## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**Period start date 1.4.23 Period end date 31.4.23**
**Charity name: The Families & Friends of Oldham Music Centre**
## **Charity registration number: 1162513**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO**
**ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR**
**PUPILS ATTENDING THE OLDHAM**
**MUSIC CENTRE (OMC) BY PROVIDING**
**OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF**
**RESOURCES TO THAT BODY FOR**
**EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.**|
|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|
**Funds granted to support the**
**Summer Music Festival which the**
**Music Centre pupils perform in.**
**Funds granted for pupils who are**
**in a position of financial hardship**
**to cover the cost of their Music**
**Centre fees.**
**Funds granted to cover the entire**
**costs of the Music Centre’s**
**‘Musical futures’ groups which**
**provides music workshops for**
**Looked After Children and their**
**families.**
**Funds granted to support the**
**‘Starter Strings Group’ which**
**provides free violin lessons at**
**the Music Centre open to all the**
**children of Oldham.**
**Funds granted to provide a**
**Christmas activity session during**
**rehearsals to help with a sense of**
**belonging for attendees.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees considered the guidance**
**when making relevant decisions**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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 charity has continued to**
**support the work of Oldham**
**Music Centre and provided**
**opportunities for the young**
**people of Oldham to participate**
**in musical activities which would**
**not have taken place without the**
**funds granted.**
**The charity has also supported**
**those young people who are**
**currently experiencing financial**
**hardship and therefore would not**
**have been able to continue their**
**musical activities at Oldham**
**Music Centre without the funds**
**granted.**
**Music events for the young**
**people of Oldham to perform in**
**have also been supported which**
**extended the number of young**
**people that Oldham Music Centre**
**was able to offer performance**
**opportunities to.**
**The charity has provided musical**
**opportunities to children in**
**challenging circumstances in the**
**form of a music group for Looked**
**After Children.**
**Free music lessons were also**
**funded for the young people of**
**Oldham to learn a strings**
**instrument to further the**
**advancement of the musical**
**strings groups and the young**
**people that attend them in the**
**future.**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is currently in a strong**
**financial situation with significant funds**
**received this year through a**
**bequeathment.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No current funds are held in reserve due**
**to the minimal overheads which the**
**charity has.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Minimal overheads**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**NA**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Fundraising at Oldham Music Centre**
**Events. Money bequeathed.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**NA**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**NA**|
|Other||**NA**|
## **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|**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|**Trustees appointment by considering**
**the skills and experiences needed for**
**the board and then voted upon by**
**existing trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**NA**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**NA**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**NA**|
|Other||**NA**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Families and Friends of Oldham Music Centre|
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|Other name the charity uses|NA|
|Registered charitynumber|**1162513**|
|Charity’s principal address|The Lyceum Building
Union Street
Firth Street
Oldham
OL1 1QG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Louise Sever|NA|NA|NA|
||Helen Liza Borg|NA|NA|NA|
||Gavin Richard
Sever|NA|NA|NA|
||Michael Craig
Butterworth|NA|NA|NA|
||Stephen Clegg|NA|NA|NA|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **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 NA held in this capacity
Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA 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)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)** H Borg **Full name(s)** Helen Liza Borg
**Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
26.1.25
## **Charity Name: FFOMC**
## **Receipts and paym**
Period start date Saturday, April 01, 2023
**For the period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
## **Unrestricted funds**
## **Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
|Err:507|**56,685**|
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|Err:507|**1,172**|
|Err:507|**40**|
|Err:507|**30**|
|Err:507|**1,440**|
|Err:507|**846**|
|Err:507|**89**|
|Err:507|**865**|
|Err:507|**150**|
|Err:507|**1,225**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**62,544**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_ **||
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## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted funds**
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Restricted funds
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**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A3 Payments**
|Department Concert Supplies|**- 373**|
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|Event Catering|**- 100**|
|Summer Festival|**- 2,090**|
|Band Tour|**- 1,625**|
|Misc|**- 534**|
|IT Costs|**- 129**|
|Insurance|**- 35**|
|Xmas Party|**- 141**|
|Bursary|**- 54**|
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|**_Sub total_**|**- 5,081**|
|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **||
||**57,463**|
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||**60,905**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the pe**
## **Categories**
## **Details**
## **B1 Cash funds**
Current Account
## _**Total cash funds**_
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
## **B2 Other monetary assets**
Petty Cash
## **Details**
## **B3 Investment assets**
## **Details**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **Details**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Signature
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**No: ments accounts CC16a** Period end date **To** Sunday, March 31, 2024
**Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
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||**-**|||||**1,440**||||**-**|||
||**-**|||||**846**||||**-**|||
||**-**|||||**89**||||**-**|||
||**-**|||||**865**||||**-**|||
||**-**|||||**150**||||**-**|||
||**-**|||||**1,225**||||**-**|||
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## **Endowment funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
||**-**||||**-**|**373**||||**-**||
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||**-**||||**-**|**100**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**2,090**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**1,625**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**534**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**129**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**35**||||**-**||
||**-**||||**-**|**141**||||**-**||
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## **eriod**
## **Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds**
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**60,905**
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**Unrestricted funds**|**to nearest £**
**0**
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Print Name Date of approval
## **Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts**
_Charity Name_ – Family and Friends of Oldham Music Centre
_Accounts for the year ended_ – 31/03/2024
_Charity No_ – 1162513
## _Basis of independent examiner’s statement_
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## _Independent examiner’s statement_
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which makes me unable to believe that the accounting records have been kept in accordance with the Charities Act.
_Signed_ –
_Date_ – 30 Jan 2025
_Name_ – Steve Clegg
_Relevant professional qualification_ – FCCA (2087647)
_Address_ – 72, Sherwood Way, High Crompton, Oldham. OL2 7NB