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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

Financial Statements For the year ended 31[st ] December 2021

Registered Charity Number. 1158781 Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales

Number. 08313916

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

Contents for the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

Legal and Administrative Information 3
Trustees'/Directors’ Report 4-23
Statement of Trustees/Directors’ Responsibilities 24
Statement of Financial Activities 25
Balance Sheet 26
Notes forming part of the financial statements 27-29
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 30
Independent Examiner’s Report on The Accounts 31-32

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

Legal and Administrative Information for the year ended 31[st] December 2021

Company Number: 08313916 Charity Number: 1158781 Registered Office: 303 The Pill Box 115 Coventry Road, London, E2 6GH Trustees: Sharan Jaswal Federico Bolza Anna Corbett (resigned 1[st] May 2021) Collette Philip (appointed 1[st] May 2021)

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Secretary: Jennie Cashman Wilson Accountants: Big Star Business Management Ltd 303 The Pill Box 115 Coventry Road, London, E2 6GH Independent Examiner: WIM Consulting Limited Office Suite 1 12b High View Parade IG4 5EP

Bank: Barclays Bank 18 Islington Green London N1 8EH

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

Trustees’/Directors’ Report

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

The trustees/directors present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the company and charity for the year ended 31st December 2021.

Index

About us ................................................................................................................................... 5 Our programmes ................................................................................................................... 6 What we did in 2021: ............................................................................................................... 8 Future Sound ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Career Development Programme ................................................................................................................ 9 Impact and outcomes .......................................................................................................... 11 Future Sound Live ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Future Sound Digital .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Future Sound ‘Blended’ ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Career Development Programme .............................................................................................................. 18 Thank you ............................................................................................................................... 19

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About us

Abram Wilson inspires, connects, and opens doors to the music industry so that young people from disadvantaged and diverse backgrounds have an equal chance to realise their creative potential.

Our vision is for a music industry that genuinely reflects the best image of our society, so any young person is able to see it as a place for them and can participate in, and collectively contribute to, the next generation of talent.

Inspired by award-winning jazz musician Abram Wilson, we continue his legacy via our programmes of music education and artist career development. Through these:

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Our programmes

For young people:

Future Sound Live

Aspirational and accessible in-school music education workshops, performances and recording opportunities, pairing 11-18 year olds with relatable, emerging professional musicians:

Future Sound Digital

Creative, practical, accessible and free music education videos, packed with tips and inspiration from up-and-coming, relatable professional artists: - - https://abramwilson.com/future sound digital

Future Sound outcomes include:

1. Musical

2. Personal

3. Social

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For professional musicians:

Career Development Programme

Supporting emerging professional musicians from diverse and underrepresented groups with personalised career strategy, mentoring and coaching, to build sustainable portfolio careers:

https://abramwilson.com/careerdevelopment

Career Development Programme outcomes include:

1. Career and industry

2. Personal

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What we did in 2021:

Future Sound

We’ve found different ways to continue to ensure young people’s access to high quality music education this year, despite the challenges of a further lockdown and fluctuating Covid restrictions lasting well into July.

We developed and launched two new series of Future Sound Digital content, which built on the success of our 2020 pilot series of online and accessible music education tutorials delivered by professional musicians. The tutorials featured Oscar Jerome, Sans Soucis, Arji Manuelpillai, Plumm and Joe Downward and were made readily available on our Instagram and YouTube channels, plus our website. The sessions explored topics including writing music using Band Lab; creative production; improvising with your voice and developing your sound. The first of the two series was initially released for Mossbourne Community Academy students in June 2021 and then later released publicly between August and September 2021.

We consulted with our long-standing school partner Mossbourne Community Academy (MCA) in Hackney and piloted a ‘blended’ Future Sound programme for 28 students. Musician Oscar Jerome delivered the sessions, this time focusing on individual song writing. This mini project consisted of two online workshops over the summer term and was followed by face-to-face sessions in September, once all restrictions were lifted.

We were finally able to return with our face-to-face Future Sound Live programme for 11–18-year-olds, from September - November 2021, working with 20 MCA students. It was led and delivered by Jas Kayser and Chums, in partnership with Premises Studios and Church of Sound, both in Hackney.

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What we did in 2021:

Career Development Programme

We also continued to support 16 up-and-coming musicians through our Career Development Programme , providing regular strategy and coaching sessions with our founder, CEO and certified RD1st coach, Jennie Cashman Wilson, and Chair of Trustees, Fred Bolza (former VP of Strategy at Sony Music and founder of record label New Soil).

The artists had the opportunity to connect with industry professionals and learn from a series of masterclasses on various aspects of working in the industry. Experts included world-class musician, composer, producer and AW patron Nitin Sawhney; Ivor Novello Songwriter of The Year 2021/Grammy Nominee songwriter Jamie Hartman; and Spitfire Audio founder Christian Henson.

Eight of the mentees also took part in an exciting collaboration with Spitfire Audio’s in-house production team, to develop a collection of software instruments called ‘Astral Forms.’ This will become a release in Spitfire’s LABS series - providing sounds as a free plugin for composers anywhere in the world to use, part of Spitfire’s commitment to being a pioneer in audio equity.

Plus, some of the mentees also participated as leaders in our music education programmes, which provided them with paid opportunities as well as enriching their skills as educators.

The artists supported through our Career Development programme are:

With the arts and cultural sectors continuing to be hit particularly hard by the effects of the pandemic, artists have faced tough challenges with their mental health and financial stability.

So, to help our Career Development Programme musicians succeed, we extended our support for the 2020/2021 cohort for at least another six months, into May 2022.

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This longer programme means that those that need additional support receive it and are more likely to go on and achieve their goals.

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Impact and outcomes

Future Sound Live

In numbers

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Breakdown of Future Sound participants

Project evaluation

What was the impact on young people?

The self-assessments completed by all participants found that:

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“Before Future Sound I didn’t have confidence in performing on my own or in an ensemble with other people but now that I have been doing it frequently over the past seven weeks, I have managed to gain confidence in myself and realise that mistakes can be made but you can only learn from it.” - Future Sound participant

“My final takeaway from this is that there's potential and everybody in life.. And no matter where you're at when you're 15 or 16, there’s potential in you. If you're dedicated enough and if you're motivated enough, then you'll be able to do what you want to do. It's been amazing to be able to be a part of that.” - Jas Kayser, drummer, band leader and Future Sound workshop leader

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Life Story: Meet Alex

Future Sound 2021 was Alex’s second time participating in the project. He is often getting into trouble at school and can lean towards being uninterested in his schoolwork and extracurricular activities.

He was however very keen to participate in Future Sound, specifically seeking out the Head of Music at Mossbourne Community Academy to see if he could join again this past year.

During the first few rehearsals, Alex seemed quite uncooperative and one of the workshop leaders was worried that they weren’t getting through or had offended him in some way. But on the day at Premises Studios, by which point he knew everyone well and felt much more comfortable playing with the group, he really came out of his shell and had a massive grin on his face all day (or at least until he saw the camera filming him!).

At the end of the day, he made a point to come up to each of the workshop leaders and thank them for a great day and to express how much he enjoyed himself.

Alex also currently studies GCSE Music and his teachers have seen a massive improvement over the past two years in his confidence and willingness to contribute to discussions and rehearsals. They say he is like a different person in their department!

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What was the impact on young people?

“Future Sound has personally boosted my own confidence in regard to working with young people.”

“Delivering workshops like this was a fairly new experience for me but thanks to the rest of the band it felt very natural and a great way into music education world.”

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Future Sound Digital

In numbers

We released two new series of music tutorials in 2021 aimed at 11–18-year-olds.

In total, we created and released more than 300 minutes of new Future Sound Digital content in 2021, receiving more than 19,500 views.

All Future Sound Digital content can be found on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AbramWilsonCharity/videos

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Future Sound ‘Blended’

This new pilot project combined our Future Sound ‘Live’ and ‘Digital’ projects, offering Mossbourne Community Academy students new and different ways to expand their knowledge and understanding of music and composition.

In numbers

Project evaluation

The self-assessments completed by all participants found that:

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Career Development Programme

In numbers

Project evaluation

Assessments of the project so far show that:

“I wouldn’t be where I am today without them, both personally and in business. In moments of doubt, they have been supportive. It’s not often you meet people in business like that who are committed to you and your development.” – Lou Paley Women in Jazz

“The whole team at the AWF made me feel like my work was valuable and that my contribution as an artist could help other aspiring musicians too.” – Sans Soucis

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Thank you

Thank you to all the amazing people and organisations for your generous support in 2021.

Please see a full list of all of the individuals and funders who have supported Abram Wilson in 2021 on our website: - https://abramwilson.com/thank you/

Review

Incoming resources for the year totaled £229,033 of which £135,533 was for restricted purposes.

Reserves Policy

The charity carries forward any unspent restricted and unrestricted funds at the year end to fund eligible expenditure in subsequent years, where it is permitted to do so. Where conditions stipulate that fund cannot be carried forward, they are fully spent in year. Our current reserves policy is £20k.

Principle Sources of Funding

The Abram Wilson Foundation is funded by a combination of trusts and foundations, earned income and donations. In 2021 over 82% of our income came from trusts and foundations, 28% of our trusts and foundations income come from multi-year grants.

Risk Management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Abram Wilson Foundation is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to those risks.

Internal risks are managed by following the policies and procedures drafted by our team and approved by the trustees covering equal opportunities, safeguarding, individual project risk assessments (including health and safety), trustee code of conduct, ethical fundraising, complaints, data protection, privacy, and financial procedures.

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Risks include:

Brexit, the pandemic, and the rising cost of living. We continue to monitor the impact these have schools, the music industry, and the funding landscape.

Reliance on one-off project grants from trusts and foundations.

We aim to mitigate these risks by prioritizing:

No significant risks were identified during this year’s review.

Structure, governance, and management

Governing document

Abram Wilson Foundation for Creative Arts Limited is a company limited by guarantee governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association, as dated 30th November 2012 and amended on 9th May 2014. Registration with the Charity Commission was confirmed on 6th October 2014. Membership to the company is by approval by the trustees.

In the event of the Company being wound up, each of the Members is required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

Governance

The Directors of the Company, for the purposes of company law, are also Charity Trustees for the purposes of charity law.

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Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the trustees are elected to serve for a period of up to three years after which they may be re-elected at the next Annual Retirement Meeting.

Further trustees may be appointed as required to ensure a balance of experience and expertise to be used for the benefit and furtherance of the Charity and its objects.

New trustees will receive a full induction to the Abram Wilson Foundation and their responsibilities as a charity trustee.

Management

The Abram Wilson Foundation’s 2021 team consisted of:

Related parties

The Abram Wilson Foundation has no related parties.

Future Plans

Our five-year strategic priorities are:

Increase our reach and impact as an organisation by:

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Improve our programmes so that they meet the changing needs of young people and musicians by:

Public Benefit Statement

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit: Charities and Public Benefit .

The Abram Wilson Foundation for Creative Arts’ charitable purpose is to to advance the musical education and training of the public by promoting, fostering and encouraging the knowledge, understanding, performance and appreciation of the arts and in particular the art of music in all its forms.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities (issued in March 2005) and in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small entities.

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This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the trustees signed on its behalf by

Collette Philip (Chairperson) Board of Trustees/Directors DATE 11th August 2022

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES'/DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees/directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2021 in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company and charity law requires trustees/directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees/directors are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Small company provision

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 to small companies, and specifically FRSSE 2015.

On behalf of the Board

Collette Philip (Chairperson) Board of Trustees/Directors DATE 11th August 2022

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

BALANCE SHEET

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit.

The Trustees/Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies’ subject to the small company’s regime and in accordance with FRSSE SORP.

These financial statements were approved by Trustees/Directors as follows:

Collette Philip (Chairperson) Board of Trustees/Directors DATE: 11th August 2022

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ART

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ART

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ART

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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ABRAM WILSON FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE ARTS

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS (CHARITY COMMISSION)

For the year ended 31[st] December 2021

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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31 / 12 / 2021.
As the charity's trustees, 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 carrying out my independent
examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the
Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 05/02/2022 Naveed Ikhlaq FCCA WIM Consulting Limited Office Suite 1 Name and address: 12b High View Parade Ilford Essex England IG4 5EP Relevant professional Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) qualification(s) or body (if any):

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