Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date . Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 11 2020 .To 31 10 2021
.Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any)1171185
Charity's principal address 71 Heath Road
Glossop
.Postcode .SK13 7BA
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Benjamin Frith | Chairman | |||
| Maureen Cox | Secretary | |||
| Robert Plane | Treasurer | |||
| Tim Cox | ||||
| Ellen Arkless | ||||
| Jane Dickinson | 06/03/21 - 31/10/21 | |||
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)
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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
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Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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
The advancement of public education in the arts, in particular the art of chamber music, by the organisation of chamber music festivals in Corbridge in the county of Northumberland.
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The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. An online fund raising concert in April brought chamber music to an audience which at the time could not attend live concerts.
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)
Despite restrictions due to the pandemic a Festival was held in Corbridge July 30 – August 1. The audiences appreciated hearing live chamber music again with repeated concerts meaning that as many as possible were able to attend. The premiere of a commissioned piece and the involvement of a young wind quintet extended the audiences experience of chamber music. The renowned Schubert scholar Brian Newbould gave an excellent informative talk increasing appreciation of a performance of Schubert’s Piano Trio. Local children were involved in an interactive Family Workshop of music and moving hands.
The main concerts were recorded and made available on YouTube reaching an even larger audience.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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.Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Having pre-recorded our entire festival for online delivery in August 2020, the period from November 2020 to June 2021 was largely spent with the Trustees and Artistic Directors wondering exactly what kind of festival we would be able to deliver! Luckily, National Covid restrictions were lifted just a matter of days before the 2021 Corbridge Chamber Music Festival, and we were able to proceed with live concerts, albeit with distancing, ventilation and sanitizing. The festival introduced a number of new features this year. We invited our first ever Young Ensemble in Association to participate, Lumas Winds, a wind quintet comprised of students at the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music. We embraced other art forms too, collaborating with dancer Mayuri Boonham, the UK’s leading exponent of South Asian dance, in a reworking of the festival’s 2018 commission from Huw Watkins, Four Fables. Mayuri’s knowledge of Bharatanatyam was shared with a large audience of children and their families in our ‘Dancing Hands’ workshop. Always looking to find ways to break down barriers, we decided to present two concerts in a more informal setting this year, giving our late-night concerts in the Corbridge Parish Hall with our audience seated around tables with candlelight and ‘bring your own refreshments’. Two concerts, ‘Upbeat’ and ‘Contemplation’ were made up of short pieces for many different instrumental combinations, all of which were given relaxed spoken introductions. We still incorporated some challenging repertoire, by Gyorgy Kurtag for example, and audiences seemed to love the variety on offer. The festival explored the work of composers from diverse backgrounds. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet opened the festival, whilst John Meyer’s Raga Music saw clarinetist Robert Plane collaborating with Mayuri Boonham’s improvised dance. We heard new work too, Shivelight’ by Sarah Jenkins being the latest in a string of commissions by the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival. And, not only did we include wellloved works by Schubert in the festival, we invited the world’s leading Schubert scholar, Brian Newbould, to give a very well-received lecture. The extra safety measures, organizing of the distancing of audience and the repeating of two of the concerts in order to be able to offer each concert to as many audience members as wanted to come made for a challenging festival for both musicians and Trustees and volunteers. After the uncertainty of the previous year and a half, everyone was more than happy to go the extra mile to make the 23[rd] Corbridge Chamber Music Festival such a success.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
A fund was built up in the first few years of the festival when the organising musicians did not pay themselves so there was a reserve for future years. It is aimed to maintain this reserve.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
As audiences were limited due to Covid restrictions the Festival was only viable due to the generosity of Patrons and Friends. As some money from the sale of tickets did not come in until just after the end of our financial year the actual loss made was just under £2000 which was felt to be good given the circumstances.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Maureen Cox Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date 23/01/22
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Ticket Sales 5,786 Patrons & Friends Donations 9,976 Trusts 800 Gift Aid 1,170 Fund RaisingConcert Donations 1,089 Online Festival Donations 551 - 19,372 - - Sub total - Total receipts 19,372 A3 Payments Artists fees & expenses 14,459 Venue hire 1,615 Piano hire, tuning & insurance 2,090 Recording for online Festival 2,490 Publicity 435 Refreshments for receptions 244 Website 1,272 Lights for music stands 110 Insurance 147 Stationery & Card Reader 167 Bank charges 132 Sub total 23,161 - - Sub total - Total payments 23,161 Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,789 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 11,338 Cash funds this year end 7,549 Unrestricted funds 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 £ 5,786 9,976 800 1,170 1,089 551 - 19,372 - - - 19,372 14,459 1,615 2,090 2,490 435 244 1,272 110 147 167 132 23,161 - - - 23,161 - 3,789 - 11,338 7,549 |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| 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 £ - - - - - - 7,549 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Maureen Cox 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) |
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| Maureen Cox | 23/01/22 | ||