## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/11/2021 Period start date To 31/10/22 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Corbridge Chamber Music Festival**
## **Charity registration number: 1171185**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 The advancement of public education
of the charity as set out in the arts, in particular the art of
in its governing chamber music, by the organisation of
document chamber music festivals in Corbridge
in the county of Northumberland.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and A Fund Raising concert in April and the
1.19
activities in relation to Festival held in Corbridge July 28 – 31
those purposes for the brought a variety of world class
public benefit, in chamber music to that rural
particular, the activities, community. The knowledge and
projects or services understanding of the audience was
identified in the extended by the inclusion of less well
accounts. known music and by the composer
Piers Hallawell and the poet Sinead
Morrissey who talked about their work.
A Come and Play day allowed amateur
musicians of all ages to play alongside
the professional performers to tackle a
work new to them by Pamela Harrison.
An exhibition about the composer was
of benefit to all.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The Trustees have had regard to the
whether the trustees guidance issued by the Charity
have had regard to the Commission on public benefit.
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social
investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The Trustees of the Corbridge Chamber
Music Festival are confident that last
year’s festival successfully fulfilled our
Summary of the main remit to facilitate world-class chamber
Para 1.20
achievements of the music provision for a rural community,
charity, identifying the alongside community engagement
difference the charity’s activity.
work has made to the The world class credentials of our
circumstances of its guest musicians were plain to see; the
beneficiaries and any Elias String Quartet are one of the
wider benefits to society world’s most sought-after ensembles.
as a whole. The Festival was delighted to continue
its work to embrace other art forms
this year, introducing poet Sinead
Morrissey to perform settings of her
own work by our distinguished
composer-in-residence, Piers Hellawell.
The subject matter of ‘Up by the
Roots’, dealing with displacement and
migration was hard-hitting and clearly
hugely relevant to our time.
We engaged members of the local
community and amateur musicians
from further afield in our first venture
at a ‘Come and Play’ event. We formed
the Corbridge Festival String Orchestra
to perform Finzi’s Five Bagatelles, with
Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
Director, clarinetist Robert Plane, as
soloist, and Pamela Harrison’s ‘A Suite
for Timothy’. Harrison’s music, recently
discovered and championed by the
Festival’s Artistic Directors, featured
heavily in the festival programme, with
performances of three of her works, as
well as a specially put together
exhibition of memorabilia, telling the
story of the struggles of an early 20 [th]
Century woman composer. We
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attracted all age ranges to the Come and Play, most movingly a young violinist who had just a matter of weeks before arrived in Corbridge with her mother and sister as a refugee from Ukraine. In addition to classical pieces, both well known and unfamiliar, we promoted a more informal concert in Corbridge Parish Hall, complete with café style seating, of folk inspired music, including a set from Scottish fiddler Donald Grant.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 Thanks to the employment of a Fund
financial position at the Raiser the Festival received significant
end of the period grants which meant the year ended
with sufficient funds to cover any
losses for the next few years
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reserves are held to cover any losses
policy for holding incurred by employing world class
reserves stating why they musicians in future years
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £23,672
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Appointed by existing Trustees
methods including details
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Corbridge Chamber Music Festival
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1171185
number
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Charity’s principal 71 Heath Road
address Glossop
SK13 7BA
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Benjamin Frith Chairman
2 Maureen Cox Secretary
3 Robert Plane Treasurer
4 Ellen Arkless
5 Tim Cox
6 Jane Dickinson
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**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 **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 20/06/2023
**Corbridge Chamber Music Festival**
**1171185**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
01/11/21 31/10/22
**For the period from**
**To**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Fund raising concert 1,129 - - 1,129
Donations 5,545 - - 5,545
Trusts 19,300 - - 19,300
Gift Aid 2,847 - - 2,847
Festival Tickets 12,784 - - 12,784
Programmes & Interval Drinks 1,231 - - 1,231
- - -
- - - -
42,836 - - 42,836
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 42,836 - - 42,836
A3 Payments
Fund raising concert expenses 546 - - 546
Fundraiser’s fee 1,274 - - 1,274
Website 1,083 - - 1,083
Publicity 115 - - 115
Artists fees & expenses 15,998 - - 15,998
Venue hire 1,715 - - 1,715
Piano hire, insurance & tuning 1,958 - - 1,958
Administration 1,000 1,000
Design & Printing Flyers & Programmes
1,795 - - 1,795
Music hire 156 - - 156
Drinks etc for interval & receptions 535 535
Insurance 232 232
Stationery & sundries 151 151
Bank charges 155 155
Sub total 26,713 - - 26,713
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 26,713 - - 26,713
Net of receipts/(payments) 16,123 - - 16,123
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,549 - - 7,549
Cash funds this year end 23,672 - - 23,672
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,672**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree|balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK|OK||
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||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CC16a
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**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Corbridge Chamber Music Festival **On accounts for the year** 31/10/2022 **Charity no** 1171185 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 6-7 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 10 / 2022** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:** 13/06/2023 **Signed: Name:** Aidan Beck **Relevant professional** Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales **qualification(s) or body** (ICAEW) **(if any): Address:** 10 Thirlmere Birtley DH3 2JY
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**