Trustees. Annual Report for the period
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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 tri*t•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
ReS￿ned Feb 2020
10
Sarah-Jane
Holm88
Apr￿1r￿ed 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 Can￿lIed 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 COn￿rt as have most of the tiGket sales.
t*Jring ￿rIOd ts Front R￿M 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 enhaT￿ed 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 Ell￿tt Water5. Mike BroMr￿k1 a￿1 Nick Dart for
organising this event.
The Trustees are Sat￿f￿d wrth the firkincial position of the Charity arKI
envisage no dlanges in the foreseeable future. The Association has
re￿iVed 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 p￿r8 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
contribUt￿n made by
volunteers.

Bri8f statement of the
charity's pollcy on reserves
Th8 Trustees endeavour to Ma￿taIn adequate resources to provide
f￿an￿ 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 AssOciat￿nS artivities in
2021 allowFry for furKlraising adiviti'es which will take pla￿ during the
year 2021.
Funds for ongoing athitss are he￿j 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 a￿Unt hekd in reser4es by £2.277 {the amount
of GiftAKI re￿Ned) 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'Vrt￿s 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 i￿ude
addth'onal information, where
relevant about:
the chanty's prinapal
sources of funds (Irm￿dIr￿j
any fundraising)"
how exFenditure has
supported the key obpdNes
of the Charity.
investwEnt p)licy
objectives incI￿ling any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
The Charilies principal SoUr￿S of fundiro in a normal year are grants,
donations, street ¢olle(aions, sale of merchandise. sale of cOn￿rt 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 a￿1 seeks funds lo￿llY 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 Inforn￿l10n)
Section B
Structure, governance and management
Descrlpllon of the charws trusts
Type of govemrng docum
How the dlarity is consttlut
Charitable In￿rporated 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 f*aritable objectsves of the associats'on.
You may choose to irKlude
additional infofmation, where
relevant, about..
policies and prO￿dureS
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 app￿Sa￿n 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 ￿)n￿rt by a Sandy Denny
Plannirb3 and streamirvJ the Front Room Folk Festrval.,
Raising money for S0Lrt￿nd Erne￿jen¢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 d￿ri￿ble 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 De￿entIa. 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$urnr
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CHARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGLAND AND WAL
1171298
Receipts and payments accounts
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Forthe wlod
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To
Section A Receipts and payments
R•strlei¢d
Endo¥fflwnt
Totsl fund$
Last y•ar
Al Rtt•lpts
DMati¢)
3A69
6,642
727¥
£179
17•
Bank lnt•rnStt￿th7￿￿
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•1￿￿1 funds
A6 Cash lunds last yearend
21
21
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
u￿￿trIc￿d
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lund¥
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Endo4wngnt
fundB
Categorfes
Detsils
Bl Cash funds
11,125
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to n••rn•t£
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Date of
S*Jnature
Prknt Nan
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22KIBf2f
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23N)8r2(r21