Trustees. Annual Report for the period 31¥t Section A Reference and administration details Charlty n• elgh Folk Fethal Assoclatlon CIO Other nam08 charlty l• kno igh Folk Arts R•glst•r•d charlty numb•r (rf any 171298 Charitys prlnclpal add O Ceylon Road Ilff on Sea 07HP Namos of th• ch•rlty trit•os who manage th• ¢harlty Ollk• Ilany) I1• of pornon lor W) •nlltlod to if * Neil Harding Keith Baxter Chainnan Secretary Simon Gentry Paul Collier Artists'c Director John Batth Michael Davison Hilary Scarnell Nick Dart Treasurnr ReSned Feb 2020 10 Sarah-Jane Holm88 Apr1red Feb 2020 Members at AGM 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the Charity, rf any. (for exanwe, any custodian trustees) ama ates actsd rf not for whole ear
years. However due to Covid the Festival was CanlIed in 2020. Due to timely decision by the twstees to cancel the fests'val no costs were incurred other than pre payment to seojre an artist, which has been rolled over to a future COnrt as have most of the tiGket sales. tJring rIOd ts Front RM Folk Festival was held on line this." Beneffted society by provided muth needed entertainmenl durirwJ lockdown Provided artists the opportunty to perfonn and reach an audien Raised Funds equally for Southend Emergency Fund, Help the sicians and Leyh Folk Arts. Maintained a lasting legacy on You Tube Addrtional Organisational, Life and IT ski118 were undoubtedly leamt or enhaTed for those involved. Summary of the main actlvltles undertaken for the public benefft in relatlon to these objects linclude within this section the statutory declaratlon that trustaes have had regard to the guidan Issued by the Charity Commission on publk benefft) The Trustees thank Elltt Water5. Mike BroMrk1 a1 Nick Dart for organising this event. The Trustees are Satfd wrth the firkincial position of the Charity arKI envisage no dlanges in the foreseeable future. The Association has reiVed donatDns during the period and disbursed these by way of operats'ng expenses. Th8 Associati( also raised funds during the p8riod through the sale of merchandise. The trustees have had regard to the commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any pr8 or dut$ to which the guhJan¢e is relevant. Addltlonal details of obJecllv•s and activiti08 Iopthnal knfomwllon) You may choose to irKluda further statements. there relevant, about. policy on grantmakng" policy programme related investmenL contribUtn made by volunteers.
Bri8f statement of the charity's pollcy on reserves Th8 Trustees endeavour to MataIn adequate resources to provide fan for the Folk Festival to take place. The money at the end of the year under revw (£23.881) Is shown on the Re(*ipt and Payments accounts d. is tJ>nsidered adequate for the AssOciatnS artivities in 2021 allowFry for furKlraising adiviti'es which will take pla during the year 2021. Funds for ongoing athitss are hej with the Association's bankers in current account and within our Paypal acmunt The dwritEs reserves are k1 in a deposrt account, and the trustees managed to increase the aUnt hekd in reser4es by £2.277 {the amount of GiftAKI reNed) this year to £6,930. These reseNes are hebj rather than being immediately experKled for our Charitab aims, to proted against potential for drops in future income. for example beouse of poor weath8r over the festival weekend and otrer ¢ontin9encies, arKI to allow us the financial headn)om to consider other charitable ath'Vrts and be more ambibjus with our fundraising. While good progrnss has been with strertyning Ihe financial posrtion arKI reserves of Ihe tharrty, our short and medium temi obiedives are to increase reserves to cover the annual expenditure of the charity. r reserves can be sperrt on any of our charitabl8 aims. Detslls of any funds materfalty In deficlt Further flnanclal revlew detalls Ioptlonal infornthl You may choose to iude addth'onal information, where relevant about: the chanty's prinapal sources of funds (IrmdIrj any fundraising)" how exFenditure has supported the key obpdNes of the Charity. investwEnt p)licy objectives incIling any ethical investment policy adopted. The Charilies principal SoUrS of fundiro in a normal year are grants, donations, street ¢olle(aions, sale of merchandise. sale of cOnrt tickets arKI payn from )nCeSsIOnal$ aKI advertisers. The (yxnmrttee have aLlively Mana C08ts, this helped mitigate in(xeases in operating ()Sts identifred. Systems have been implemented by the Trustees to minimise any future risk to assets. The Treasurer regulaty monitors the financial wsition of the Charty. This has identified the need to cont11 fundraisirwJ effort to proted the Trust's assets arKI future. To enact this, a furMIraisir c¥>mmittee seeks to widen the SOU of furKling a1 seeks funds lollY and nattonally. Rec have made our back catakgue available on streaming servTrces, encouraged SFonsored events and instigated new thannels for furKlraisirq, a 50150 WKI text to donate. It is the trustees, opinion that c£)ntinu8d discipline with expenditure and inGreased fundraising effort can enable Association to continue its adiviti'es in fjjthran of is chantable aims and lo
Nanies and addresses of adinr¥ (Optional wrfornmtsn) e of adviser Address Name of chief executiv• or namos of senior staff mombevs (Optional Infornl10n) Section B Structure, governance and management Descrlpllon of the charws trusts Type of govemrng docum How the dlarity is consttlut Charitable Inrporated Organisats'on Trustee selection wftthod ew Trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting of ihe ssociation by way of a vote of members present at that meets'ng. ILY ru.)Ll11 IILlJ Uy ¥It'uivi Addttlonal govomanco18•ues (Optional infommtion) Meetings of truste8 body separate from ts festival organising committee were held during the year to evaluate activty in the time of COVID and when to again focus on faritable objectsves of the associats'on. You may choose to irKlude additional infofmation, where relevant, about.. policies and prOdureS adopted for the irKluclion and training of trustees; the charity's organisational structure and any wtder network with which the charity The trustees assess Ihe risks the festival faces KI how to eliminate, mitigate or transfer risks faced. relationship with any relaled parties,. trustees, consideration of major risks and the systeni and procedures to manage them. Section C Objectives and activities The Trustees are empowered to hokj the Association's funds in trust for any purpose, *thich is chantable in accordan with the law of England and Wales. for the benefft of any w)divKluals or group of people, or corporate bodies with the speCff aims of organising and running the annual Leigh Folk Festival. and to preseNe and advan the public educatK)n in the appSan of traditK)nal and contemporary folk music Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its goveming document
Summary ofthe main achievements of tha charity during the year During 2020 the Charty achEved: Beir¥J associated with a 11 received )nrt by a Sandy Denny Plannirb3 and streamirvJ the Front Room Folk Festrval., Raising money for S0Lrtnd Ernejen¢y Fund and Help the situation at the tirrE and nUIne hardship being suffered it was appropriate to raise funds for these rAuses as TrhEII as the association. in line with our drible purFX)se. Prior to making donati( it vas made clear the destination of the money donated: and Streammg a Folk Carol Service. Sought fundirvj for and invesligated u$irNJ music to redu social isolation arKI improve qualty of lrfe for older citizens, induding those with DeentIa. This has been put on hold gNen COVID.
To tetter refiect our wider Charitable obp(th the workiro name Leigh Folk Arts Assouation was used during the year. Section G Declaration The trustO08 declaro that thoy have approvad th• truste, report alJov•. Signed on behalf of the charlty's trust••• Slgnaturnls) Full nanwls ohn Batch 11 Hardlng Posltlon (•g Socrntary* Chalr etc rea$urnr halmmn
CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WAL 1171298 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe wlod 1nrlli 31112r20 To Section A Receipts and payments R•strlei¢d Endo¥fflwnt Totsl fund$ Last y•ar Al Rtt•lpts DMati¢) 3A69 6,642 727¥ £179 17• Bank lnt•rnSttth7 Other InLX# 6.423 2019P 12A15 1277 Sub total{Grass ifKXTh AR) 13J24 13J24 48J28 ss• •n {•ee labl•}. Non• 13 6.914 3A15 Insurar* Lten iJ20 3.788 1,7 Ccrttd othgr Inc¢Yre CLxts 3,989 Waste 810 579 61Y6 11MS Sub to 11 31.796 A4 Assetaftd Invmknent $t0 AS Trdnsf•Ys ts•11 funds A6 Cash lunds last yearend 21 21 CCXX R1 xcujnts ISS)
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period utrIcd RtriCt•d lund¥ •r••te Endo4wngnt fundB Categorfes Detsils Bl Cash funds 11,125 Cash RMtrlct•d Endovmi•nt fund• lund• fvnd• D•tall$ nMr••t£ to n••rn•t£ B2 Othgr monetary a•xl• Curr•brtv•lu• Detai18 83 Inv68tmont Curf•nt¥alL D•tlls eharlty'$ ovffl Detail• JM BS Llabllltle• by 0 tru8es c Lthdfofl th8 trusts Date of SJnature Prknt Nan 2ZW21 14eN H•nJlng- Chalrnmn 22KIBf2f CCXX R2 rnnts ISSI 23N)8r2(r21