Year 2024 

## **Blackdowns Early Music Projects** 

## **Charity Number: 1156177** 

Report by the Trustees 

2024 was another exciting year for Blackdowns Early Music.  Our financial position  over  the  year  improved  by  almost  £3,000  after  three  separate performances. 

We were delighted to host the first  UK performance by the Basle based Phaedrus; they focussed on the remarkable music of the court of Henry VIII playing on a selection of old renaissance flutes, which proved most rewarding for our enthusiastic audience.  We also welcomed a solo performance by Jamie Akers on baroque guitar and lute, a tour de force. 

Without a doubt it was the residential choral even “Laudate Dominum” which brought us closer than ever to our ideals of _“advancing the education of the public in the appreciation and practice of early music”_ . Alongside Palestrina’s Laudate motet was the most extraordinary musical creation by Orlando Lassus describing the twelve prophecies of Sibyl.  Composed before 1600, this was the most  progressive  and  experimental  music  of  the  renaissance  with  new harmonic  structures  and  contrapuntal  techniques  that  influenced  later generations. It may well have been the first UK performance of all movements of this strange work. 

Once again it was rewarding to share the performance with musicians just emerging from music college, giving colour to performances as well as a rare performing experience to up & coming musicians. 

Audiences for each event were good and costs were well co trolled.  In summary BEMP can look forward with funding over £11,600 in 2025 and beyond. 

19th October 2025 

Signed by Managing Trustee: Geoffrey Bass 

Signed remotely by Trustees: Roger Williams, Malcolm Plastow & Alison Baily 



BLACKDOWN EARLY MUSIC PROJECT
Proflt and loss and Balance Sheet- 31 December 2024
2024
2023
Turnover
Cost of Sales
Gross protit
Administrative expenses
Operatin8 proflt
Proflt for the perfod
14.171
(11.124)
28,341
122,9301
5,411
12671
5,144
5,144
(971
2,951
2,951
Current assets
Cash at bank and In hand
11,726
8,851
Credltors . amounts falling due within one year
(751
{ 1501
Net Current assets
11.651
8,701
Net assets
11,651
,701
Capital and reserves
Profit and loss account
8,701
2,951
3,557
5,144
Shareholdersfunds
11,652
8,701
Signed:
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Jane Alagappa
ACA