## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 April 2024 **To** 31 March 2025
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Bowdon Festival **Other names charity is known by** Bowdon Youth Festival **Registered charity number (if any)** 1167136 **Charity's principal address** c/o Barbers Lane Cottage, Barbers Lane, Antrobus, Cheshire **Postcode CW9 6JP** ~~—~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1167136
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Richard Abbott Chairman From 3.6.24 2 Alec Bonson Trustee From 3.6.24 3 Susan Sinagola Trustee 4 Glenys Lambie Trustee 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~Oe~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment Trustee selection methods
- (eg. trust, association, company)
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
For the public benefit, to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music, speech & drama in all their aspects in particular but not exclusively by providing an annual Festival of public performance by amateurs with professional adjudication for performers and through the presentation of public concerts, masterclasses and recitals.
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The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Post covid it has proved impossible to run a Youth Festival due to lack of volunteers. The Trustees have therefore decided to use some of the remaining charity funds in accordance with the charity’s objectives. New Trustees have been appointed but no grants have been made in the year.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** The new Trustee group decided to use the remaining funds to support **achievements of the charity** activities in accordance with the Charity’s objectives. During the current **during the year** year no such opportunities were identified. £14000 of the Charity’s funds have been invested in a one year Virgin Money Charity Deposit Account, expiring in August 2025. The remaining funds are in a current account to be available for use.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The Trustees have considered the financial risks inherent in their **Brief statement of the** activities, the need to maintain adequate working capital and the need to **charity’s policy on reserves** retain funds to finance future development opportunities. Consequently their policy is to maintain Reserves of at least one year’s Youth Festival costs plus £5k. Should no further Festivals be run, the Trustees will distribute the Reserves through giving grants, in accordance with the Objectives of the charity.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Richard Abbott Susan Sinagola Susan Sinagola **Full name(s)** Richard Abbott **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman Trustee **etc) Date** 29.7.25
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## **BOWDON FESTIVAL Year to 31 March 2025**
|**BOWDON FESTIVAL**
**Year to 31 March 2025**||||
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|||2025|2024|
|**Income**|£|£|£|
|_Youth Festival_||||
|Entry fees (net)||0.00|0.00|
|Choir Night Donations||0.00|0.00|
|Programme Sales||0.00|0.00|
|Programme Adverts||0.00|0.00|
|Patrons & Sponsors||0.00|0.00|
|Gift Aid||0.00|0.00|
|_Total Income_||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|_Youth Festival_||||
|Adjudicators - cancellation fees|0.00||0.00|
|Accompanists - cancellation fees|0.00||0.00|
|BIFF fees & insurance|0.00||0.00|
|Piano hire|0.00||0.00|
|Piano tuning|0.00||0.00|
|Venue hire - cancellation fee|0.00||0.00|
|Printing|0.00||0.00|
|Miscellaneous|0.00||0.00|
|Stationery|0.00||0.00|
|Prizes|0.00||0.00|
|Trophies|0.00||0.00|
|Bank charges|0.00||0.00|
|Hosting & RMF Fees|0.00||0.00|
|Grants|0.00||0.00|
|_Total Costs_|**0.00**||**300.00**|
|_One off costs_||||
|Purchase of Assets|0.00||0.00|
|_Total Costs_|**0.00**||0.00|
|Total Costs|**0.00**||**300.00**|
|**Net surplus/deficit**||**0.00**|-300.00|
## **Balance Sheet**
|**Balance Sheet**|||
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||2025|2024|
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|Assets|||
|Bank|17,027.50|17,027.50|
|Cash|0.00|0.00|
|Gift aid receivable|0.00|0.00|
||17,027.50|17,027.50|
|Reserves|||
|Opening Reserves|17,027.50|17,327.50|
|Net income|0.00|-300.00|
|Closing Reserves|17,027.50|17,027.50|
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by
Susan J Sinagola 29.7.25