2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date Charity name: Water City Music

Charity registration number: 1166168

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance the education of the public in general on the subject of music and other performing arts as the Trustees see fit and by providing opportunities for novice or emerging musicians to developtheir skills by performinginpublic.

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 principal focus of the Charity is to organise events where children are provided with opportunities to perform in public in significant venues. Pre-pandemic the most significant of these was a week-long Festival at the Tower of London arranged in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces. However due to Covid-19 the Festivals in 2020, 2021 and 2022 could not be held. The Charity therefore has extended its reach to alternative venues outside London. The two videos we produced in 2021 continue to be available on YouTube. These are 'With her head tucked underneath her arm' and ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’. To fulfil our charitable objectives and to give children the opportunity to receive excellent music tuition and to experience the thrill of performing, we continued to hold events at St George the Martyr in Southwark under our Oasis Programme. We delivered a series of events involving early career musicians and children from two primary schools in Southwark. These events included: School visits with two WCM musicians; weekly rehearsals of school groups run by an experienced local music teacher; University students teaching groups of children; a concert involving WCM professional musicians; an early career performing musician, two music mentors from King’s College London music department, and children singing and playing. Also in Southwark, we organised local school children to perform at the Dragon Connects Festival in November 2022. This was a great success and more than 130 children from three Southwark schools joined emerging musicians and music students for a day of concerts designed to bring the local community together. We were delighted with the success of the day which also involved musicians, hospital patients, care staff, and local pensioners. This was a real partnership between Water City Music, St George the Martyr and King’s College. During the year 250 children from local Cotswold schools joined a professional orchestra, Orchestra Pro Anima, in four successful “Classical Light” concerts in Northleach Church Leominster Priory,Worcester and Berrybank.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and believes the charity fulfils the commitment to public benefit through it concerts, teaching and the opportunities given to children to perform music.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	The Charity does not make grants
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	The Charity relies on volunteers for several activities and also relies on the goodwill and ambition of many musicians, teachers and otherprofessionals.
Other		The Charity engages the services of a social media consultant and as a result our public profile and reach continues to expand. The Charity continues to develop its funding strategy to include grant funding, corporate donations, crowdfunding opportunities and support packages for individual donors.

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
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 Oasis project continued to give excellent teaching and performance opportunities to children from Southwark, London. The Dragon Connects Festival provided further opportunities for children to learn from and make music with professional musicians and music students. The concerts with the Orchestra Pro Anima give children the opportunity to perform with a professional orchestra. By providing these opportunities the charity has enabled children to widen their horizons, extend their skills and enhance their self- confidence.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	The Charity only commits itself to expenditure where the costs can be covered by income so the charitable activities are determined by the funds available.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	The only asset held by the Charity is the balance in the bank account.
Other		The Charity has policies and procedures on: Health and Safety Safeguarding GDPR Privacy Financial procedures Risk management Data sharing agreements with third parties The Charity reviews its risk register at least annually. Individual risk assessments are completed for each event and shared with Trustees.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	To date trustees have been able to raise sufficient funds for planned activities throughout the year but, if in the future funds could not be raised, then the activities would be either be curtailed or reserves used to fund events. With no employees and few fixed costs apart from insurance premiums, the Charitywill continue to raise funds for specific events.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£32,128
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	None
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 In the main the Charity’s funding comes from the Arts Council England, charitable foundations, and ticket sales, personal and corporate donors. Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 Not applicable A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 The Charity is very aware of potential safeguarding issues given that we work with children. However the prime responsibility for their safeguarding lies with the schools that we work with, thus mitigating the risk to the Charity itself. Other Thank You : The Artistic Director of Water City Music, Michael Bochmann, is the creative inspiration of the Charity as well as the main contact with participating schools. His work in leading the musical work of the Charity has been invaluable, and the Trustees are very grateful to him for his energy, enthusiasm, experience and hard work. Dr Esther Cavett is our Associate Director and we could not function without her wisdom, commitment andguidance.
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	In the main the Charity’s funding comes from the Arts Council England, charitable foundations, and ticket sales, personal and corporate donors.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Not applicable
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The Charity is very aware of potential safeguarding issues given that we work with children. However the prime responsibility for their safeguarding lies with the schools that we work with, thus mitigating the risk to the Charity itself.
Other		Thank You : The Artistic Director of Water City Music, Michael Bochmann, is the creative inspiration of the Charity as well as the main contact with participating schools. His work in leading the musical work of the Charity has been invaluable, and the Trustees are very grateful to him for his energy, enthusiasm, experience and hard work. Dr Esther Cavett is our Associate Director and we could not function without her wisdom, commitment andguidance.

Thank you to our dedicated part-time administrator, Caroline Bell.

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	By advertising on online charity specific websites, word of mouth and networks according to the specific skills and experience required at the time. There are no constitutional provisions relating to trustee appointments.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	New Trustees are provided with relevant Charity Commission reports and guidance, the Charity’s constitution, the most recent Annual Report and accounts as well as minutes of recent Trustee meetings. Face to face meetings are held with the Artistic Director and Associate Director and with the Chair of the Trustees.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	As a small charity there is no organisational structure to note. The charity work in particular with schools, music students from London conservatoires, the Orchestra Pro anima and, where relevant, staff of churches.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	Not applicable
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Water City Music
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1166168

Charity’s principal The Barns, Village Farm, Ford, Near Cheltenham, GL54 5RU ~~address~~

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of
person (or
Dates acted if not for whole body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint
trustee (if
any)
1 Meriel Barclay Chair and Treasurer
2 Geoffrey Keeys
3 Rose Ballantyne
4 [Christopher ]
O’Riordan
5 Stephanie Godwin
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Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name None
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	None
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

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
Artistic Director	Michael Bochmann	The Barns, Village Farm, Ford, Near Cheltenham, GL54 5RU
Associate Artistic Director	Dr Esther Cavett	Ananda, Seer Green Lane, Jordans, Bucks, HP9 2ST

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

The charity has no employees though there is one important self-employed administrator, Caroline Bell.

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Meriel Barclay	Geoffrey Keeys
	Trustee	Trustee

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Seetion A Independent Examinerfs Report Roport to the trustaesl mombers of Water Cty Musl¢ On accounts for tho year ended 31° March 2023 Charlty no (If any) 1166168 Sat out on pag•s 1-2b8low I r8port to the Irustees ¢Jn my 8xamlnation of the accounts of the a￿￿)ve tharlty (Ihe Trusf) the year ended 3110312023. Responslbllltles and As the charty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparatlon ba818 of report of the accounts In aC(￿danCe with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in resped of my examlnation of the Trust'8 accounts carrled out under $8Ction 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinallon, I have fdlowed the applicable Dlreciions given by the Charlty Comml88lon under section 145(5){b) of the ACL I have compl8tsd my examination. I conflmi that no rnaterlal matters hav8 come to my attention in connection with the examlnauon which glv85 me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept In accordance with section 130 of the Act or th8 accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent oxamlner's statement I have no concems arKI have com8 acro$$ no other rnatt&rs in connection with the examln8tlon to which altentlon should be drawn In order to enable a prO￿r understanding of the accounts to b8 reached. Slgnod: Dal•: roJkn knL3 Namo: F J Wilde Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon{s) or body {If anyl: FCCA OChA Addr•$s: 4 Marigold Drive Bi51ey, Surrey GU24 9SF Section B Disclosure Onty complete If the examiner neets to hbghlight matlers of concern (s99 CC32, Independent examinalion of charity accounts.. directlons and guidance for examiners).

	Water City Music	Water City Music	Water City Music	Water City Music	Water City Music	1166168	1166168		CC16a
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from		Period start date		To	Period end date
			01.04.2022			31.03.2023
Section A Receipts and payments
	ed funds to the nearest £		funds to the nearest £		nt funds to the nearest £		funds to the nearest £		Last year to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Private Donation	16,000		-		-		16,000		13,500
Small Private Donations	1,525				-		1,525		705
Corporate Donations: HSBC	842						842
Corporate Donations: Vanneck Trust	500						500
Grant Funding: Arts Council England					-		-		15,000
Grant Funding: Lucille Graham Trust							-		2,500
Grant Funding: United St Saviours			1,000				1,000
Grant Funding: Gloucestershire Community Fund			2,500
							2,500
Kings College London			10,000		-		10,000		3,000
Ticket Sales	3,147		-		-		3,147		1,550
HMRC Gift Aid	4,344						4,344		2,938
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	26,358		13,500		-		39,858		39,193
**A2 Asset and investment sales,(see table). **
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	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
Total receipts	26,358		13,500		-		39,858		39,193
A3 Payments
Programme Artistic Direction	2,975						2,975		3,000
Programme Administration	5,162						5,162		3,960
Insurance	865						865		872
Fundraising	428						428		673
Website & Technology	450						450		797
Social Media & Marketing	219						219		83
Teaching Resource Development	525						525		1,000
Southwark: Dragon Connects
Artistic Direction			2,125				2,125
Musicians			600				600		1,605
Venue Costs							-		35
Social Media & Marketing			600				600		200
Southwark: Oasis/StGTM Academy
Musicians/TeachingCosts	512		4,514				5,026		3,594
Artisitic Direction	500						500		3,000
Miscellaneous	300						300
Northleach - Classical Light
Musicians	2,000		-		-		2,000		2,000
urce Development/Teaching& Artistic Direction	750		-		-		750		1,000
Venue Costs	60		-		-		60		460
Social Media & Marketing	63		-		-		63		227
Miscellaneous	45		-		-		45		142
Venue deposit for 2023	130		-		-		130		200
Leominster - Classical Light					-
Musicians	2,000		-		-		2,000		-
urce Development/Teaching& Artistic Direction	450		-		-		450		-
Miscellaneous	15						15
Social Media & Marketing	305		-		-		305		-
Berrybank - Classical Light									-
Musicians	2,000		-		-		2,000		-
urce Development/Teaching& Artistic Direction	750		-		-		750		-
Social Media & Marketing	-		-		-		-		-
Miscellaneous	88						88
Independent Examiner	570						570		500

Sub total	21,160		7,839		-		28,999		23,348
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
Totalpayments	21,160		7,839		-		28,999		23,348
Net of receipts/(payments)	5,198		5,661		-		10,859		15,845
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-		-		-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	18,546		2,723		-		21,269		5,424
Cash funds thisyear end	23,744		8,384		-		32,128		21,269
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities	at the end of the period
Categories	Details				Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds
					to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds					23,744		8,384		-
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	Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))				23,744		8,384		-
					OK		OK		OK
					Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds
	Details				to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets					-		-		-
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B3 Investment assets							-		-
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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use							-		-
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	Details				Fund to which		Amount due (optional)		When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities							-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature				Print Name				Date of approval