Birmingham School of Bell Ringing Charitable Incorporated Organisa9on (CIO) Report and Accounts
Year ended 31[st] August 2022
Charity No: 1170942
Trustees
S Linford, Chair of Trustees T Stevens, Treasurer (appointed 25/2/2017) P Penny C McArdle
Charity Number: 1170942
Bank
Lloyds Bank Smethwick
Report of the trustees for 1[st] September 2021- 31[st] August 2022
The trustees for the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing (BSoBR) present their annual report and accounts year ended 31[st] August 2022
The school was founded in September 2013 and became a CIO 3rd January 2017.
Our Aims
To ensure the tradiOon of English Change Ringing is sustained and enhanced.
Our Objec9ves
The objects of the school are to recruit and train bell ringers in the Diocese of Birmingham and surrounding areas for the purpose of advancing the art of change ringing, and to develop accredited teachers of change ringing.
Our key objecOves for the year included
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Recruitment of new bell ringers
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Teaching new and exisOng bell ringers
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Support local churches by teaching their bell ringers
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Training new teachers of bell ringing
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To encourage the use of the naOonal accredited training programme “Learning the Ropes” (LtR) for new bell ringers in the region.
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To encourage the use of the AssociaOon of Ringing Teachers (ART) training programme for new and exisOng teachers of bell ringing
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To provide mentoring opportuniOes for new teachers
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Students achieving Level 3 or above to conOnue with the school as Volunteers (sending the elevator back down)
Review of Ac9vi9es and Achievements
The school re-opened in September 21 following the suspension of all ringing acOvity due to COVID 19. The school started back conservaOvely operaOng only 2 of its 4 teaching towers across Birmingham. The primary teaching centre at St Pauls church in the Jewellery Quarter, where new recruits start at level 1 was key to open first.
The school normally operates with a team of volunteers, 13 accredited teachers and a pool of 45 experienced ringers, following COVID teachers and helpers we slow to return unOl confidence grew.
The school operates weekly and can accommodate a maximum of 24 students. From September 2021 to August 2022 numbers were slow to return with only 8 - 12 students a^ending each week.
Fees
We conOnue to charge £5 per session (£3 concession). For this students receive 2 hours teaching per week, affiliaOon to the St MarOns Guild including public liability Insurance. They receive a welcome pack, cerOficates of achievement at each level and, as they progress, books and DVD’s appropriate to their achievement for home study.
Recruitment
Recruitment of bell ringers is key to the success of the school, we have been very fortunate to date that word of mouth our website and the ART enquiry line has provided a steady flow of new recruits.
We are now required to have a recruitment plan following the COVID pandemic as its possible we could have lost 20% of our students.
Volunteers
As always we would like to thank all the volunteers who give up their Saturday mornings to support the school, without your enthusiasm commitment and loyalty to the school we would not be able to run the school and thus provide new bell ringers to our towers. We are very pleased that almost all of our students who achieve level 3 or above conOnue with the school as volunteers, this is very posiOve and fulfils our objecOve of ‘sending the elevator back down’.
Dona9ons
The school makes donaOons each term to the 4 churches where the sessions take place in recogniOon of their support by providing access to their bells and faciliOes.
Financial Review
Total receipts were £1449.00 (student fees)
Total Expenditure was £1165.03, £700 donated to the 4 churches the school operates out of, without their support the school could not operate, refreshments £72.00, £155 DonaOon to Art when students pass the various levels, £85.00 purchased books that are given to students achieving the various levels of LtR, £50.14 hand Bell Insurance, Associate Membership to St MarOns Guild £40 (Insures learners to ring at guild towers) £22.89 Admin, Other expenses £65 refunds to learners unable to conOnue with the school.
Financial Statement for the Year ended 31[st] August 2022
| RECEIPTS | 1.9.21 - 31.8.22 |
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| Fees | 1,449.00 |
| Refreshments | |
| Donations | |
| Clothing | |
| Outing SVR | |
| ART Award | |
| Other | |
| Total Receipts | 1,449.00 |
| PAYMENTS | |
| Tower Fees | 700.00 |
| Refreshments | 72.00 |
| Donations | 155.00 |
| Admin | 22.89 |
| Clothing | |
| Books | 85.00 |
| Assoc Memb | 40.00 |
| Tutor training fees | |
| Social Events | |
| Handbell Insurance | 50.14 |
| Other | 40.00 |
| Total Payments | 1165.03 |
| Increase/(decrease) in Funds | 283.97 |
| Opening Balance | 2,666.69 |
| Closing Balance | 2950.66 |