (Scotlandl Acl 2005
a￿￿Or 8ectiiJn 2 of the CIwit￿8 {N￿ Ird¥￿) 2r))8.
A¢hl•v•rn•nt• Ind P•rfom•nc•
CMF'B Mis￿0n is'tuming taknt into 6ucc888'. We 8eleca except￿81 dassical sc4cist8 and chambar
nMmbl•$. as w•ll as jazz, I￿k, aThJ W￿ld mwicians, #t the St￿ of their profesbional careers. Al th18
lime when managing'the bu%ness of mth8bC' can be o challryo, CMF SUP[￿s them with 8
CoMpre￿nI1¥￿ carter dtsvelopment Fffograrnme. We arrarvJe wtislic busine56 mentoring. run
workshops, make CDS. videos and wobsrtes. Commiss￿ new musi¢. Se￿￿e alrtime on BBC Radlo 3
and promotl¢)n Ihrough onh'ne. print and ￿Kial media, and wi our recata15, residenc￿ and
concerts. In addrtion we do agency and man￿efflenL fixing perf￿￿3 at venues gnd ts$tNals
thrwghout th• UK arKI ￿YOr￿j.
CMF Alumnl tel u8 ofthe many way8 CMF has h*8d thom thJrlN fv ¥￿fragIle earty st￿8 oflheir
professional careers, by helping them to d6volop lh￿[ unKlU8 mtive visic￿. gainlng rwn1l￿
a nthoth within the music *￿UStry.
Our aim 1$ that CMF artists are reafty for four decados or ms)re of contritth.ng to sodotys cuhur•
wfjllÈ•ing . rea¢hlng hundr•d8 ofthousand8 of peoe through fwe perfmnce, CDS, streaming,
broadcasts, te**ing and men￿ng. bac* a fold what CMF has given them.

Clty Muslc Foundatlon
Company Rfjglstsvgd numbor. 08133744
Charity R•gi•tsY•d numb•r.
1148641
The financAa year ALPJUSt lo 2ff23 has an been afterthe eTrJ ofthg Covi&19 pandemic and yet
the fflu$i¢ industry 1$ sll st￿￿911r￿j lo rth tt> after a I￿ pericd of Imilod livé porfoming
adNty.
We seleded 10 arb8ts13010ist WhoiCrf￿d us in Septemter 2022. cwr 10th wtske of CMF
a￿Sts. in this 11Xh AnrNvernary We kept th• rnmber taken to 10, to the 21T20 2021
aiti8ts. and still the hwhe8t number3 ever. Th8 number of aFWiL¥rts is 8u8taingd, and thè calibre
ex¢optK*nal. For thg thlrd year runnkng. ¢Mlng lo ￿ vwy posthg fe•Jbac* from AJti8ts and V￿U0$ alike.
we took three 8inger8 in the cohort of 21Y22 CMF Artists speuficalty offemg theffl arb8lK Ment￿ing, a8
8Sng8rs arè LW)iqu8 in d8alw)g with an instrLThwtt th81 c4w)gNJ IWJ after have completad
After Ihrets ytar8 oftskrrfd h￿htr nun*•rs of 8rtMts, a8 8 wèy of 8urp)t11NJ the most em¢rG4rvJ
perfomieTS thot we can within our reswrces dwing and after the Pandem￿ we opted r￿1 to audttbn
dudng 2023. Th8 next apFlkth proces8 C•Jmmon￿8 In January 2024.
Our rnontNy live 8orlo8 kn Barts Grtht Hal c4JntiTh*d with att8ndkng In p￿) and
wrfhoul Iwe str&oms. VKleos for th& wt.sts prcffiotk)n81 p￿p0￿ werg m* b)th from the and
on deduted fiknirg day8 with￿
Barts Heritage cthbrated the ￿)th Anniverswy oflhe loundiTrJ ol Ihe Prwxy th• Hospit81. A•
P8rtner8 of Barts IN$ me8nl CMF 81tists p8rticl￿1￿ atryj putsrmed in a nUMt￿ of 8pec481
events, induding a spead visit from ￿ng Charle3111. CMF also ccffimmioned musi¢- Nine 8ong8 for
Nine c?n￿rt•S by Dem" LeM"s using fwnd texts. ¥#J a Fanforo for St by H¥*¥lh. I￿)th
01￿1ch were Forfc¥med at a ftmdrwser in 21Y23.
W• ¢on￿l￿d wr •LW88fiJl portr￿￿1* wlth St Martln In th• FW8 wlth 20 corKarts kn th8 yyar,
•mpbying 38 Artists lo wfomi. The￿ bean popjlw l*)th wlth our 81ti813 and with Wdien￿.
Our resid￿¢Y at thè Wdlacè Cdlaclion was unfcrtun8tsty not poMibl• as. In common whh 8rt$
org•ni$ation$, th• W￿19¢• Collxtb)n1$ 8ti1 h•41NJ to mvw Its actviO88 on a rnJuc•d Ixw Sir￿ th
pandomic.
Mentoring, Co￿1ng WO￿3hc¢lS were PTcyammed tsking kn as usual and nfm more
condu¢ted In p¥r8on. Al ar11st8 a 8thie8 of 7 on&t¢Mne sesSic￿S with a profes61￿1 lrfe and
tYJ8iM88 r￿ch, vthK* dl 0fth￿Tr found hewl at Stau• in c•r•wJ.
The third trip of CMF Artist to Mexico as part of thg Intemalional EXthor￿ sthemg Ihrough Am910 Arts
wa8 plannod for AUlUn￿ 2023. Our 2021 Intsmab(*pl Stholar from Mexico rounded off a successfvl ViBiI
th oblaining a ￿ace for fvriher sluty al the RAM. and aoxlade for him. and I￿ tha CMF
and SLipr*)rt h• had.
All the other CMF A￿.31 Progr￿Me elemerrts have conliThJed, inc*JthrvJ reeorth'ng CDS. making vid￿.
agenry and Ihird-party bookings, appe￿￿ on BBC Radio 3 InTLbM. (y)mmi￿C￿lrmj of r￿W mus￿.
pfv)togr8phy And buihjing ofwebsiles. Our Artist Manager left CMF n June 2023.
Whi15t working pattems for ￿Jr mu5tfAans hwj cf188s no￿￿￿$•d afterthe calastrophlc effo&s of the
re5pon6e lo the parKI¥m￿. there remains a SI￿rtIal of funding acrnss the inthslry. and this 15 reflected in
the ability to negots'ate artisls, lees surririent to make a Imng. AUd￿nCeS are sb"l at only aÈout 7￿- 80%
of pre-parbjenwe levds. CMF artists are sffil r&estal￿¥ShIng their carews, and 80 for many we have
extended the u3ual ts¥￿Year Fwiod of b￿"n9 on tht CMF Artlst Programme, contin￿ng to PTovhle
mentoring, ￿encY and management, and day to day 6UPPOrt for longer. This has fina￿￿31 and r8swrca
impli¢alions for CMF.
This. the three conse(xth yews oft¥kng 10 CMF Arttsts (SLknists ￿ erthmLqe51 has ci¥thbuted lo
th& d￿sKin to advanc* th• nexi T￿litMe￿ prrKess into earty 21Y24.

Clty Musk Foundatlon
Company Registsr￿ numbor.
Charlty R•glstered number.
08133744
1148641
M•mb•Ys of th• Alanag•m•nt Commlltsè
Members ol the Management Committee. ¥e Diredors forth• ofCc4npw I￿ ond
Tru8tees for the purpose of Charity law, who ser¥ed knng th8 peri(>J * up to thg date of this report we
setouionFV 1.
Thls r8port has been ￿epar￿j in acc4)rd￿ with ts Statemwtt of Recg)mmended Pr8c*c* {SORP}
aFWut4e to thaiitsgs w•parirvJ their ￿￿Unts In ar£￿￿)e* wtth the FRS 102 Section 1A and in
accordance with the Speci￿ p[ovi￿Orts ofthe Cwiies Act 2(K6 rdafjn9 to smalb8r entltios.
LIF4w2•.t..tdat6) and on tt8 bahaw.
Apwoved by the MwAgwngnt Ccffimltl•& on ... ........ ....
Mr Ptrter D•¥4d G¢¥don T(*npkini
Director

Clty Music Foundation
Accountants, Report
Indopondonl Examln•ts roport to the trustses of
Clty Muslc Foundatlon
RoSPeCtlv• rosponslbllttles of trustoes and •xamln•r
The trusle8s are dso thg diredors of the company for th8 purposes of company lawl are
responsiblo for tho weparation of the trustees consithr that an audit 1$ not roquired
for this year W￿￿or section 144121 of the Chwities 2011 ltha 2011 Act) or undw Regulali
1011llal lo Ic) of The Chanbes Aco)unts (ScOllar￿ Regulations 2008 (￿ 2006 A¢￿UnIS
Regulation618nd that an independ8nl oxamination is needed. The tharity is required by company
to prepare a￿d account8 and l walffied to ￿￿ertake the ex￿)ination by belng a
quallfied membtt ofThe In8trtute of Chartwed Acrwrrtants In Eft91￿d Wal88.
Hawng satisfied myself that the ¢tharity 15 not subject to au(St WKlerc¢ryany kwi and 18 el*ible for
independent examinab'on. it is my responsitmlity to..
' examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Ad arKI Secti￿ 4411}Ic) of Ihe
Charities and Trustee Inveslment (Scottand) At# 2005 {the 2fy)5 Act};
' follow the procedures laid dovm in the general Dire¢tions gNen by the Ch¥ty
Commiswon under 8ecticffi 14515}Ib) of the 2011 ￿ and
' Slate wthethér p*UcLdar matt6r8 have (XrfT* to my att￿lon
Bul• of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•¢• r•port
My examinatson VMS wied out In a(wrdance the gernral Dtr¢(alon$ glven by tho Clorfty
commi￿an and is in accordance RegUlath￿ 11 of the Chaniies AC￿Unts Iscoljandl
Regulations 2tth. An txaminati¢)n Indudès a rev* ofth¢ act￿n￿ng recA)rd8 kept by the charlty
and a comparwn of the accounts presented th0￿ rec(xd8.11 al80 inclLths c¥)n&d8ralion ol
any unusual rtem8 or d18do8ure8 in the accounts. and 88ekn.ng eWanab"on8 1￿M you 88 tru8te88
nceming any suth matters. Tho procedures undertakon ￿ not providè all the evld8n¢é that
uld be requlred In an audlt and ccwwquentty no oplnlon Is gr￿n as Io V•hether the 8ccoun18
present a Irue and lar and the repcA1 18 linited lo tr￿8& mattw8 881 fArt in the statement
belu4V.
Ind•pnd•nt •xamlnef8 $tst•m•nt
In connectim ￿1th ry oxaminatlon, no matter has com8 to my atten￿On'.
111 ￿1¢h gfves me reasonable cause lo belwe that in any material respect the rewirements
. to keep accounting records in a¢cordgn¢e *ilh 80(*iwb 386 of Ihe Ccrfnpani88 Act 2006 and
8¥ct￿n 44I1}{8) of the 2005 Act, 8nd
' to prepare accounts wth¢ch acC￿d V•th the ￿cOUnting reo)rds, compty ￿lIh the accounting
requirèments of the Companles Act 20C6. sadion 4411Xb> of the 2005 Act and Regulaknon 8 of the
20C6 A￿oUnts Regulatson$,' and
. vknsch are consisterrt ¥￿th tho meth¢)ds arKI win¢iplgs of tho StatThnl of Recomrnen
Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities
have not been met". and
121 to whlch. In my opirlon. attentlon should be In ￿der to enable a Fyopgr undgrstanding of
the 8¢counl8 to be reacha¢J.
Mr Slmon Thomas BA FCCA ACA
F￿￿gefield Con8uNing Lintted
2 Hinksey Ctyjrt
Church Way
Oxford
OX2 9SX
11 January 2024

Clty Mu8lc Foundatlon
Statement Of Flnancial Activities Ilndydlng Income & EX￿ndItUr• Account)
forth• y•ar •nd•d 31 Juty 2023
2022
Total
fvnd•
In¢omlng R•¥ou￿
D￿ationS, Grant8 and Sp)n8cnh¥)
Legacy Funds aThJ interest received
Events, Recording aThJ Salaction Inwne
108.790
113,7
1,254
61,189
178.233
130,850
30
82.077
192.757
61.189
169.979
Totsl RMourcM Exp•nd
Office Costs & GovemarKe
Ah'sts, & Charitable A¢SNth•s
Inlèm•tk)no1 Arf
FundraI￿n9
Hardshlp Fund•
14,244
235.679
14,244
240,879
15.759
194,359
8,087
25.798
18.252
18.252
271.175
In¢om•ll•xp•ndStur•l forth• y••r
{88.196)
1.254
94.9421
(49.2241
Totsl Fund• Brouglrt Fowwd
188,345
285,885
474.210
$23.434
Tot•1 Fund• C•rrl•d Forward
92.140
287.119
474210

Clty Muslc Foundatlon
Rog1Stor￿ numbor:
Balance Shgot
09 at 31 July 2023
08133744
2023
2022
Unrnstricted
funds
funds
T¢)tal fund$
Totsl fvndB
Current assots
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
2.200
97.067
99,267
2,200
384,186
1,750
476,465
478.215
287.119
287,119
Crodltorn: amounts f•lllng du•
wlthln one year
(T.118}
17.118)
{4,005}
2,149
287.119
379,268
474,210
Funds
Unrestricted funds
R￿tr￿ted funds..
General restricted fvnds
Legacy fund8 lincludirwa
de8¢gnaled for wital proJeLt)
92.149
188.345
140,000
147,119
287,119
379,268
285.￿5
474.210
Totsl funds
mwnhrs are sgtlsfl•d that th• CA)mpany Is •ntltlgd to wamptmin from the requiremènt to oblaln an
audit under sect*)n 477 of the Companiè8 Act 20(￿.
The membw8 havo not rwuired the cc*npary to obtain ￿ audrt in accg)rdance with 478 of the
Th8 dY8ctors SCknth￿dge their rn8PM8t*ilities for comth'rwJ th• wuirements ofth• Crynpanies
A¢t 2¢X6 with ros￿1 to ￿oUnting records and the preparation of ￿cOUnts.
The accoun18 have ljeen prepared and delivered in accordance with the s￿181 provisions applicable
to companies subject lo the small ccrfnpani•s rggwn8. The profrt and kA8 account has not been
delNered lo thè Registrar of Companies.
Mr Peter David Gordon Tcrfnpkins
Direclor
Approved by the board on .....
14.f+*XI.(dat¢l

Clty Muslc Foundatlon
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 Juty 2023
1 Accounting policl•s
The accounts have been prewed uThJer the historical cost Conlent￿ and in a￿dance wf(h FRS
102, The Financ￿ Reports"ng Standard 4P1￿ in the UK and Republ￿ of Irdand las appl￿d to
8mall entities by 8&tion 1A of the starKlardl.
FundAccounthw
Unrestricted funds arg avaiLqbl8 for use at th8 di8cre11￿ ofthe trustees in further￿ crf th8 genwal
(Jbjectives of charity.
Designate4J fvnds are unrestrictwj fuThJs 8armark&Y by the Manag￿ent Committee for p8￿cular
purp0888.
Restiicted fvnd8 are subject to re8trM*ion8 on OXE￿￿liur¥ knpO￿ by the donor ¢y through the
lemis of an ap￿￿.
Incomlng R•sourc
All incoming resourert ar• IncbJd•d In the statem￿1 of financial &tMles vAwi the charty is enli11od
lo, and Mrtualty certain to receive. the uKome and the ￿OUnt can be qU8ntrf￿d wth re8¥onablg
Expenditure is recognised on an accruds ba8i8 as a liabilty 18 inirred ar￿ 18 reported a8 part of tha
expenditure to vthi¢h it rdales..
'Cosls of generating funds ¢(ttnPri8• the C￿t¥ 888(*oted wlh attr*tiw voluntary Incom•.
"ChaTrtable donations lo other Organisat￿$.
'Charrtable expendrture ¢￿p￿Se3 those costs incurred by the charity in the d8livwy of its
actMti88 and seMce$ for its b¢nefKiarie5.
'Governance costs mclude thos& sw￿ted *ilh m0•ts'ng tho ¢on8titirtK>rwl •)d $tatulory
requirements of the charity.
2 Don4tlon•, Grnnts and Spon8or•hlp
2023
Unv•strlct•d R•strictad
2022
Total
Income typ8
Donations
Grants
Swsorship
69,￿1
38.889
69.901
43.889
83,931
44,219
2,500
130,850
108.790
In 2022. £28,359 of donations and £13,219 of grants are r8StrthJ.

City Music Foundation
Notes to the Accounts
for tho y•ar ended 31 Juty 2023
3 Offlce and Govwnance costs
2022
Independent Accounts ExamA)atic
Staff Costs and Payro
Office Costs
2,856
9.909
9,639
1.257
14.244
15.759
4 Artlst and Charltable actfvitl••
2023
2022
CMF Events
Playing and Performances
Profe88ional Oevdopmenl Worksw and
Mentoring Prr>Jrammes
Artists IrKlividual Project8
Auditions and Selection of Artist8
Promots'onal Tools ForArtists
Staff CoBt¥ & Payrdl
Offi¢e Costs
8,908
71,387
14,242
41.371
14,734
30.552
5,458
18,21S
82,624
8,801
240,679
9,700
6,118
5,221
15,428
81,321
20,962
194,359
S Fundrnhlng
2023
2022
Staff Costs & Payroll
offic￿ C08ts
13.498
2,514
16.252
19,807
5,989
25.796
6 Employ•8•
2023
Numb•r
2022
NuM￿r
Average number of persM$ wnplfftl bythe ¢(mpany
7 D•btorn
2023
2022
In¢tyne, Donati¢)ns and Sponsorship
2,2IXI
1,750
8 Credltors: amounts falllng due wlthlTr on8 yolr
2023
2022
Taxation. p￿slOn5 and sc¢i81 securty
Accruals
3,610
3,508
7.118
1,424
2.581
4.005

Clty Muslc Foundatlon
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 Juty 2023
9 R•stTlcted *gacy fundg
Legacy fuThJs ts a restric￿ dork￿1￿ T￿8p4￿d in 2￿. £120k is resemd for Office Refutbishment
project which has téen delayed pa￿Y because of the pand￿￿. The remwnir¥J fvnds are retained
in reserves in line with our resepm polLy. Interest in the yw wa8 £1.254.
10 Other Inforniatlon
City Music Foundati¢￿ is a pnvate cL¥npany l¥nited by guawtee *)d incorpora•J in EnglarKI. Its
registered offKe is:
Church House
Cloth Fair
London
EC1A 7JQ
10