## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 1 July 2023 To: 30 June 2024**
**Charity name: Engines Orchestra Charity registration number: 1166455**
## **Objectives and activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|**To advance, improve and maintain public education in, and**
**appreciation of, the art of music in all its aspects.**|
|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.|**During the year, the charity supported the professional**
**development of composer and performer Joy Ellis, focusing**
**on advancing her skills in large-ensemble arranging as part**
**of a longer-term project designed to raise her national profile.**
**This included mentorship, a structured research and**
**development phase for her upcoming public-facing music**
**project, and support in successfully applying for an Arts**
**Council Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant.**
**The charity also collaborated with classical-crossover pianist**
**Belle Chen to develop and premiere an immersive orchestral**
**performance integrating 360-degree spatial audio technology.**
**Performed twice in London, the project aimed to widen public**
**access to innovative musical experiences by bridging**
**classical, improvisational, and electronic genres, while also**
**exploring new formats for audience engagement. The charity**
**additionally supported Belle Chen’s grant applications to**
**secure funding for a UK tour of the project in 2025, following**
**a confirmed headline performance at the EFG London Jazz**
**Festival in November 2024.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|**The trustees confirm they have had regard to the guidance**
**on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission**|
## **Achievements and performance**
|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.|**This year, the charity focused on high-impact, artist-led**
**development that supports its long-term mission to nurture**
**innovative music-making. With a focus on two projects (with**
**Joy Ellis and Belle Chen) the charity played a pivotal role in**
**enabling new, cross-genre work to take shape. These**
**collaborations will lead to significant public outcomes: Belle**
**Chen has confirmed a headline performance at the EFG**
**London Jazz Festival in November 2024, with a UK tour of the**
**immersive orchestral show planned for 2025; meanwhile**
**plans are developing for Joy Ellis to record, release, and**
**launch her large-ensemble project.**
**Alongside this creative work, the charity took meaningful**
**steps to strengthen its organisational capacity. This included**
**shaping a longer-term strategy to support future concert**
**series, developing relationships with key funders, and**
**conceptualising the****_Creator Fund_ - a new donation model**
**designed to connect supporters more closely with the**
**creative process and provide direct backing for artist-led**
**projects (set to launch in November 2024).**
**Through these initiatives, the charity has laid strong**
**foundations for expanding its public benefit in the coming**
**years, both through artistic output and more inclusive,**
**sustainable models of engagement.**|
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## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|**The charity posted a deficit of £720**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**Policy to be agreed in next financial**
**period.**|
|Amount of reserves held|**£5,972**|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|**None**|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||
|---|---|
|Type of governing
document: for example,|**Written constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|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|**Trustees are appointed for a term of 4**
**years by a resolution passed at a**
**meeting of the charity trustees.**|
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## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Engines Orchestra**|
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|Other name the charity
uses||
|Registered charity number|**1166455**|
|Charity’s principal address|**6 West Terrace, Scarborough YO11 6LR**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||David Warner|Chair|||
||Jason Yarde||||
||Jane Richardson|Treasurer|||
||Jonathan Carvell||||
||Natasha Thomas||||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and
how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** DAVID WARNER **Position (for example** CHAIR **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date**
## **ENGINES ORCHESTRA**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024**
|**RECEIPTS**
Fees & Expenses
Grants and donations received
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Musicians
Production costs
Administration
**Total Payments**
**Receipts minus payments**
**Cash b/f 1/7/2023**
**Deficit y/e 30/6/24**
**Cash c/f 30/6/24**|**30/06/2024**
**30/06/2023**
3075
0
4042
2100
**7117**
**2100**
7202
2480
720
0
100
-100
**8022**
**2380**
**-905**
**-280**
£6,877
**£7,157**
**-£905**
**-£280**
**£5,972**
**£6,877**|
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