## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] January 2023** ## **Macclesfield Brass** A charitable incorporated organisation, also known as MB. ## **Charity registration number 1167452** ## **Principal address** 49 Meadow Drive Prestbury Macclesfield SK10 4EY ## **Trustees** The following trustees were reappointed at the AGM on 27 April 2022 Elan Paton (Chair) Amanda Moss (Treasurer) Elizabeth Hudson Jenny Lyons (Health and Safety officer) Caroline Proudlove Trustees are appointed by the members at the annual general meeting. Appointments of trustees at other times may be made by the members or trustees. All appointments are held until the next general meeting at which the trustees retire and are eligible for reappointment. ## **Lifting of covid restrictions and return of players to band activities** Due to the lifting of Covid restrictions during the year, band rehearsals became easier to manage. Players who had been unable to attend regularly during 2021-2022 resumed rehearsals. We returned to playing at a variety of different events and having our performances enjoyed by very many people. Events which stood out were playing on the bandstand at Victoria Park with Blackley Band, the Jubilee event at Heaton and the Garden Party at Bosley. We successfully returned to playing at smaller venues with small groups of players. Perhaps most memorable was our return to the Whit Friday marches, including being the first band to play at Delph for three years. The band also won their very first award for performing at this event - we presented commemorative trophies to the bass section to mark their well-earned achievement at Denton. ## **New rehearsal venue** Morton Hall had hosted our rehearsals throughout the covid period, and we appreciated their readiness to put all the necessary precautions into place to welcome us. Unfortunately, in May it was announced that the Hall would be closing in July 2022. As a result, the band moved to rehearse at Beech Hall School on a temporary basis until a new venue could be found. Towards the end of this reporting year arrangements were made to rehearse permanently at St John’s Church, Macclesfield starting in February 2023. ## **Resignation of MD and recruitment of new MD** In October our MD Liz Hudson announced her intention to move away from the area, after making a huge contribution to the creation of the band and it’s successful development since 2016. The Trustees launched a thorough and careful recruitment campaign. The happy outcome was that we now have a new MD, Charlotte Danford.. Charlotte worked alongside Liz during a transition period in January and took over as MD after Liz’s departure in February 2023. I would like to take this opportunity to put on record our gratitude to Liz for all she has done for the band since our inception. We wish her well and look forward to catching up with her later in 2023. Elan Paton Chair, Macclesfield Brass July 2023 ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature : Jenny Lyons Trustee Signature : Amanda Moss Treasurer Date July 13[th] 2023 **Macclesfield Brass 1167452 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 2/1/2022 1/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Subscriptions
**4,432**
Gift Aid
**888**
Donations
**2,676**
Performance Income
**100**
Refunds
**40**
Prize Money
**30**
**-**
**-**
**8,166**
**Asset sales**
**261**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 261**
**_Total receipts_ 8,427**
**A3 Payments**
Premises and meetingcosts
**1,843**
TrainingDay
**238**
Gifts, donations
**1,423**
Subscriptions
**115**
Insurance
**99**
Muzodo
**44**
Whit Friday
**620**
Travel Expenses
**-**
Harness
**-**
**_Sub total_ 4,382**
**Instruments and Equipment**
**1,645**
Music
**289**
**_Sub total_ 1,934**
**_Total payments_ 6,316**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,111**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**5,236**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 7,347**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,432**
**888**
**2,676**
**100**
**40**
**30**
**-**
**-**
**8,166**
**261**
**-**
**261**
**8,427**
**1,843**
**238**
**1,423**
**115**
**99**
**44**
**620**
**-**
**-**
**4,382**
**1,645**
**289**
**1,934**
**6,316**
**2,111**
**-**
**5,236**
**7,347**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,432**|**1,513**| ||||**888**|**110**| ||||**2,676**|**33**| ||||**100**|**100**| ||||**40**|**-**| ||||**30**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**8,166**|**1,756**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**261**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**261**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**8,427**|**1,756**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,843**|**1,423**| ||||**238**|**-**| ||||**1,423**|**401**| ||||**115**|**144**| ||||**99**|**95**| ||||**44**|**38**| ||||**620**|**-**| ||||**-**|**13**| ||||**-**|**58**| ||||**4,382**|**2,172**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,645**|**180**| ||||**289**|**188**| ||||**1,934**|**368**| |||||| |||**-**|**6,316**|**2,540**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,111**|**- 784**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**5,236**|**6,020**| ||**-**||**7,347**|**5,236**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,347**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| |||||