Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 Sep 2024 To 31 August 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Dissenters N16 Community Arts Other names charity is known by Dissenters Arts/ Dissenters Arts N16 Registered charity number (if any) 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 | ||||
| Sylvia Chew | ||||
| Morag Shiach | ||||
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 the arts.
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
Following the announcement of forthcoming closure of Sir Thomas Abney Primary School, our cooperation with this school could not continue as anticipated and our activity was much reduced during the year.
Our main expenditure was contributing to facilitating a recording by a group of local young musicians.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the The charity will seek to identify funding commitments in advance of charity’s policy on reserves 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:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Total funds raised in the period were £742, including £139 from Gift Aid. These were mainly collected through CAF Donate.
Expenditure on projects and grants was £1,000.
Administrative costs were £79, corresponding to bank and payment provider fees.
The charity had a cash balance of £7,882 on 31 Aug 2025, compared to of £8,202 the year before.
- 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
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| Signature(s) Full name(s)Nicolas Johnson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 25 March 2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Restricted | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||
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to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| Direct donations | 89 | - | 89 | 89 | 5 009 | ||||||
| Donattions through CAF Donate | 515 | - | - | - | 515 | 515 | 620 | ||||
| Gift Aid receipts | 139 | - | - | - | 139 | 139 | 145 | ||||
| FundraisingEvents/ calendars | - | - | - | - | - | 1 382 | |||||
| Donations at events | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | |||||
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| Interest | 17 | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | 95 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR)759 |
- | - | - | 759 | 759 | 7 280 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 759 - - 759 7 280 ~~——_————~~ |
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| Bank account charges | 65 | - | - | - | 65 | 65 | 61 | ||||
| Paymentprovider charges | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| Other admin | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Events & calendars costs | - | - | - | - | - | 721 | |||||
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| Schoolprojects | - | - | - | - | - | 2 000 | |||||
| Otherprojects | 1 000 | - | - | - | 1 000 | 1 000 | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1 079 | - | - | - | 1 079 | 1 079 | 2 813 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 1 079 - - 1 079 2 813 ~~———=—~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 319 - - - 319 4 467 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 8 202 - - 8 202 10 637 Cash funds this year end 7 882 - - 7 882 15 104 ~~===>=>~~ |
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| 7 882 - Account with CAF Bank B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ~~1~~ |
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|Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of|
|behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval|
|Nicolas johnson (Chair)|25-Mar-26|
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