
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  1 November 2019                   To  31 October 2020** 

## **Charity name:  Maldon Festival** 

## **Charity registration number: 1172573** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote, improve, develop and<br>maintain public education and appreciation<br>in the arts, including music and the visual<br>arts, in particular but not exclusively by the<br>staging of an annual cultural festival in<br>Maldon.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Maldon Festival devises, promotes and<br>stages a varied annual programme of<br>concerts and other cultural events,<br>including educational events and free<br>events, in and around Maldon designed for<br>the enlightenment and enjoyment of the<br>broadest possible public.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are fully cognisant of the need<br>to demonstrate that the CIO’s activities are<br>exclusively for the benefit of the public and<br>will always work to provide a diverse,<br>accessible and stimulating festival.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The CIO is reliant on and grateful for<br>volunteer help in many aspects of the<br>running of its events, but chiefly as<br>stewards.|





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|All programming was cancelled in 2020 as<br>a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. We tried<br>to keep audiences engaged through social<br>media and e-newsletters.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The pandemic made it impossible to<br>achieve our objectives in 2020. However,<br>we are confident that audiences and<br>supporters remain fully engaged. They are<br>thirsty for live performance in 2021.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all activities<br>were suspended for 2020: apart from the<br>start of our annual educational outreach<br>programme which, sadly, had to be<br>abandoned at the start of lockdown.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|We carried our surplus from 2019 over to<br>the 2021 festival.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold no reserves other than the<br>operating surplus brought forward.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£6,980|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Maldon Festival CIO, like many smaller arts<br>festivals, operates on an extremely tight<br>budget, and accruing reserves presents a<br>challenge.  We minimise financial risks to<br>the CIO, spending only what we are<br>reasonably sure of accruing, thanks to our<br>loyal audiences and sponsors.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|We are confident that as our reputation<br>evolves and as we are able better to exploit<br>the talents of our Trustees the CIO will<br>flourish and gain greater financial security.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|We rely on a small number of local firms<br>and individuals to supplement our box<br>office and other income.  We will work to<br>widen this circle.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks in 2021 are a lack of<br>sponsorship. However we hope to receive<br>more grant aid this year and will be<br>particularly careful this year where<br>programming versus expense is<br>concerned.|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Potential trustees are considered on the<br>basis of experience, skills and reputation<br>and elected by majority vote of the Board of<br>Trustees.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are guided towards the<br>Commission’s own guidelines and outlines<br>of trustee responsibilities.  Current trustees<br>are periodically reminded of these.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|At present the CIO’s only members are its<br>trustees. The Festival Director, who is also<br>a trustee, receives a modest fee for his<br>services solely as Festival Director, as<br>permitted by the Constitution and verified<br>by the Commission.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**Maldon Festival**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|**1172573**|
|Charity’s principal address|**15 Wantz Road**<br>**Maldon**<br>**Essex**<br>**CM9 5DB**|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Colin Baldy|Chair (until<br>23/01/2018)|||
||Mark Brewer|Chair (from<br>23/01/2018)|||
||John Doubleday||||
||Gill Gadsby|Treasurer (from<br>01/10/2018)|||
||Stephen Pettitt|Vice Chair (from<br>23/01/2018)|Resigned 10/09/2019||
||Ruth O’Neill|Treasurer (until<br>06/09/2018)|Resigned  06/09/2018||
||Kieran Sampson|Hon Secretary|Deceased 27/02/19||
||James Mann||Appointed 10/10/2017||
||Bobbi Davy||Appointed 30/11/2018||
||Nigel Farmer||Appointed 30/11/2018||
||MaryPowell||Appointed 04/02/2018||
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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 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **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 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
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|**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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Colin Leslie Baldy||
||<br> <br>Artistic Director||
||17/01/21||
||17/01/21||





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**Maldon Festival** 


## **Recei ts and a ments accou p p y** 

01/11/2019 

**For the period from** 

**To** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted funds** 

**to the nearest      £** 

**Restricted funds** 

**to the nearest £** 

**Endowment funds** 

**to the nearest £** 

|**A1 Receipts**|1<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**150**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**775**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**925**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**925**<br>**-                     925**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|01/02/2021<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Sponsorship|**-**|||
|Donations|**-**|||
|Box Office|**-**|||
|Programme Sales|**-**|||
|Advertising|**-**|||
|Bar Sales|**-**|||
|ECF Grant|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**|||
|||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||
|<br>**None**|**-**|||
||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||
|<br>Fees(Performers and Director)|**150**|||
|Marketing|**-**|||
|Website and online costs|**-**|||
|Bar Supplies|**-**|||
|Printing|**-**|||
|Licences|**-**|||
|Venue Hire|**775**|||
|Office costs|**-**|||
|Governance costs|**-**|||
|Piano Hire/Tuning|**-**|||
|Orchestral Parts/PropHire|**-**|||
||**925**|||
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|**_Sub total_**||||
||**-**|||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**-**|||
||**-**|||
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|**_Sub total_**|**925**|||
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||||
||**-                     925**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||1<br>**-**|**-**|01/02/2021<br>**-**|





|**A5**|**Transfers between funds**|**-                     925**|<br>**-**|<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**|7,905|0|0|
||**_Cash funds this year end_**|6,980|0||



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 

2 



|CCXX R3 accounts (SS)<br>~~3~~<br>~~01/02/2021~~<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Section B Statement of a**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Categories**<br>**6,980**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,980**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>Unrestricted<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>None<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>HSBC Bank Account<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>Piano Hire|CCXX R3 accounts (SS)<br>~~3~~<br>~~01/02/2021~~<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Section B Statement of a**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Categories**<br>**6,980**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,980**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>Unrestricted<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>None<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>HSBC Bank Account<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>Piano Hire|CCXX R3 accounts (SS)<br>~~3~~<br>~~01/02/2021~~<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Section B Statement of a**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Categories**<br>**6,980**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,980**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>Unrestricted<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>None<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>HSBC Bank Account<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>Piano Hire|CCXX R3 accounts (SS)<br>~~3~~<br>~~01/02/2021~~<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Section B Statement of a**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**Categories**<br>**6,980**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,980**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>Unrestricted<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>None<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>HSBC Bank Account<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>**Details**<br>Piano Hire|
|---|---|---|---|
|CCXX R3 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|HSBC Bank Account||**6,980**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**6,980**|
||||Agreement Error|
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||None||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|
||None|||
|||||
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||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|
||None|||
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|||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|
||~~3~~<br>Piano Hire||~~01/02/2021~~<br>Unrestricted|



||||**Fund to which**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Details**|||**liability relates**||
|Piano Hire|||Unrestricted||
||~~3~~||~~01/02/2021~~||



CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 



|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**||||
|---|---|---|---|
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||Signature|||
||||Colin B|
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 

4 



**172573** 

## **unts** 

## **CC16a** 

31/10/2020 

## **Total funds Last year** 

## **to the nearest £** 

## **to the nearest £** 

|**-**||**7,250**|
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**7,105**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**1,035**|
|**-**||**1,512**|
|**-**||**4,000**|
|**-**||**20,902**|



|**-**|||
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**20,902**|



|**150**||**9,980**|
|---|---|---|
|**-**||**543**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**783**|
|**-**||**821**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**775**||**285**|
|**-**||**1,105**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**65**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**925**||**13,582**|



||**-**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|
||**925**||**13,582**|
|**-**|**925**||**7,320**|
||**-**||**-**|
||5<br>**-**||**-**|
|||||



CCXX R5 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 



|**-**|**925**|**7,320**|
|---|---|---|
|||585|
|||7905|



CCXX R6 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 

6 



|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||**-**|
||OK|
||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



**Amount due When due (optional) (optional) 860** ~~7~~ 

CCXX R7 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 




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CCXX R8 accounts (SS) 

01/02/2021 

8 

