## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date
Period end date
**From 1 April 2021 To 31 March 2022**
## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Charity name Omnimusic**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1171097
**Charity's principal address** 23 High Street
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|**Postcode**|SK1 1EG|
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**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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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
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|**Independent Advisor**|Paul Cowham|Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street,
Manchester M4 1LE|
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
- Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution ]
- How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[A Charitable Incorporated Organisation ]
Trustee selection methods Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a (eg. appointed by, elected by) resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
## **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;
During the year we have further refined the management of our Safeguarding policy.
We held several face-to-face Trustee events to hold workshops around our newly developed business plan which had been developed in conjunction with a very respected and experienced Charity Development Consultant. The aim of this was to ensure the sustainability and growth of the charity over the next 5 years.
This year also saw the Charity move back to holding face-to-face workshops with participants. We therefore developed appropriate Covid risk assessments for these workshops in conjunction with our partner organisations (The Shaw Centre, North Manchester, The Heatons School, Melland School manchester and The Grange School Manchester), Supportability, Pure Innovations and Disability Stockport.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|The Objects of the CIO are:
1) The relief of children, young people and adults who have physical or
learning disabilities, or both, in particular through:
i) the application of specialist technology that enables them to create, play
and perform music;
ii) the development of new and emerging technologies in order to increase
the opportunities for disabled people to make and enjoy music
2) the advancement of the education of such people in musical and
technological skills.|
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opportunities for young people and adults with disabilities to create and
play music. This has been through working with the charities Disability
Stockport, Pure Innovations, Supportability and The ShawCentre; The
Heatons, The Grange and Melland Schools; The Writing Squad (an Arts
Council National Portfolio Organisation). In addition OmniMusic has been
active in developing new assistive music technology in partnership with a
well respected manufacturer of AAC and three Manchester based Creative
Technologists, one of whom is now established as a Development Partner
with OmniMusic.
The Trustees of Omnimusic 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 grant-making;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- Workshop delivery: delivered 91 inclusive music making sessions
- with young people from SEND schools and disabled adults in the community. Collaborated with: The Writing Squad to deliver a music and spoken word project; The Shaw Centre in a creative writing and song writing project; Pure Innovations to deliver a taster session for their clients; Supportability to deliver an introductory music making workshop at their day centre in Heaton Moor.
- Collaboration with The Tub: Rachael Moat began 1:1 sensory music making sessions with pupils at The Grange High School and Melland High School. Visit to Pretorian Technology to discuss possible collaboration for commercialising The Tub
- Technology: purchased over £9k of new assistive technology including a Magic Flute, Eyegaze System, iPads, sound modules and switches.
- R&D: hosted 2 r&d networking/sharing events, showcasing Omni’s latest r&d projects and inviting attendees to present their own work. These were attended by colleagues from the University of Tromso, University of York, multimedia technician from Melland High School and local creative technologists. Worked with Apollo Ensemble and a Solid Works specialist to develop new software and hardware for our inclusive music making projects.
- Training: invited 2 new tutors to join our team and began regularly working with one of them in a series of music making workshops. Delivered 3 open training and networking sessions, online and in person
- Trustees: 4 trustee meetings, one of which was in person held at The Vale in Mossely. Mark Rowland joined the board of trustees in April - his expertise in AMT and lived experience of being disabled is essential.
- Funding: received grants from Arts Council England, Manchester City Council, Victoria Wood Foundation, Granada Foundation and
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Scops Arts Trust to deliver inclusive music making projects for disabled young people and adults. We began working with freelance development associate Ann Wilkes to begin implementing our 3 year business plan and submit grant applications for core funding and project deliver.
- Networking: attended 2 large scale networking events in Stockport, connecting with other VCSE and cultural organisations. We regularly met with potential new partners, discussing ways in which we can devise joint programmes of work.
- Marketing: reached 154 followers on Twitter. Designed and launched a new website with Mike Ash. New marketing photos taken by photographer Rachel Bywater. FIlming day with ex-BBC camera crew to film Song Forge group at The Space.
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Section D Achievements and performance
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**Section E Financial review**
The Charity has a policy to hold 3 months of running costs as reserves.
## **Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **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;
The Charity's funding to year end March 31st 2022 has been mostly grant income (87%), donations and gift aid made up 13% of income.
76% of the Charity's expenditure has been spent on using assistive music technology in enabling disabled children and adults to participate in music workshops and concerts, which is in line with Omnimusic's charitable objects. Most of this was on subcontract staff to deliver workshops. A further 12% of spend was purchasing equipment to enable the charity to carry out the key objectives of the charity. Administration accounted for 12% of total expenditure.
- 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)**
**Full name(s)** Adrian Hooper
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 05 / 31 / 2022
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF OMNIMUSIC**
I report on the accounts for the charity for the year ended 31st March 2022 which are set out on pages 9 to 11.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedure laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Paul Cowham FCA DChA Green Fish Resource Centre 46 - 50 Oldham St Manchester M4 1LE
06 / 01 / 2022
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## **Omnimusic**
Year ending 31 March 2022
## **Receipts and Payments Accounts**
|**Receipts and Payments Accounts**|||||||
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d funds|Restricted
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funds|_Unrestricted_
_funds_|_Restricted_
_funds_|_Total funds_|
|**Receipts**|£|£|£|_£_|_£_|_£_|
|Donations & Gift Aid|9,226|-|9,226|_16,969_|_-_|_16,969_|
|Grant - TNL Community Fund|-|-|-|_-_|_9,920_|_9,920_|
|Grant - EGF|4,800|-|4,800|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Grant - Awards for All|-|9,785|9,785|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Grant - Postcode|||||||
|Neighbourhood Trust|12,370|-|12,370|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Grant - Connect|-|13,464|13,464|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Grant - Same Road|-|15,613|15,613|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Grant - Songforge|-|9,150|9,150|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Other income|-|800|800|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Total receipts|26,396|48,812|75,208|_16,969_|_9,920_|_26,889_|
|**Payments**|||||||
|Accountancy|1,382|-|1,382|_270_|_-_|_270_|
|Equipment|175|9,423|9,598|_365_|_1,270_|_1,635_|
|IT costs|2,258|-|2,258|_96_|_-_|_96_|
|Other admin costs|4,703|235|4,938|_2,207_|_-_|_2,207_|
|Other project costs|-|4,640|4,640|_-_|_67_|_67_|
|Phone/internet|-|-|-|_-_|_15_|_15_|
|Premises costs|-|331|331|_5,000_|_-_|_5,000_|
|Printing postage and stationary|-|439|439|_-_|_-_|_-_|
|Subcontract staff|23,312|31,674|54,986|_15,502_|_7,352_|_22,854_|
|Total payments|31,830|46,742|78,572|23,440|8,704|_32,144_|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|(5,434)|2,070|(3,364)|(6,471)|1,216|_(5,255)_|
|Transfers|(2,573)|2,573|-|-|-|_-_|
|Cash funds last year end|26,885|4,507|31,392|_33,356_|_3,291_|_36,647_|
|Cash funds this year end|18,878|9,150|28,028|_26,885_|_4,507_|_31,392_|
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## **Omnimusic**
Year ending 31 March 2022
## **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year**
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|Notes||Unrestricte
d funds|Restricted
funds|Total
funds|_Unrestricted_
_funds_|_Restricted_
_funds_|_Total funds_|
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|Cash funds|1|18,878|9,150|28,028|26,885|4,507|_31,392_|
|Liabilities||||||||
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|2021||450|-|450|_900_|_-_|_900_|
|||18,428|9,150|27,578|_25,985_|_4,507_|_30,492_|
Signed on behalf of the trustees:
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Adrian Hooper
Name Signed
05 / 31 / 2022
Date
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## **Omnimusic**
Year ending 31 March 2022
Notes
|1|**Cash Reserves Analysis**|**Cash Reserves Analysis**||||||
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||General reserves|26,885|26,396|(31,830)|(2,573)||18,878|
||Reach out TNL/A4A|||||||
||(restricted fund)|4,507|9,785|(11,324)|(2,968)||-|
||Re:connect|-|14,264|(21,229)|6,965||-|
||Song Forge|||||||
||(restricted fund)|-|9,150|-|-||9,150|
||Same Road|||||||
||(restricted fund)|-|15,613|(14,189)|(1,424)||-|
|||31,392|75,208|(78,572)|-||28,028|
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Audit Trail
Title Omnimusic's 2022 accounts for signing File Name O03 accounts draft 4 2022.pdf Document ID 6f0f19078e814a4b13e2f8bfec9c09e77e57549f Audit Trail Date Format MM / DD / YYYY Status Signed
**05 / 31 / 2022** Sent for signature to Adrian Hooper (hooperade@gmail.com) 17:01:13 UTC and Paul Cowham (contact@pcowhamaccounts.com) from paul.cowham@gmail.com IP: 90.243.218.184 **05 / 31 / 2022** Viewed by Adrian Hooper (hooperade@gmail.com) 18:52:03 UTC IP: 82.44.50.134 **05 / 31 / 2022** Signed by Adrian Hooper (hooperade@gmail.com) 18:52:29 UTC IP: 82.44.50.134 **06 / 01 / 2022** Viewed by Paul Cowham (contact@pcowhamaccounts.com) 08:56:29 UTC IP: 90.243.218.184 **06 / 01 / 2022** Signed by Paul Cowham (contact@pcowhamaccounts.com) 08:56:51 UTC IP: 90.243.218.184 **06 / 01 / 2022** The document has been completed. 08:56:51 UTC