## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 24th June 2024 To 23rd June 2025** ## **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 are:
To advance, improve, develop and maintain
public education in, and appreciation of, the art
and science of music in all its aspects, in partic-
ular with relation to organ music and the works
of J.S. Bach, by any means as the
trustees see fit, including:
- the presentation of public concerts and
recitals
- the use of music, drama, dance and literature
to share
culture and artistic experiences
- the creation of new music and making it avail-
able
through performances, recordings and publica-
tions| |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 OBP has continued to advertise and sell copies of its two pub-
lished volumes, distribute other pieces in response to enquiry, edit
music for the next volume to be published, disseminate information
on performances and events, raise awareness of contemporary
and historical organ music, especially in relation to Bach and his
Orgelbüchlein.| |Statement confirming whether the trustees
have had regard to the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are aware of and have acted with regard to the CC’s
guidance on public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Formal policy on disbursement will be
finalised when the six volumes of OBP are
out and producing revenue.| |Policy on social investment
including program related in-
vestment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by volun-
teers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main achievements
of the charity, identifying the differ-
ence the charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its beneficia-
ries and any wider benefits to soci-
ety as a whole.|Para 1.20|The OBP continues to publish and promote the project
(and more broadly, the Orgelbüchlein of J S Bach). The
website is continuing to develop. The year has seen a
number of events, initiated by or partnered by the OBP:
A paper on the Project was delivered at the
Bach Network conference, 8/7/24. Awareness was
raised of the OBP in the academic community.
OBP continued to promote the project in recitals around
the world (eg Vienna Cathedral, 25/7/24,
Katharinenkirche Hamburg 4/8/24, S Vincent
Carcassonne 31/8/24, Leeds Cathedral 4/11/24).
The Edinburgh Society of Organists promoted an
Orgelbüchlein Workshop on 5/4/25. New
pieces were played and a presentation was given
by William Whitehead on the project, giving
composers a chance to hear their work and
develop their thinking, and for the audience to learn
more about the OBP.
In general, pieces from the project continue to be heard
in liturgies and concerts all round the world. Volumes of
music are sold via the project website. Twitter (X) and
Facebook accounts deliver news, share videos and
promote the project. Enquiries to the website are
fielded.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against objec-
tives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The trustees are satisfied that income from
donations and sales of volumes are continu-
ing.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s finan-
cial position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|The Charity was in funds to the value of
£13,231 at the end of the finanical period
(23/6/25). The trustees resolved that the re-
serves were at an appropriate level to pur-
sue the objectives of OBP.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to fulfill the objectives of
OBP.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£13,355 (at 19/4/26)| |Reasons for holding zero re-
serves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any uncer-
tainties about the charity
continuing as a going con-
cern|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|
Donations and sales of the current volumes.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and objec-
tives including any social in-
vestment 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 consti-
tuted?
(e.g unincorporated associa-
tion, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods in-
cluding details of any consti-
tutional provisions e.g. elec-
tion to post or name of any
person or body entitled to ap-
point one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by trustees. Individuals are consid-
ered for the role of trustee based on an as-
sessment of their skills, knowledge and expe-
rience in the context of the objectives of
OBP, and their ability to contribute to the ef-
fective 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 net-
work 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|| |Registered charity number|1159651| |Charity’s principal address|9, Fore St, Hatfield, Herts. AL9 5AN| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||William
Whitehead|||| ||Andrew Prior|Secretary and
Treasurer||| ||Kenneth
Richardson|||| ||Peter McGeary|Chairman||| ||Anna Kenyon|||| ||Gavin Barrett|||| ||Jeremiah
Stephenson|||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **----- Start of picture text -----**
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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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Other optional information** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** William John Richard Whitehead **Full name(s)** ~~pT~~ **Position (eg Sec-** Trustee / Curator **retary, Chair, etc)** ~~——~~ **Date** 20 April 2025 ~~a~~ |||||**The Orgelbuchlein Project**|**The Orgelbuchlein Project**|**The Orgelbuchlein Project**||||**1159651**|**1159651**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||24/06/2024
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**Receipts andpayments accounts**
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**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total 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**||||||||||||||||| |||||**6 695**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**6 695**|**6 695**||**4 326**||| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6 695**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**6 695**|**6 695**||**4 326**||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Total receipts_ 6 695**
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**4 326**
~~—————~~||||||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||| |||||**4 580**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**4 580**|**4 580**||**4 399**||| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |||**_Sub total_ **||**4 580**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**4 580**|**4 580**||**4 399**||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**_Total payments_ 4 580**
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**4 580**
**4 399**
~~_——=——~~||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||||**2 115**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**- 2 115**|**- 2 115**|**- 2 115**|**- 2 115**||**- 73**|**- 73**|**- 73**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**|**-**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||||**11 116**||**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**||**11 116**|**11 116**||**11 189**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||**_Cash funds this year end_**||**13 231**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**- 13 231**|**- 13 231**|**- 13 231**|**- 13 231**||**11 116**||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
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Andrew Glennon Prior|**Endowment**
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approval| |||Andrew Glennon Prior|14th April 2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2