## **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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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
–
Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name None
**----- End of picture text -----**
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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **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 ## **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)**
**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). **|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_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**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_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**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to**
**which asset**||**Cost**
**(optional)**||**Current**
**value**| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to**
**which asset**||**Cost**
**(optional)**||**Current**
**value**| |**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**
**use**|||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to**
**which**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of
approval| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |||||||||||