## **ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA LIMITED TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MAY 2023**
## **Structure, Governance & Management**
## **THE TRUSTEES**
The Trustees are responsible for the financial, administrative and moral welfare of Ensemble Plus Ultra (EPU) and for ensuring that the charitable aims of EPU are always being met.
The number of Trustees shall not be less than three (3). In the period 2022-2023 the number were five (5) – Mr Mark Greer, Mr Andrew Hochhauser KC, Mrs Jane Cooper, Ms Fionnuala Kennedy, Mr Francois Feuillat (chair).
## **Responsibilities**
Trustees are required to meet at least once per year for an Annual General Meeting, and as necessary at other times. At the AGM they will agree the minutes of the previous AGM, scrutinise an Annual Report and the Annual Accounts and deal with any matters arising. At other meetings they are required to do the following –
- Ensure that EPU funds are used in a manner consistent with the charitable aims of the ensemble;
- Enter into contracts on behalf of EPU;
- Agree all concert and recording engagements undertaken by EPU on advice from the Artistic Director;
- Receive updates from the Artistic Director and from the Development Officer.
In furtherance of these responsibilities, the Trustees will receive a set of fully up to date management accounts including the cash position and a list of concert and recording engagements.
The Trustees have sole liability for EPU amounting to £10.00 per Trustee should EPU face bankruptcy or be dissolved with debts remaining.
## **Objectives & Activities of the Charity**
The Charity’s objects are:
- To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts, by provision of classical music in all media.
- To advance public education by the provision of classical music workshops, and the publication of materials.
Ensemble Plus Ultra is a body set up for the performance of classical music throughout the world. It undertakes engagements (with the permission of the Trustees) on the concert platform, in the recording studio and by broadcasting. Its aim is to take music of the highest quality to the widest possible audience and to communicate with audiences directly during performances, putting the music in historical context.
In furtherance of its second object, Ensemble Plus Ultra undertakes workshops and masterclasses around the United Kingdom, and throughout the world.
## **Achievements & Performance**
Concert performances included appearances in the United Kingdom and abroad and undertaking educational work. A CD recording was produced in Salamanca, Spain.
## **Financial Review**
During this period, the finances have been controlled by the Mr Mark Greer (trustee), and our Accountant and Bookkeeper, Orpheus Accounting.
## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities**
Company and Charity law requires the Council, as Directors and Trustees, to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation and of the results for that period. In preparing those accounts the Trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Foundation will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Foundation and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for the safeguarding the assets of the Foundation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
To the best of our ability, the Trustees, who are also Directors of the Company Limited by Guarantee, confirm that we have given the auditors all relevant information in connection with the preparation of the audit report.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act.
By Order of the Trustees
Mr Mark Greer Director/Trustee, Ensemble Plus Ultra
**ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA LTD INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023**
|Turnover
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff cost
Depreciation and other amounts written off assets
Other charges
Profit|**2023**
**£**
38,000
(6,485)
(19,650)
(258)
(1,164)
10,443|**2022**
**£**
8,800
-
(4,082)
-
(224)|
|---|---|---|
|||4,494|
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## **ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA LTD STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 MAY 2023**
|Fixed assets
Current assets
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
Accruals and deferred income
**Net assets**
**Capital and reserves**
**NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**|31,616|**2023**
**£**
1,479
31,616
33,095
(6,296)
26,799
26,799|17,896|**2022**
**£**
-
17,896|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||17,896
(1,540)|
|||||16,356|
||||||
|||||16,356|
||||||
## **1 Statutory information**
Ensemble Plus Ultra Ltd is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 07630334. The registered office is St. Albans Vicarage, Church Drive , Harrow, HA2 7NS.
## **2 Guarantees and other financial commitments**
none
none
none
## **3 Average number of employees**
During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2022: 0).
For the year ending 31 May 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 105, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the Micro-entities Regime.
Approved by the board on 26 February 2024
Donald Mark Greer Director
Company Registration No. 07630334
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## **ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA LTD DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023**
|**ENSEMBLE PLUS ULTRA LTD**
**DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023**|||
|---|---|---|
|This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts.|||
||**2023**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Turnover**|||
|Sales|38,000|8,800|
|**Cost of raw materials and consumables**|||
|Purchases|6,485|-|
|**Staff costs**|||
|Wages and salaries|19,650|4,082|
|**Depreciation and other amounts written off assets**|||
|Depreciation|258|-|
|**Other**|||
|Bank charges|60|71|
|Donations|-|(320)|
|Sundry expenses|112|-|
|Accountancy fees|992|473|
||1,164|224|
|**Profit on ordinary activities before taxation**|10,443|4,494|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
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under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I
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under seclton 14515llb) of the Act.
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