Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 Sep 2022 To 31 August 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
| Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) |
Dissenters N16 Community Arts |
Dissenters N16 Community Arts |
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Dissenters Arts/ Dissenters Arts N16 |
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| 1172761 | ||
| St Matthias Church Hall | ||
| Wordsworth Road | ||
| London | ||
| Postcode | N16 8DD |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Nicolas Johnson | Chair | |||
| Ruth Whitehead | ||||
| Rosanna Preston | Until 16 Jan 2023 | |||
| Eamonn Malik | Until 16 Jan 2023 | |||
| Sylvia Chew | ||||
| MoragShiach | ||||
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
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose members are the trustees How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Selected by the existing trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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;
Dissenters Arts N16 was established by members of a local choir, Chorus of Dissent, and relies mainly on financial contributions from members of the choir, trustees and their contacts, collections at concerts, and fundraising social events.
Ruth Whitehead, who through Ruth Whitehead Associates is the principal sponsor of Chorus of Dissent, is also a trustee of Dissenters Arts N16.
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Dissenters Arts was established to advance the arts for the benefit of the public, in particular but not exclusively choral and classical music and local visual arts. Based in Stoke Newington, its focus is on local activities Summary of the objects of the in N16 and neighbouring areas. charity set out in its governing document
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The main activity of the Charity during the period was the facilitation of engagement in music and other artistic activities by primary school age children.
Declaration
The trustees had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charities Commission on public benefit when allocating the resources of the charity to particular projects.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
During the year, we continued our funding of music professionals visiting St Matthias C of E Primary School in order to consolidate on the success of the Evenings at Home project last year. This included provision for every form to have a singing period once a week, an optional school choir and music assemblies/ whole school performances.
We also made one-off grants to Sir Thomas Abney Primary School and to the East London Music to facilitate accessibility to instrumental music making by their students
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The charity will seek to identify funding commitments in advance of projects undertaken and will keep sufficient funds to at least meet its next three months’ expected expenditures. It does not aim to build up substantial reserves.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
Total funds raised in the period were £10,139, including £361 from Gift Aid.
- the charity’s principal Funds raised from donations were £4,656 with the balance raised sources of funds (including through collections at concerts and social events. any fundraising);
Expenditure on projects and grants was £12,033.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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Administrative costs were £552, corresponding to bank and payment
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of the charity; provider fees, and a one-off cost related to website maintenance. As this
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• investment policy and was covered by trustees’ contributions during the year, all funds raised objectives including any from other donors were used towards our projects. ethical investment policy adopted. The charity had a cash balance of £3,735 on 31 Aug 2023, compared to £6,170 the year before.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
| ed on behalf of the charity’s trustees | ’s trustees | ’s trustees | |||
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| Signature(s) Full name(s)Nicolas Johnson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 24 Jan 2024 |
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Chair |
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| 24 Jan 2024 |
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| 1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
1 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from 1172761 Dissenters N16 Community Arts 01-Sep-22 31-Aug-23 ~~ee ee ee~~ |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Restricted | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
| Direct donations | 1,250 | - | 1,250 | 2,971 | ||||||
| Donattions through CAF Donate | 3,045 | - | - | - | 3,045 | 10,575 | ||||
| Gift Aid receipts | 361 | - | - | - | 361 | 2,256 | ||||
| Donations-events | 5,483 | - | - | - | 5,483 | 1,701 | ||||
| Fundraiser tickets | - | - | - | - | 123 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Interest | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR)10,150 |
- | - | - | 10,150 | 17,627 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 10,150 - - 10,150 17,627 ~~——_————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Bank account charges | 60 | - | - | - | 60 | 93 | ||||
| Paymentprovider charges | 132 | - | - | - | 132 | 380 | ||||
| Other admin | 360 | - | - | - | 360 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Evenings at Home musicproject | - | - | - | - | 13,408 | |||||
| St Matthias Schoolproject | 10,373 | - | - | - | 10,373 | - | ||||
| Otherprojects | 1,660 | - | - | - | 1,660 | - | ||||
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| - | - | - |
Sub total [ 12,585 ] - - 12,585 13,881 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total [ - ] - - - - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~——=—~~ 12,585 - - 12,585 13,881 Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,435 - - - 2,435 3,746 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 6,170 - - 6,170 2,424 Cash funds this year end ~~===>~~ 3,735 - - 3,735 ~~=>~~ 6,170 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ~~ee~~ Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Account with CAF Bank 3,735 - - CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ~~1~~
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| Total cash funds | 3,735 | - | - | ||||||
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| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | ||||||
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | ||||||
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Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | |||||||
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| B4 Assets retained for the | - | - | |||||||
| charity’s own use | - | - | |||||||
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| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||||
| B5 Liabilities | - | ||||||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |
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| Nicolas johnson (Chair) | 22-Jan-24 | ||||||||
| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) | ~~2~~ |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)