The Hepworth Silver Prize Band Registered Charity No. 1161654
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023
Objectives and activities
Purposes of the Charity
The Charity’s objectives are to maintain the traditions of brass band music; to develop, promote and improve the art and culture of music in all genres to people of all ages; and to advance the education of children and young people to enable them to appreciate, learn, and participate in brass band music making.
Activities
The Band performs as a traditional British brass band. Its activities include concerts, both selfpromoted and for which the band is engaged; performance in competitions; video and CD recordings.
It also takes part in significant local events such as Hepworth Feast and the Holme Valley Remembrance Day service.
Some concert performances are fundraising events for other charities.
Public benefit
The Charity and its trustees take care to conform with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit requirements as set out in PB1 and PB2.
Volunteers
The trustees, management committee and the players undertake their respective roles without any financial compensation.
Achievements and performance
Concerts and engagements
The band staged and promoted an annual series of concerts at venues in and around the Holme Valley including A New Years Viennese Concert, A Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration Concert with New Mill Male Voice Choir, ‘Feast-Fest’ a free summer family music festival in Hepworth village, and the bands popular Christmas concert.
‘Feast-Fest’ included a live music stage with performances by the band and other local groups, drumming workshops and football skills coaching for children and young people.
The concerts were well supported, and the series was very well received by local community.
The band performed at the annual charity fundraising concert in Yeadon Town Hall for Aireborough Rotary Club. It took part in traditional Hepworth Feast celebrations; represented the village of New Herrington at Durham Miners Gala and took part in the Holme Valley Service of Remembrance.
The band also played carols for the Hepworth village Christmas service, and at the Christmas Eve sing in the village centre, as well as carolling in villages throughout the valley over the month of December.
Online concert series
The band released episodes 3 and 4 of its online concert series, supported by the Arts Council National Lottery Fund, the Garfield Weston Foundation, and One Community Kirklees.
The series of online concerts was free to access across the band's social media platforms and has been watched by more than 16,000 people across the world including viewers from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
Contests
Hepworth competed at the Yorkshire Regional Championships, the Holme Valley Contest, the Spring Brass Band Festival, the Dr Martin Trust Contest, and the Scottish Open Championships as well as the summer season of march contests including the famous Whit Friday march contests.
The band enjoyed contest success winning the Holme Valley Contest, the Dr Martins Trust Contest and taking prizes at a number of local march contests.
Financial Review
The charity’s income is derived from a combination of (i) collections, donations from corporate friends and public benefactors, (ii) fundraising events, (iii) grants and (iv) ticket and CD sales at concerts and other events. Care is taken that ticket prices are set at affordable levels.
Unrestricted income is spent on day-to-day running of the band, music director fees, staging and promoting the bands annual concert series, instrument repair and replacement, upkeep of uniforms and purchase of new music.
Christmas collections around local villages form a large part of the fundraising activities, and at Christmas 2022 we raised in excess of £4,000 towards the ongoing running costs.
Grants were received from Bright Green Community Trust, Hinchliffe Mill Brass Band Charity, Huddersfield Common Good Trust, Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, South Yorkshire Community Foundation and West Riding Masonic Charities which, together with grants from One Community Foundation and Holme Valley Parish Council, business donations and money raised by public appeal, enabled the band to successfully complete a major refurbishment of its band room rehearsal facilities.
The charity does not have an official reserves policy. However, the trustees are satisfied that the band has sufficient unrestricted funds to meet any unexpected expenditure over the next 12 months.
Structure, Governance and Management
Address: Hepworth Band, Dobroyd Mills, Hepworth Road, Jackson Bridge, Holmfirth HD9 1ET.
Trustees who manage the charity: John Green, chairman; Jonathan Armitage, secretary; Matthew Tinker, treasurer; Yvonne Embury, band manager; Graham Goldthorpe.
Custodian trustees: Stephen Lindley, Stephen Robinson, David Clegg.
Governance
The Charity is an Unincorporated Association governed by Constitution adopted on 2 February 2015 as amended on 12 May 2015 as amended on 16 November 2015. The trustees are elected by the Charity in Annual General Meeting.
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
John Green, Chairman;
Jonathan R. Armitage, Secretary
Hepworth Band Receipts and payments for the year 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023
| Receipts Appeals Collections Donations Engagements Grants Gift Aid Insurance (JL Turner donation) Internet (JR Armitage donation) Interest Online Shopping Prize Money Sales Sponsorship Subscriptions Total Income Payments 4U Hosting (website) Accommodation Band Room Refurb Bank charges Borrowed Players Coach Hire Contest entry Engagements Electricity Instrument hire Instrument repair Insurance Miscellaneous Music MD fees Ofce Equipment Players’ Expenses Publicity Uniforms Total Expenses Surplus/(Loss) |
2023 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total band room projects 0 0 6,100 6,100 908 8,343 9,252 10,664 10,664 1,000 27,351 800 29,151 1,958 1,958 948 948 93 93 3 3 115 115 6,000 6,000 20 20 3,000 1,000 4,000 255 255 29,106 38,652 800 68,559 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total band room projects 93 93 2,255 2,255 54,270 54,270 233 233 370 370 1,625 1,625 1,130 1,130 3,568 3,568 265 265 780 780 285 285 948 948 1,458 1,458 45 45 9,000 9,000 1,163 1,163 3,834 3,834 3,980 3,980 0.00 0.00 27,052 54,270 3,980 85,302 2,054.56 (15,618) (3,180) (16,743) |
2022 5,025 3,112 6,968 5,689 6,750 1,556 948 93 2 71 2,400 52 1,000 255 |
|---|---|---|
| 33,921 2022 93 8,952 144 331 653 3,550 784 1,072 232 1,926 1,057 948 128 4,435 6,475 572 2,132 7,265 226.00 |
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| 40,975 | ||
| (7,054) |
Hepworth Band assets and liabilities as at 31 January 2023
| General Band room refurbishment Band musical projects Total Cash Current account (Barclays) Deposit account (Barclays) PayPal account Total Assets Balances at 1 Feb 2022 Surplus (Loss) for year Balances at 31 Jan 2023 |
Opening Receipts Payments Transfers Closing 8,574 28,065 26,196 - 10,444 23,049 38,652 54,270 - 7,431 3,431 800 3,795 - 436 35,054 67,517 84,261 - 18,311 These assets are represented by Opening Closing 32 8,403 695 (7,673) 67 18,698 57,503 27,150 (34,567) 14,483 16,237 1,017 56,415 42,780 3,618 88 594 0 (540) 142 35,054 67,517 84,261 0 18,311 35,054 (16,743) 18,311 |
Closing 10,444 7,431 436 |
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| 18,311 | ||
18,311 35,054 (16,743) |
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| 18,311 |
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HEPWORTH BAND I rert on the accounts for the year ended 31" January 2023 Respective rejponsibilities of the Trnstees and Examiner. The Hepwonh Band trustees are reSnSIble for the prewon of the accounts. The trustees consider that audits ar¢ not required for their r¢S1ve accounts for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 {tl¢ 201 l Act) and have eleded for their a¢¢ounts to be independently examined. It is my resw)nsibility to.. a) Examine th¢ accounts under section 145 of the 201 l Act: and b) To follow the proceduffs laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity commissio[S c) To slate wh¢th¢r rtIcular matters have eA)me to my attention Basij of Independent Examiner'$ Ststement My examination was carried out in accordanc£ with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination iTludeS a review of th¢ accounting records kept by the Hepworth Band and a compari50n of the accounts presented to ihose records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounls, and s¢eking explanations from the Trustees ¢onc¢rning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence ihat would be required in a full audit. and cons¢qu¢ntly IK) OnIOn is given as to whether th¢ arxounts present a "true and fair view" and the reN)rt is limited io those matters set oul in the statement below. Independent ExAminer's Statement In ¢otth¢¢tion with my examinatioo no matters have ¢om¢ to my attention.. which give me reasonable cause to IKli¢ve Ihat in any material respect the requirements.. a) to keep accounting records in arxordance with scdion 130 of the 2011 Acl b) to prepare accounts which wxord wilh the accounting records and comply with the accounling reqUirnents of the 2011 Ad have not been met. or 2. to which, in my opinion. 8ttcntion should be drawn in order to enable a prOr understanding of the Kcounts to reached. Graham C M Latham Date: 4th January 2024 27 Whit¢ W¢lls Gardens Holmfirth HD9 ITZ