Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date From 01 September 2023 To 31 st August 2024 Reference and administration details Charfty name Section A National Youth Harp Orchestra Charitable Trust Other names charity is known by NYHO Registered charity number (if any) 1173047 Charity's principal address Friday Fam, Friday Street Rusper, Horsham West Sussex Postcode RH12 4QA Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name oirice Ilf any) Dates acted If not for whole ear Chair Name of person {or body) entitled Int trustse ifan Kenneth Paul Dulieu Clifford John Cavender Philip Rawnson Richard John Bond 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustses for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted rf not for whole ear TAR March 2012 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiatlon) e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or narnes of senlor staff members {Optional infomiation) Section B Structure, Descriptlon of the charity's trusts Type of governing document Constitution overnance and mana ement How the charity is constituted cio Trustee selection methods Additional governance issues (Optional Infonnation You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, aboLrt" policies and prO￿dureS adopted for the induction and training of trustees,. the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which Ihe charity • relationship with any related parties; trustees, Consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Ob-ectives and activities 1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF HARP MUSIC AND THE PLAYING OF THE HARP INSTRUMENT AND ITS HISTORY AND HERITAGE, THROUGH CONCERTS, TUITION AND GRANTS TO ASPIRING HARPISTS SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS IN HARP PLAYING., AND 2.TO SUPPORT SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE BY MAKING DONATIONS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS. Summary of tho objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012 Unique in Europe, the NYHO has 40 of the most talented harpists from across the UK. It was founded by their Director, Professional Ha￿lSt, Luisa Cordell, to provide a training platform and a wealth of opportunities for dedicated harpists. Thè orchestra now boasts a Training Orchestra for young harpists, as well as the Senior Orchestra for more advantsd players. The NYHO regularly performs at prestigious events and concert venues acros8 the UK including The Barbican. St John's Smith Square and Cadogan Hall, and across Europe including Belgium, France, Portugal, Gemiany, Netherlands, Hungary, Italy and Ireland, as well as further afield to the USA. In Washington we were privileged to play for the President and Secretary of State Clinton at a reception at the British Embassy. Summary of the maln activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within thls section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on publi¢ benefit) In 2017, the NYHO was awarded Charitable status. We actively support young harpists with financial help through our Bursary Scheme. We also take our orchestra out into the community (care homeslhospitals) to play for those who through ill health or age are unable to attend our Con￿rtS. Additional detalls of objectives and activlties (Optional infonnation) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: policy on grantmaking. policy programme related investment. • contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year The NYHO had a busy a year of concerts and events. We had our usual Christmas Concert followed by our main performance at Menuhin Hall in Cobham, Surrey. Over the Easter break 25 of our members travelled to Portugal to establish continue our exchange link with students from the ConseNatorio in Faro. While there they took part in workshops and several joint concerts. They then travelled to Seville in Spain, to perform an additional at the Conservatoire of music. In the Spring the NYHO hosted a visit from world-renowned harpist Alfredo Ortiz to work with our own harpists and the wider harp community. We continued with our outreach programme with our members performing to patients in care homes and hOSpi￿S. We continue to support members from less advantaged backgrounds with our Bursary scheme and set up a new Graduate Bursary to support members in their first year studying music at College or University. During this period the NYHO also purchased a new pedal harp. This will enable members that are unable to purchase an expensive instrument the opportunity to borrow one. Section E Financial review Brief ststement of the charity's poll¢y on reserves The NYHO Charitable Trust's policy on reserves is to maintain a sufficient level of operational reserves. As a relatively new Charity, we are looking to build our reserve position, to enable us to meet our financial liabilities in terms of staff costs, contractual commitments such as venue hire, and overheads for a period of 12 months in the unlikely event of a temporary drop or cessation of income. In so doing, this will enable us to continue our activities to bring harp music to the attention of the wider public, in particular concerts and tours, and our outreach programme, and to enable us to operate effectively in this aGtivity. Details of any funds matsrially In deficit TAR March 2012 Further financial review detalls {Optlonal Infonnation) You may choose to indude additional information, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of Ihe charity; investment policy and objectives including any ethical Investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustses declare that they have approved the trustses, report above. Signed on behalf of the charty's trustees Signaturo(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) IL44£D JtsH tsJ PkkiLIP trsl IkcJkJ5cK) Date Z3/0**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**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 £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |Subscriptions/Membership||**18,000**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**18,000**||**15,675**|| |CharityDonations||**6,466**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**5,795**||**7,943**|| |Concert income||**4,457**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**4,457**||**4,310**|| |Workshop||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**3,715**|| |Easyfunding/ Amazon Smile||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**92**|| |Gift Aid||**3,172**||||||||**3,172**|||| |Merchandice||**773**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**773**||**667**|| |World HarpCongress||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,456**|| |Tour||**40,649**||||||||**40,649**||**20,270**|| |Other||**296**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**296**||**381**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**73,812**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**73,812**||**54,509**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 73,812**
**-**
**-**
**73,812**
**54,509**
~~———_———~~|||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |Luisa Cordell,Music Director,fees||**3,500**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,500**||**3,500**|| |Admin fees||**13,000**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**13,000**||**11,100**|| |Rehearsal Assistant||**780**||||||||**780**||**500**|| |Music||**952**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**952**||**341**|| |Merchandice||**334**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**334**||**-**|| |Rehearsal Costs||**2,625**||||||||**2,625**||**3,025**|| |Website/Hosting||**334**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**334**||**346**|| |Concert Expenditure||**3,590**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,590**||**2,245**|| |Workshop||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**2,353**|| |IT||**721**||||||||**721**||**840**|| |Bank Fees||**17**||||||||**17**||**74**|| |Public LiabilityInsurance||**475**||||||||**475**||**348**|| |New Music Commission||**1,231**||||||||**1,231**||**500**|| |Subscriptions||**366**||||||||**366**||**98**|| |Other||**75**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**75**||**80**|| |World HarpCongress Costs||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**165**|| |HarpInsurance||**35**||||||||**35**||**34**|| |Portugal Tour||**41,381**||||||||**41,381**||**21,660**|| |Donations||**-**||||||||**-**||**300**|| |Legal Fees||**-**||||||||**-**||**170**|| |**_Sub total_ **||**69,415**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**69,415**||**47,680**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
Harp (Lever)
**-**
**-**
**-**
Harp (Pedal)
**15,000**
**-**
**-**
**15,000**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 15,000**
**-**
**-**
**15,000**
**_Total payments_ 84,415**
**-**
**-**
**84,415**
**47,680**
~~——————~~|||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 10,603**
**-**
**- 10,603**
**6,829**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**49,461**
**- -**
**49,461**
**49,461**
**38,858**
**-**
**- 38,858**
~~SSSS~~||||||||||||| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||||1||||||||30/06/2025|| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Harp
Harp
**Details**
**Details**
Main Account, 31 08 24
Tour Account, 31 08 23
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**32,616**
**-**
**6,242**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,858**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
unrestricted
**1,620**
unrestricted
**15,000**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**1,620**| ||||**15,000**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/06/2025 2 ## **Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees of the National Youth Harp Orchestra of Great Britain** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 August 2024. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that, in any material respect: 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Date 25 June 2025 Helen M Ainsworth FCA 12 Killasser Court Station Approach Tadworth Surrey KT20 5AN