## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: (period start date) To: (period end date)** **24 June 2023 23 June 2024** **Charity name: The Orgelbüchlein Project (OBP)** ## **Charity registration number:** **1159651** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO, as set out in its
Constitution, are:
To advance, improve, develop and maintain
public education in, and appreciation of, the
art and science of music in all its aspects, in
particular with relation to organ music and
the works of J.S. Bach, by any means as the
trustees see fit, including:
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the presentation of public concerts
and recitals
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the use of music, drama, dance and
literature to share culture and artistic
experiences
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the creation of new music and
making it available through
performances, recordings and
publications| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Orgelbüchlein Project produced Volume
1 (the third of six to be issued) and put it on
international sale.
The online-only Orgelbüchlein Extended was
also launched with the issue of two pieces.
Performances of pieces from the Project
were heard internationally, and the Twitter
(X) and Facebook accounts continued to
provide social media content, advertising
recitals and other events.| |Statement confirming
whether the Trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they have regard
of the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** SORP reference ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Orgelbüchlein Project produced Volume
1 (the third of six to be issued) and put it on
international sale. Sales of the previously
produced volumes continued to increase and
reach a wider audience.
Special initiatives to reach specific
audiences in the public domain were
undertaken, including articles in ‘Organists
Review’ and online in association with the
Royal College of Organists.
The online-only Orgelbüchlein Extended was
also launched with the issue of two new
pieces.
Performances of pieces from the project
were heard in the public domain all around
the world.
The X (Twitter) and Facebook accounts
continued to provide social media content
and exposure, advertising recitals and other
events to the public.
A paper on the Project was delivered at the
Bach Network conference in July 2024.
Preparations are in hand for performances in
Japan.
Electronic distribution of the OBP volumes in
downloadable format has now been
implemented, bringing the objectives of the
Charity to a wider audience. Further,
different modes of publication and
distribution were being discussed to reach
the public in the domestic and international
domains.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity was in funds to the value
£11,116 at the end of financial period (23
June 2024). The Trustees resolved that the
reserves were at an appropriate level to
pursue the objectives of OBP.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to fulfil the objectives of
OBP.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£ 10,681 (at 15 April 2025)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|
N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The Charity Trustees confirm that OBP is a
going concern.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by Trustees. Individuals being
considered for the role of Trustee are
assessed with regard to their skills,
knowledge and experience in the context of
the objectives of OBP, and their ability to
contribute to the effective administration of
the Charity.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Orgelbüchlein Project| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1159651| |Charity’s principal address|9 Fore Street, Hatfield, Herts AL9 5AN| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**wholeyear**|**Dates acted if not for**
**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||
William Whitehead|Curator||||| |||Andrew Prior|Treasurer/Secretary||||| |||Kenneth Richardson|||||| |||Peter McGeary|Chairman||||| |||Jeremiah Stephenson|||||| |||Gavin Barrett|||||| |||Anna Kenyon|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**|||||| |||**Director name**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are N/A held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such N/A assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ~~op~~ **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~OO~~ ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** William John Richard Whitehead ~~—~~ **Position (eg** Trustee / Curator **Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~es~~ **Date** 22 April 2025 ~~po~~ |||**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**The Orgelbüchlein Project**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||**1159651**||||| |||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||||**CC16a**|| ||**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|||24 June 2023
Period start date
~~es~~||||**To**||23 June 2024
Period end date||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|||**Last year**|| |||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||| |Income||**4,326**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**4**|**4,326**||**10,263**|| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|||| |||||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|||||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_( Gross income for_
_AR)_|_( Gross income for_|**4,326**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**4,326**|**4,326**||**10,263**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**4,326**
**-**
**-**
**4,326**
**10,263**
~~——————~~||||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||| |Expenses||**4,399**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**4**|**4,399**||**6,319**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **||**4,399**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**4,399**|**4,399**||**6,319**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**4,399**
**-**
**-**
**4,399**
**6,319**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 73**
**-**
**- - 73**
**3,944**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**11,189**
**- -**
**11,189**
**7,245**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**11,116**
**-**
**- 11,116**
**11,189**
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~~SSS]>~~||||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**11,116**
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**11,116**
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**-**
Year End Balance
**_Total cash funds_**
~~—====>~~||||| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||| ||account(s))||OK
OK||OK| ||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**| ||||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
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None
~~————~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**0**
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None
~~a~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|0
**-**
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~~tee~~||||| ||||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**liability relates**
**(optional)**
**(optional)**
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Date of
approval
22/04/2025
Print Name
Andrew Prior (Trustee)
Signature
None
**Details**
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