## **Battle Arts and Music Festival** 

**Accounts for the year ended** 

**30th April 2024** 



**Battle Arts and Music Festival Index Accounts for the Year to 30th April 2024** 

**Pages 1-3** Trustees report 

- **Page 4** Receipts and Payments Account 

- **Page 5** Statement of Assets and Liabilities 

- **Page 6** Notes to the accounts **Page 7** Independent Examiner's Report 



**Battle Arts and Music Festival Trustees Report Year to 30th April 2024** 

## **Reference And Administration Details** 

The name of the charity is: Battle Festival. 

Charity registration number is: 1168104 

The address of the charity is: 16 Virgins Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0JH 

The Trustees who served during the year are: 

David Furness Jill Gyngell Melanie Powell Claire Davies 

The Trustees have had regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

- To advance education in all aspects of the creative arts, in 

particular, but not exclusively, by running an open access arts and culture festival in the town of Battle each October for the public benefit. 

- To enrich the lives of residents in Battle and the surrounding area by the promotion and encouragement of all forms of art. 

- To develop and produce innovative projects that enable community participation and the sharing of cultural experiences. 

- To invest in local artists by leveraging funds to create opportunities for them to create and develop new work. 

- To develop long-term relationships with regional and international artists. 

- To present traditions and cultures which may be different from our own in order to expand our world-view. 

- To raise awareness about Battle and become a centre of excellence. 

## **The main activities undertaken this year were:** 

The staging of the annual Battle Arts and Music Festival 

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**Battle Arts and Music Festival Trustees Report (continued) Year to 30th April 2024** 

2023 saw Battle Festival celebrating its 10th year and has now become a firm fixture in South East England's cultural calendar. 

We were proud to stage world class theatre, jazz, classical music and visual arts as well as many other events. 

We expanded our educational outreach work with our world class musicians and authors visiting local primary schools for live performances and workshops.  They encouraged children to create artwork and poems inspired by the music performed in our opening concert. 

We expanded our Jazz offer to have a weekend of jazz, with 6 groups playing over a weekend. This added to the Festivals appeal and we were rewarded by many of the audience travelling considerable distances to come to our town. This benefited local businesses and hospitality outlets. 

The Festival only exists because of the dedicated members of the public who donate many hours of work to make the Festival such a success and we are deeply grateful for all their hard work. 

The Festival is concerned that the lack of grants from funding bodies will limit and indeed bring doubt about the ability of the Festival to survive. We will work hard to attract funds for 2024. 

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**Battle Arts and Music Festival Trustees Report (continued) Year to 30th April 2024** 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The charity's governing document is its Constitution. 

Trustees are recruited as required from the local community. 

## **Financial review** 

The charity was in a healthy financial position at the end of the period and had reserves totalling £31,161. 

Sufficient reserves are held in order to be able to finance as required the Festival for the forthcoming year. 

David Furness (Chairman) 

18th February 2025 

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|**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**Restricted Unrestricted**<br>**(see note 2)**<br>13,000<br>13,000<br>0<br>13,642<br>13,642<br>350<br>350<br>3,097<br>3,097<br>518<br>518<br>276<br>276<br>408<br>408<br>31,291<br>13,000<br>18,291<br>21,377<br>643<br>20,734<br>4,486<br>4,486<br>90<br>90<br>1,560<br>1,560<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>0<br>3,304<br>3,304<br>2,176<br>2,176<br>721<br>721<br>14<br>14<br>393<br>393<br>0<br>121<br>121<br>56<br>56<br>106<br>106<br>210<br>210<br>35,614<br>1,036<br>34,578<br>-4,323<br>11,964<br>-16,287<br>**Year to 30th April 2024**|**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**Restricted Unrestricted**<br>**(see note 2)**<br>13,000<br>13,000<br>0<br>13,642<br>13,642<br>350<br>350<br>3,097<br>3,097<br>518<br>518<br>276<br>276<br>408<br>408<br>31,291<br>13,000<br>18,291<br>21,377<br>643<br>20,734<br>4,486<br>4,486<br>90<br>90<br>1,560<br>1,560<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>0<br>3,304<br>3,304<br>2,176<br>2,176<br>721<br>721<br>14<br>14<br>393<br>393<br>0<br>121<br>121<br>56<br>56<br>106<br>106<br>210<br>210<br>35,614<br>1,036<br>34,578<br>-4,323<br>11,964<br>-16,287<br>**Year to 30th April 2024**|**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**Restricted Unrestricted**<br>**(see note 2)**<br>13,000<br>13,000<br>0<br>13,642<br>13,642<br>350<br>350<br>3,097<br>3,097<br>518<br>518<br>276<br>276<br>408<br>408<br>31,291<br>13,000<br>18,291<br>21,377<br>643<br>20,734<br>4,486<br>4,486<br>90<br>90<br>1,560<br>1,560<br>0<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>0<br>3,304<br>3,304<br>2,176<br>2,176<br>721<br>721<br>14<br>14<br>393<br>393<br>0<br>121<br>121<br>56<br>56<br>106<br>106<br>210<br>210<br>35,614<br>1,036<br>34,578<br>-4,323<br>11,964<br>-16,287<br>**Year to 30th April 2024**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Year to 30th April 2023**|||
||||**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**Restricted Unrestricted**<br>**(see note 2)**<br>20,985<br>19,985<br>1,000<br>14,410<br>14,410<br>0<br>1,859<br>1,859<br>478<br>478<br>140<br>140<br>154<br>154|||
||||38,026|19,985|18,041|
||||21,020<br>20,769<br>251<br>4,692<br>1,381<br>3,312<br>150<br>150<br>1,744<br>1,194<br>550<br>0<br>2,549<br>1,948<br>601<br>0<br>2,582<br>2,381<br>202<br>1,100<br>1,100<br>700<br>700<br>158<br>158<br>80<br>80<br>0<br>426<br>426<br>35<br>35<br>74<br>74<br>246<br>59<br>187|||
||||35,557|27,811|7,746|
|||||||
|-4,323|11,964|-16,287|2,469|-7,826|10,295|



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## **Battle Arts and Music Festival Statement of Assets and Liabilities At 30th April 2024** 

|**Assets**<br>Bank account balances<br>Stocks<br>Float<br>**Net assets**<br>**Reserves**<br>Unrestricted Funds<br>As at 1st May 2023<br>Surplus/-Deficit for year<br>Transfer to Restricted Funds<br>Restricted Funds (see note 2)<br>As at 1st May 2023<br>Surplus/-Deficit for year<br>Transfer from Unrestricted Funds|**2024**<br>**£**<br>31,080<br>81<br>0|**2024**<br>**£**<br>31,080<br>81<br>0|**2023**<br>**£**<br>35,291<br>193<br>0|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||31,161||35,484||
||||||
||**31,161**||**35,484**||
||34,476<br>-16,287<br>-143||25,646<br>10,297<br>-1,467||
||18,046||34,476||
||1,008<br>11,964<br>143||7,368<br>-7,827<br>1,467||
||13,115||1,008||
||||||
||**31,161**||**35,484**||



Accounts approved by: 

David Furness (Chairman) 

Date of approval 18th February 2025 

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**Battle Arts and Music Festival Notes to the accounts For the year to 30th April 2024** 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

These accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments (rather than accruals) basis. 

The income and expenditure shown therefore reflects the cash/bank receipts and payments during the period. 

|**2 Restricted funds**<br>Reserves at 1st May 2023<br>Income<br>Expenditure<br>Transfer from Unrestricted Funds<br>Reserves at 30th April 2024|**Scarecrow**<br>**Festival**|**Chalk Cliff**<br>**Fund**|**Lottery**<br>**Fund**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**BTC**<br>**Total**||
||508<br>0<br>0<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>-393|||500<br>1,008<br>13,000<br>-643<br>-1,036<br>143<br>143||
||115|3,000|10,000|0|13,115|



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**Battle Arts and Music Festival Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Battle Arts and Music Festival** ~~Pe~~ **For the year to 30th April 2024** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30th April 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 6. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's report** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

R M Holland FCA BSc (Econ) 

18th February 2025 

Holland Harper LLP Chartered Accountants 26 High Street Battle East Sussex TN33 0EA 

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