**==> picture [202 x 51] intentionally omitted <==** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st ] Sept 2022 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] August 2023** ## **Charity name:Bledington Music Festival** ## **Charity registration number:1166804** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide three classical concerts in the**
**village church**| |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|**Tickets are sold to the public for each**
**concert**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Due regard has been observed**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Bledington Music Festival does not make**
**grants**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers run the event, selling tickets,**
**entertaining musicians etc.**| |Other||| ## **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 charity has provided concerts in the**
**medieval church. The village of**
**Bledington is at least 25 miles from a**
**large town/city such as Oxford or**
**Banbury.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
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objectives set|Para 1.41|**3 classical concerts well attended were**
**staged**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fund raising supported the Festival,**
**namely serving teas at National Trust,**
**Chastleton House**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**-**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity was in a good financial**
**position.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to enable the staging**
**of the next year’s event**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Approx. £1,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity will need to be wound down**
**in the forseeable future.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Ticket sales, programme advertising and**
**fund raising as above**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Organising committee is elderly, the**
**Festival organiser has died so hence the**
**need to wind up.**| |Other||**Winding up will take place in the next**
**year.**| ## **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|**Chosen from Volunteeers**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
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**N/A**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bledington Music Festival| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1166804| |Charity’s principal address|The Meade, Icomb, Cheltenham, GL54 1JH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Helen Yates|Treasurer||| ||Robin Oldridge|Publicitymanager||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** 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 N/A 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 for N/A 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 ## **N/A** ## **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)** JJ Beacham **Full name(s)** Jennifer Jean Beacham **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 02/07/2024 ## BLEDINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 ## BALANCE SHEET ||**INCOME**|**INCOME**||**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||2023|2022||2023|2022| |Tickets|4824.50||3117.36|Artsts|4000.00|6100.00| |Progs||147.40|156.00|Instruments|1925.00|570.00| |Fundrs/dons/gif aid||3569.31|6757.03|||| |Adverts||1225.00|875.00|Lunches|384.19|304.90| |School Perf.||450.00|450.00|Web & Print|2090.35|1884.65| |Bar||430.00|301.10|Adverts|0.00|19.00| |||||Marketng|72.00|388.80| |Sundries||231.87|154.31|Donatons|0.00|0.00| |Loan||4000.00||Sundries|621.14|852.40| |Adjustment||0.00|0.00|Loan|4000.00|800.00| |||||Adjustment|50.00|0.00| |**Total**||**14878.08**|
**11810.80**||**13796.68**|**10919.75**| |Opening Bank|balance Sept 22||3498.83|||| |Income 2023|||14878.08|||| |Expenditure 2023|||13796.68|||| |Balance|||4580.23|||| |Closing Bank Sept 2023|||3452.86|||| |Closing Friends Bank|||250.00|||| |Closing Loan|||0.00|||| Difference of £1127.37 between balance of £4580.23 and bank statement of £3452.86, because payments of £1127.37 being debited from bank after year end. BledBalace2023