Rye
Rye Wurlifzer Academy
Rye College
The Grove
Rye
East Sussex
TN317NQ
RYE
WURLITZER
ACADEMY
REGISTERED CHARITY No. 1161821
CHAIRMANS REPORT FOR PERIOD 1ST SEPTEMBER X)21 to 31ST AUGUST 2022
Our yeaT Started .￿d( to nonnal. Nmth a pronL8 nwJht event. lea￿Ti￿J the Rye Bay Crew, our first event atthe wllege
sinr* Fetxyary 2020, after which the CovwJ-19 pandemic took over The organ was fortunatety fine until the end of the
show, when a major wnd leak ¢¢￿rr•￿. V+l)ich resultal in the Wurltzei teiTrJ cxjt of Adic*) until 2022 due lo
the $eYerity of th¢ fautt and ts rthrtKJn in the chamber, m&Je rt diff¢ur¢ to repair, along vthh the need to gain
ac¢e88 to the hall aThJ the av8tst4.lty ofthe te¢MicHns.
Fundir@ for the RWAwas greaty a55L%ted by the RKJht WfJshitrful Mayor of Rye Cllr Rebekah Gllf*rt J.P.. vtho GhoBe
our chartty. along wth another. as her Mayoral Charity fof her 8eri06 of fvn&iai6irvJ gvents. Sadly. her first year of
office was affected by Cowd-19 txjt from her fNe event$. A spoi￿red WalK A N￿ht at the 0￿ra. A sKx)nsored Head
Shave. A Black T* Gala Dinner and a Scfatth m•wah, a total of £6.5￿ wab rawj.
Our concert presentat10￿ at Hail8ham had stsrt￿ and stLKlents leatured In September 2021 wth
Jamyma Han50n gNirYJ a soto concert al¢)ng a cameo sport by Rotert Ebjndge. in ￿eM￿r 2021 seven students
Ferformiru in concertwlh teacher MKhael WoobJTty. and then dher 4LbJents maje cameo apFearances along wrth
other art18te8 in earty 2022.
Fund r8i8ing awn19 continued al Rye, ￿ryth a SlKtessful Chrstmas Concert as lar a6 rerformances by the students
and contènt bLrt s&Jly a hesrtats'on by the main •3e gr￿p t￿t SUF¢KJrt us, and over J) not atteThSing on thè
night at the last mlnLrte. rt did not h¢lp our pfoeeeds. ThlB heststr.on to return to Iwe events since the pandemic has
eonlbnued Ythh events in 2022. InGI￿alr0 at all the reliatle lavourrtes from the Fest, A Fk8h and Chip Ja2z Supper wth
Llane Carroll. Supper wf(h the Shadows In April. aThJ a Variety wrth ArNJy EastsvwJ in July were all consistently
down on rye-covid attendarKes ar￿. whikt all ￿tre wofftaL4e, W dbl r#)t geneRte the aL&JienGe and Income we
would normally exW ofthem.
Our 8enlof Student Jomyma Har£on eroag&l to perform iri a number of 0)n￿rt8, including at th• UK'S largest
keyboard and organ le8lNal at Pakefiekj, thè Horsham ar)J the East Lon(k*n and Essex Organ Clubs, and on the
Worthing Wurlrtzer, rencr•med as one ol the V+Drkl's finest instnJmenl&
Regular and ngwdonation6 wpre slightty thinner on th& th¢B year, a¥ you wll sé* from our financial repo>rt. We
are most grateful to thc68 continue to SUFP)rt our Swrtsor a St￿ent Stheme
We conttnued to enjoy good relatiM8 thrO￿￿O￿t the year with the A•Jinas TrLrt vkno run Rye CdlèJe. and mu¢h
apprec1ate the conlinuir¥J sUPWrt ol E¥tr¢LrtNe Prin￿￿ Barry Blakelod( and the Senior Leadership Team. It 18
anllGlpated that OLf'ncfmal' TecTuitment FffeserrtatiQr￿ will ￿ntr"nue m the new Gcllgae year.
Once agaln. the project coukl not te the ¥ue¢e88 ft ts ¥Mthout the conts.nued profewonalsm and commitment of
Piincipal Tutof Michael Wookdndge, gNes much of hs perscfflal b.me to support the vhole proj'ect and who, in hig
prole35ional Qapacty, has continu&J to work V+Dndern wth the students in their le88GTh.
Oui &newbletters contlnued dunng the ye*. Nthen ￿ h&J 8uIfic4enl n6WB to tell our ￿1+ SUPPDrtws to thts medium.
To conclL*Je 2021r£2 wll be rememL*rwJ kn a year in vthKh a￿1 continu•J doing sthat we do beèt In
bringing high qLtalty ￿arnIng to our8tudents. rt v*as thè lèast we do in ￿ltinuIng'Strange trmes..
Riehard Moore
Chairrnan & FourKler

TREASURER'S REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2022
RYE
WURLITZER
ACADEMY
Re￿IStered Charitv No.. 1161821
Revlew of Year to 31° August 2022
Thls year It has been good to hold events once agaln, followlng the Covld 19 Pandemlc, and
Income from these have been almost back to normal. Althou8h donatlons from trusts and
foundations have been low, donationsfrom the Rye Mayoes Fund and income from the sale
of instruments has more than off-set this shortfall and the resulting total Income is back In
Ilne wlth that before the pandemlc. However, after many years wlthout an Increase, cost of
tuition has increased and although all other expendlture is as expected, overall costs have
increased. resulting in a shortfall of income to expendlture.
Income and Expendlture
Income for the year totalled £16.Ik compared to £9.5k the previous year. Thls represents a
69.5% Increase In Income.
Income from events was £5.9k but donatlons were only £3.6k, down by £4.2k on the
previous year. However, donatlons from the Mayorfs Fund of £4.4k and sale of Instruments
totalllng £1.2k along wlth £lk from the wnsor-a-student scheme, brought income back up.
Expendlture for the year totalled £17.3k compared to £10.7k In 2020121. Thls Increase Is
due mainly to hl8her Tuition costs, as a result of a retum to in-person le5$0ns and an
Increase In fee rate, alon8 With expected event Costs.
Summary
With an income of £16.Ik and expenditure of £17.3k, we have a £l.Ik shortfall for the year,
resulting in an end of year Bank Balance of £964.

INCOME & EXPENDITURE BALANCE SHEET
FOR YEAR ENDED
31ST AUGUST 2022
RYE
WURLITZER
ACADEMY
Re8lstered Chailty No: 1161821
INCOME
Donations
Rye Mayor's Fund Donations
Sponsor-A-Student
Show - Door Adfflisslons
Raffle
Catering Donations
Other Donations
Glft Aid Reclalm
Sale of Instruments
Other - Sale of OrBan
TOTAL INCOME:
3,625.05
4,413.89
1,008.00
5,027.00
875.60
20.00
0.00
1,150.00
0.00
16,119.54
EXPENDITURE
Tultlon
Artlsts Fees
Hall Hire
Accommodation
Printinglstationery
Organ Removals/Purchases/Storage
Organ Repalrs
Caterin8
Music Books
Other
TOTAL EXPENDITURE:
11,535.00
1,700.00
375.00
0.00
74.00
2.610.00
0.00
897.97
0.00
70.69
17,262.66
Opening Balance: 0110912021
Plus Income
Less Expenditure
Closin8 Balance: 31/0812022
2,107.02
16,119.54
117.262.661
963.90
Barclays Bank Balance: 31/0812022
Uncleared Cheques
Funds Available: 3110812022
963.90
963.90