Charity registration number 1159846
THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustees Jason Dormon Christopher Prosser Simon Hilton Sarah Thirtle Jeremy Pritchard Phyllis Belezos Bonita McKinney Aursa Quershi (Appointed 25 July 2023) Jane Beese (Appointed 21 September 2023) Emma Smyth (Appointed 13 November 2023) Rhoda Evans de Dakar (Appointed 8 December 2023) Charity number 1159846 Registered office Dorset House 5 Church Street Wimbourne BH21 1JH Auditor WD Audit Limited 5th Floor 111 Charterhouse Street London EC1M 6AW
THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
CONTENTS
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| Trustees' report | 1 - 5 |
| Independent auditor's report | 6 - 8 |
| Statement of financial activities | 9 |
| Balance sheet | 10 |
| Statement of cash flows | 11 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 12 - 19 |
THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND AIMS
Aims
Music Venue Trust aims to secure the long-term future of Grassroots Music Venues (GMVs) in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, whether they are iconic venues such as Hull Adelphi, Exeter Cavern, The 100 Club, Band on the Wall, King Tut’s, and Clwb Ifor Bach, or lesser-known venues that are equally important to their geographical or musical community. These venues play a crucial role in the development of British music, nurturing local talent, providing a platform for artists to build their careers and develop their music and their performance skills.
The charity's objective is to protect, secure and improve UK Grassroots Music Venues for the benefit of venues, communities and upcoming artists. In order to achieve this, The Music Venue Trust promotes and provides a platform for artists to build their careers and develop their music and performance skills.
We aim to preserve and improve venues, making them more efficient and improving the experience for performers and audiences. Long-term we plan to acquire the freeholds of as many of these vital venues as possible. MVT was created with the long-term goal of making it into a sort of National Trust for music venues; an organisation that could purchase the buildings and lease them to people who would continue to run them as venues in perpetuity.
Our values
We work to gain recognition of the essential role these venues fulfil, not only for artist development but also for the cultural and music industries, the economy and local communities.
Team MVT has taken a lead role across a range of policies and initiatives that are important to our members and to the communities they serve, and this work was recognised in the Creative Industries Sector Vision and in the launch of a DCMS Select Committee Inquiry into GMVs.
We are fully engaged with an emerging network of music organisations dedicated to producing information and guidance that supports the push towards carbon neutrality; taking direct action to improve equality, diversity, and inclusion; and meeting the challenge of accessibility.
In what continues to be a very challenging and difficult environment for our sector, we are extremely grateful to all our partners, funders, donors, sponsors, and corporate supporters. Their generosity has enabled us to create a robust organisation that has been able to achieve real positive change for the GMV sector in 2023. The ongoing financial resilience of the charity enabled us to decide to make significant additional investments into the sector during 2023. We would also like to thank our patrons, who have been a powerful and effective voice in support of our work.
Public benefit
The Music Venue Trust was established for the public benefit of securing and improving GMVs. GMV's are an important part of the live music ecosystems that provides a platform for up-and-coming musical artists as well as a space for rehearsals, education, social programmes and other art programmes.
The activities that the charitable company provides that are considered for the public benefit in summary are: - Venue support services which provide support to venues going through crisis through providing training workshops and best practice guidance. The goal is to give venue operators guidance to prevent them being closed down - MVT prides itself on being a UK-wide organisation, advocating for artists and venues nationwide. We represent over 800 venues across the UK
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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MVT worked across all layers of government – local, regional, and national – to inform decision-makers about the challenges and opportunities presented by the GMV sector
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MVT are committed to supporting the MVA membership to do what they do best – putting on live music. The Live Projects department has worked hard to bring funding into venues right across the membership throughout 2023
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The Pipeline Investment Fund (PIF) has awarded £282,546.43 directly to 67 GMVs across the UK. Established to deliver financial assistance to GMVs, the fund helps support the development and sustainability of organisations to secure their future, with a particular focus on encouraging applications from venues that have struggled to secure funding previously by making the process accessible and uncomplicated
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MVT has a national and international profile as experts on the GMV sector and advocates for UK GMVs. An essential part of the team’s work is representing the sector with music industry colleagues, other parts of the cultural sector, all layers of government, suppliers, academics, artists, and music fans. Providing opportunities for those venues to speak for themselves and with their peers is also vital
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Our services
This year our services helped support 326 artists to deliver shows in 266 different venues. While GMVs’ primary focus is live music, they often perform other functions in their community, too. The most common additional functions being social and education (cultural projects, community work, courses).
We work together as a team to offer every artist:
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A space for rehearsals
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Recording studio platforms
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Access to venues for theatre/ dance/ comedy/ audio-visual arts
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Social and educational programmes
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
We have continued to provide venue support services to aid venues going through crisis and give venue operators urgent support and where possible to stop venues closing down from challenges that could otherwise have been prevented. In 2023, the Emergency Response Service offered specialist advice in 164 cases. This is the largest number of cases the Emergency Response Service has dealt with since it was created in 2017 and an increase of 38% on the number of cases seen in 2022. This increase in cases reflects the challenging trading environment for GMVs in 2023.
2023 saw MVT building on the Venue Skills Workshops for venue operators that were first developed in 2022 in partnership with the Greater London Authority. In 2023, with funding from Creative Wales, MVT was able to take the skills workshops to Wales for four sessions in Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham, and Aberystwyth. These workshops focused on: Building & Enhancing Your Diary, Practical Advancing, Press & PR, and On The Day Activity. After listening to feedback from MVA members, MVT created new skill workshops for Venues Day 2023. The intention of these workshops was to complement the existing sessions by focusing on topics that had emerged as core themes in this year’s Emergency Response Service.
Fundraising activities
The Pipeline Investment Fund (PIF) is a new grant-giving fund established by Music Venue Trust and so far, has helped support 67 Grassroots Music Venues, distributing just over £282,000, to venues across the United Kingdom.
Music Venue Trust is actively seeking donations to maintain and expand the Pipeline Investment Fund and make it a permanent source of support for Grassroots Music Venues. We have already worked with Belfast City Council to administer funds on their behalf as well as accepting investment from industry organisations.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Performance
2023 was a challenging year for Music Venue Alliance Members, particularly in the areas of challenging economic circumstances, redevelopment, noise complaints, rising energy costs and landlord disputes. Music Venue Trusts award winning Emergency Response Service offered specialist advice to 164 venues, a 38% increase in cases from 2022. The ERS service delivered specialist business, legal, planning and tenancy advice and offered operational Training Programmes for GMV operators. The Charity’s subscription-based membership model for the Music Venues Alliance seeks to establish this work as self-funding, with essential functions upheld by the financial commitment of member venues.
The exceptional fundraising efforts of the Charity’s CEO allowed the Live projects team to invest over £1.4 million into the grassroots sector, supporting 326 artists to deliver shows in 266 different venues. The Charity raised funding from these events and from partnerships to enable it to distribute £282,546 to 67 different Grassroots Music Venues, growing this area of its work by 263% on 2022. The Charity is committed to increasing the grant opportunities available to GMVs. In 2023 it delivered strongly on its pursuit of a grassroots contribution from every arena and stadium ticket sold into a Pipeline Investment Fund to support venues, artists and promoters operating in the grassroots sector.
MVT’s sister organisation Music Venue Properties raised a total of £2.35 million through a combination of community shares, Arts Council England and Arts & Culture Impact Fund. In October, MVP purchased its first property, The Snug in Atherton. The charitable community benefits society plans to buy five more properties by July 2024. For the fourth consecutive year, the charity turnover has exceeded all expectations with the charity recording turnover of £2.4 Million, 50% above forecast. The team’s incredible success has been recognised across the industry, sweeping up nominations, awards and acknowledgments at NME, Music Week, LIVE Awards, Kerrang!, Sound Music, IQ & ILMC.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The Trustees have agreed that the charitable company should maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charitable company at a level equivalent to cover approximately three months running costs of The Music Venue Trust. For the year ended 31 December 2023, three months running costs estimate £573,000 and the total free reserves as at year end were £572,000. The trustees consider the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory and although the policy does not greatly exceed the desired level, the Trustees continue to consider ways in which additional unrestricted funds can be raised.
At the balance sheet date, the funds, both restricted and unrestricted, balance was in surplus totalling £732,382 (2022: £803,612).
During the financial year the charity received a total of restricted funds of £192,628 (2022: £291,717).
Risks
The trustees have assessed the major risk to which the charity is exposed was that of soaring utility bills and average rent hike which led to significant financial stress that led 125 venues to abandon live music in 2023, with over half of these shutting entirely. Grassroot scene remains significantly underfunded compared to other areas of culture despite contributing over £500m to the economy and employing almost 300,000 people.
Funding source
In 2023, MVT generated £187,000 to support the PIF initiative, through ticket sales of the United by Music programme. The charity has set an ambitious target that by 1 January 2025 every ticket sold at arena- and stadiumlevel should contain a £1 contribution to the grassroots ecosystem, which creates the artists that perform on these stages. The charity has undertaken a strategic fundraising drive in pursuit of that aim, identifying support from across the industry that develops the PIF while also demonstrating proof of concept. In 2023, MVT sought support from a range of partners, organisations, and industry colleagues from all sectors of the industry: artists, promoters, venues, ticketing, arenas, stadiums, and major festivals.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Future plans
When established, MVT’s long-term aim was to acquire the freeholds of as many of these venues as possible. The 2022/23 Own Our Venues campaign and the creation of a community benefit society, Music Venue Properties, which leads on this work, are steps forward. MVT continues to have an active role in a long-term campaign to take control of these freeholds and bring them under a protected status of benevolent ownership. The charity employs a core team who work with specialist consultants where further expertise is required. The team is supported by a Board of Trustees, made up of professionals who are passionate about GMVs and their social, cultural, and economic value. The Trustees voluntarily oversee the work of Team MVT, holding a legal responsibility for the charity’s conduct and fulfilment of its mission.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Chairty constitution
The charity was established by a charitable trust deed on 20 February 2014. The company is registered under the Companies Act as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), England and Wales, (Company Registration Number; CE002586) and with the Charity Commission (Charity Registration Number: 1159846) and is governed by its memorandum and articles of association.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The Articles of Association stipulate that there must be a minimum of three trustees and a maximum of thirty trustees. At each annual general meeting one quarter of the Trustees, being those longest in office, shall retire from office and offer themselves for re-election.
The Music Venue Trust recruits new Trustees against a Trustee brief which includes details of any specialist skills or expertise being sought, and, wherever practical, recruits via open advertisement through a number of channels. New Trustees receive a Welcome Pack, containing a Trustee Handbook, business plan and past board papers, as well as external training in a particular area of their role where necessary.
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Jason Dormon Christopher Prosser Simon Hilton Sarah Thirtle Jeremy Pritchard Phyllis Belezos Bonita McKinney Lohan Presencer (Resigned 29 March 2023) Sarah Clover (Resigned 3 October 2023) Scott Taylforth (Resigned 30 January 2024) A Quershi (Appointed 25 July 2023) J Beese (Appointed 21 September 2023) E Smyth (Appointed 13 November 2023) R Evans de Dakar (Appointed 8 December 2023)
Related party
No Trustee had any beneficial interest in any contract with the chartable company during the year.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Auditor
In accordance with the charity's articles, a resolution proposing that WD Audit Limited be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.
Disclosure of information to auditor
Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Phyllis Belezos
Trustee Dated: 31 October 2024
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of The Music Venue Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees' report; or
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sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the statement of trustees' responsibilities, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The objectives of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, to perform audit procedures to help identify instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit.
In relation to fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud through designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit.
However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team:
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obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, including the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and how the company is complying with the legal and regulatory framework; - inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including any known actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud;
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discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud might occur including assessment of how and where the financial statements may be susceptible to fraud.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
As a result of these procedures we consider the most significant laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements are FRS 102, the Companies Act 2006 and tax compliance regulations. We performed audit procedures to detect non-compliances which may have a material impact on the financial statements which included reviewing financial statement disclosures, inspecting correspondence with local tax authorities and evaluating advice received from external tax advisors.
The most significant laws and regulations that have an indirect impact on the financial statements are those in relation to employment laws and regulations. We performed audit procedures to inquire of management and those charged with governance whether the company is in compliance with these laws and regulations and inspected correspondence with regulatory authorities.
The audit engagement team identified the risk of management override of controls as the area where the financial statements were most susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed included but were not limited to testing manual journal entries and other adjustments and evaluating the business rationale in relation to significant, unusual transactions and transactions entered into outside the normal course of business.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as amended) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.
This has been done in order for the financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with current Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
WD Audit Limited 31 October 2024 Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor 5th Floor 111 Charterhouse Street London EC1M 6AW
WD Audit Limited is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
| Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2023 2023 Notes £ £ Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 3 - 28,333 Charitable activities 4 2,218,206 164,295 Other income 5 2,455 - Total income 2,220,661 192,628 Expenditure on: Charitable activities 6 2,139,172 159,984 Other 152,720 32,644 Total resources expended 2,291,892 192,628 Net expenditure for the year/ Net movement in funds (71,231) - Fund balances at 1 January 2023 803,612 - Fund balances at 31 December 2023 732,381 - |
Total Unrestricted funds 2023 2022 £ £ 28,333 - 2,382,501 2,077,298 2,455 - 2,413,289 2,077,298 2,299,156 2,525,121 185,364 107,107 2,484,520 2,632,228 (71,231) (554,930) 803,612 1,358,542 732,381 803,612 |
Restricted funds 2022 £ - 291,717 - 291,717 292,891 104,283 397,174 (105,457) 105,457 - |
Total 2022 £ - 2,369,015 - 2,369,015 2,818,012 211,390 3,029,402 (660,387) 1,463,999 803,612 |
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
| Notes Current assets Debtors 12 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 13 Net current assets Income funds Unrestricted funds 16 |
2023 £ 246,152 572,858 819,010 (86,629) |
2022 £ £ 40,960 948,152 989,112 (185,500) 732,381 732,381 732,381 |
£ 803,612 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 31 October 2024
Phyllis Belezos Trustee
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
| 2023 2022 Notes £ £ £ Cash flows from operating activities Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations (375,294) Net cash used in investing activities - Net cash used in financing activities - Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (375,294) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 948,152 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 572,858 |
£ 113,617 - - |
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| 113,617 834,533 |
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1 Accounting policies
Charity information
The Music Venue Trust is an unincorporated charity. Their address is Dorset House, 5 Church Street, Wimborne, BH21 1JH.
1.1 Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's [governing document], the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2 Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Charitable funds
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used.
Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity.
1.4 Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations for distribution are included at valuation and recognised as income when they are distributed to the projects.
Public donations, sponsorships, songwriter royalties and memberships are considered unrestricted funds and are recognised once it is receiveable.
Grant income is recognised once all performance conditions have been met.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1 Accounting policies
(Continued)
1.5 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent.
1.6 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.7 Employee benefits
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.8 Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements
In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
3 Income from donations and legacies
| Restricted | Restricted | |
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| funds | funds | |
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| Donations and gifts | 28,333 | - |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
4 Charitable activities
| Income Analysis by fund Unrestricted funds Restricted funds |
Grants SponsorshipEarned Income 2023 2023 2023 £ £ £ 188,711 57,060 1,950 24,416 57,060 1,950 164,295 - - 188,711 57,060 1,950 |
Public Donations TAMVA memberships 2023 2023 £ £ 1,964,494 76,452 1,964,494 76,452 - - 1,964,494 76,452 |
Royalties Received 2023 £ 93,834 93,834 - 93,834 |
Total 2023 £ 2,382,501 2,218,206 164,295 2,382,501 |
Total 2022 £ 2,369,015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,077,298 291,717 |
|||||
| 2,369,015 |
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
4 Charitable activities
(Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
| Income Analysis by fund Unrestricted funds Restricted funds |
Grants SponsorshipEarned Income £ £ £ 1,751,717 65,087 1,267 1,460,000 65,087 1,267 291,717 - - 1,751,717 65,087 1,267 |
Public Donations TAMVA memberships £ £ 265,093 47,760 265,093 47,760 - - 265,093 47,760 |
Royalties Received £ 238,091 238,091 - 238,091 |
Total 2022 £ 2,369,015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,077,298 291,717 |
||||
| 2,369,015 |
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
5 Other income
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | ||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Other income | 2,455 | - | |
| 6 | Expenditure on charitable activities | ||
| Charitable | Charitable | ||
| Expenditure | Expenditure | ||
| Restricted | Restricted | ||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Direct costs | |||
| Rent | 6,519 | - | |
| Share of support costs (see note 7) | |||
| Support | 2,292,637 | 2,818,012 | |
| 2,299,156 | 2,818,012 | ||
| Analysis by fund | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 2,139,172 | 2,525,121 | |
| Restricted funds | 159,984 | 292,891 | |
| 2,299,156 | 2,818,012 | ||
| 7 | Support costs | ||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Staff costs | 579,741 | 448,753 | |
| Audit fees | 4,000 | 4,000 | |
| Consultancy | 415,278 | 446,512 | |
| Rent | 26,872 | 16,846 | |
| Travel and subsistence | 11,685 | 4,552 | |
| Interest charges | - | 22 | |
| Event expenses | 1,257,675 | 1,897,327 | |
| 2,295,199 | 2,818,012 | ||
| Analysed between | |||
| Charitable activities | 2,292,637 | 2,818,012 |
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
| 8 | Net movement in funds | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||
| Fees payable for the audit of the charity's financial statements | 4,000 | 4,000 |
9 Trustees
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
10 Employees
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
| Employment costs Wages and salaries Social security costs Other pension costs The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: |
2023 Number 17 2023 £ 523,188 45,738 10,815 579,741 |
2022 Number 11 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 £ 403,278 38,373 7,102 |
||
| 448,753 | ||
| 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number | Number |
| 1 | 1 |
11 Taxation
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
| 12 Debtors Amounts falling due within one year: Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income 13 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other taxation and social security Trade creditors Accruals and deferred income 14 Retirement benefit schemes Defined contribution schemes Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes |
2023 £ 200,179 11,281 34,692 246,152 2023 £ 17,802 55,652 13,175 86,629 2023 £ 10,815 |
2022 £ 5,962 - 35,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 40,962 | ||
| 2022 £ 33,752 47,879 103,869 |
||
| 185,500 | ||
| 2022 £ 7,102 |
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
15 Restricted funds
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
| At 1 Previous year: At 1 |
January 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended At 31 December 2023 £ £ £ £ - 192,628 (192,628) - January 2022 Incoming resources Resources expended At 31 December 2022 £ £ £ £ 105,457 291,717 (397,174) - |
|---|---|
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THE MUSIC VENUE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
16 Unrestricted funds
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
| At General funds Previous year: At General funds |
1 January 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended At 31 December 2023 £ £ £ £ 803,612 2,220,661 (2,291,892) 732,381 1 January 2022 Incoming resources Resources expended At 31 December 2022 £ £ £ £ 1,358,542 2,077,298 (2,632,228) 803,612 |
|---|---|
17 Operating lease commitments
Lessee
The total lease commitment at year end totals £5,347 (2022: £16,407).
At the reporting end date the charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
| 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Within one year | 16,360 | 8,358 |
18 Related party transactions
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2022 - none).
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