## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2020 31 12 2020
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## Section A Reference and administration details
Seed Studios CIO n/a
**Charity name** Seed Studios CIO **Other names charity is known by** n/a **Registered charity number (if any)** 1172658 **Charity's principal address** 54-56 Seymour Grove Old Trafford Manchester **Postcode M160LN**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Slatcher||Until January 2020||
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**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)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CIO Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
The Charity recruits for specific roles and use Volunteer websites as well Trustee selection methods as word of mouth to fill those roles. No organisation or body is entitled to (eg. appointed by, elected by) appoint Trustees
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The purpose of Seed Studios CIO is to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society by providing a community music and arts service.
We have sought to prevent social exclusion as a result of ill health (physical and mental) through two main activities.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** (physical and mental) through two main activities. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** • Provision of a volunteer-led community music studio including purchase **this section the statutory** of instruments and equipment. **declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** • Provision of one-to-one music sessions for vulnerable adults by **Commission on public** sessional workers **benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Using music as a tool we have empowered and enabled around 100 individuals to grow in confidence and resilience, equipping them to have a better chance in life with a variety of life skills including communication. We have supported these people to develop connections, contributing to a stronger community and reducing individual occurrences of social isolation as well as tackling stigma through public performances. The user group is made up of adults from the Trafford Borough who have been referred to us in different ways including self-referral and GP signposting as a result of a range of health difficulties particularly mental health issues and isolation. In addition, we have offered volunteering opportunities to the public. due to COVID-19 and the safety restrictions which we put in place considering the infection rates allot of our work have been carried out online, including online public performances and online workshops. When restrictions allowed, we also did workshops outside following social distancing rules.
## **Section E Financial review**
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## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The policy is to maintain Reserves of £1,000. This is for unexpected costs that may accrue
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- 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**
Andrew Hodson **Signature(s)** Lucy Power Andrew Christopher Hodson **Full name(s)** Lucy Kohoutek Power **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 13th September 2021 13[th] September 2021
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|A1 Receipts||to the nearest £
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14,053
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|Donations|133||-|133|60|
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|Sub total(Gross income for AR)|133
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|Total payments|162||16,359|||-|||16,521||9,630||
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|Net of receipts/(payments)|- 29||- 2,306||-||||- 2,335||- 213||
|A5 Transfers between funds|-||-||-||||-||-||
|A6 Cash funds last year end|4,697||17,270||-||||21,967||22,180||
|Cash funds this year end|4,668||14,964||-||||19,632||21,967||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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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
Cash at bank
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Details
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Signature
LucyPower
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to nearest£
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14,964
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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