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2021-04-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period start date Period end date
**From ** 1 May 2020 To 30
April		 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Bollington Chamber Concerts

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1174602

Charity's principal address 23 Cocksheadhey Road

Bollington Macclesfield Postcode SK10 5QZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee(if any)
Yvonne Singer Chair
Kenneth Singer Treasurer
Ian Brammer Joint Secretary
Gerald Coope
MaryHalloran
Sheila Brammer Joint Secretary
Phil Lambert

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

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

CIO

Trustee selection methods

By existing trustees

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance, improve and maintain public education in and appreciation of the arts, in particular the art of music, in Bollington and the surrounding areas by: a. The provision of an annual series of professional chamber concerts b. The provision of educational classes in all aspects of classical music and to organize other associated educational activities

c. Collaborating with other music societies in arranging concerts and musical educational activities.

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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)

Pandemic guidance was followed to the letter. A temporary programme of events was planned and modified as experience of streaming was gained. When the hoped-for relaxation of the pandemic rules on the presence of audiences was postponed as the second wave occurred additional activity to rearrange cancelled concerts had to be undertaken. Successful streaming of three trial concerts was carried out with fair payment to the musicians involved and a performance including the work of a well known poet was added. We maintained the support of the local audiences through good communication with them and enhanced our reputation for dealing with musicians fairly. The Music Appreciation courses were restarted and continued successfully after redesign to allow meetings to take place through the Zoom facility.

The Trustees have taken full regard of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our concert activities after March 2020 was considerable and changed the work load of volunteers. There are now 8 volunteers, all committee members, and they continue to be assisted by others as required. The responsibilities for designing the annual programme of concerts, booking performers and the venue and making all the arrangements involved in staging concerts were unchanged but suspended for a time. Concerts planned for the end of the 2019/2020 season had already been cancelled and the consequences were dealt with by the volunteer team. Plans then had to be made for dealing with the Covid rules and guidance put in place by the government, especially the rules applying to the presence of audiences and to the numbers of musicians allowed at any one time. It was rapidly decided to experiment with live streaming as a way of maintaining the provision of some musical events even when audiences were not allowed. One of the volunteers with special knowledge took charge of setting up and trialling live performances in the Arts Centre, assisted by others when needed. Once trials had proved successful, volunteers applied pandemic rules on hygiene within the Arts Centre before and after events. They were then occupied with revising bookings in line with what had become possible. All volunteer meetings were carried out remotely using the Zoom facility. In addition to these tasks, the committee give considerable time to necessary administration activities of a financial and communicative nature.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Overall the group continued to meet its objective of maintaining and Summary of the main developing interest in classical chamber music in the local area. In achievements of the charity during the year addition a new cultural element was added by the inclusion of a performance by a local poet. We also enhanced our standing in attracting and dealing fairly with musicians at a time when they had to suffer cancellations of their playing opportunities and consequent loss of income. Similarly the provision of performance opportunities to two duos of advanced students from the RNCM contributed to the development of up and coming performers. Interest in music education was also developed by the changes made in the Music Appreciation course and the determination to maintain its availability. The introduction of live and recorded streaming of performances was completely new and provided a basis for future innovation by the team.

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Section E Financial review ~~a~~

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity aims to maintain a minimum reserve of around £12,000 – this being the approximate annual expenditure on concert artists.

Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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Section F Other optional information

~~a~~ Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Kenneth Singer

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date 7th September 2021 ~~|~~

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Bollington Chamber Concerts Bollington Chamber Concerts Bollington Chamber Concerts 1174602 1174602
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from
~~ee~~		 01/05/2020
~~ee ~~		 To
~~ee~~		 30/04/2021
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
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 £
A1 Receipts
Concert tickets(inc subscriptions) 7,745 - - 7,745 7,711
Coffee sales - - - - 201
Programme advertising - - - - 340
Concert Sponsorship 4,753 - - 4,753 4,860
Gift Aid Tax reclaimed 2,392 - - 2,392 894
Muisc course fees 3,170 - - 3,170 4,103
Miscellaneous 2,042 - - 2,042 109
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 (Gross income for
AR)		 20,102 - - 20,102 18,218
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total -
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Total receipts
20,102
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18,218
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A3 Payments
Musician fees 7,627 - - 7,627 5,416
StreamingEquipment 400 400 -
BAC Room Hire - - 1,410
Other Concert expenses 986 - - 986 283
Printing 60 - - 60 447
Music course tutor expenses 2,402 - - 2,402 2,168
Music Course Roome hire 140 - - 140 551
Web charges 62 - - 62 -
Miscellaneous 2,000 - - 2,000 98
ex Gratia fees to musicians re Covid19
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Sub total [ 13,677 ] - - 13,677 12,523

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments
13,677
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12,523
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Net of receipts/(payments)
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5,695
A5 Transfers between funds
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A6 Cash funds last year end
19,294
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19,294
13,599
Cash funds this year end
25,719
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19,294
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted
Restricted		 Endowment
Categories Details funds
funds		 funds
to nearest £
to nearest £		 to nearest £
B1 Cash funds 25,639
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Total cash funds
Cash at Bank
Cash Float
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(agree balances with receipts and payments (agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK
OK		 OK
Unrestricted
Restricted		 Endowment
funds
funds		 funds
Details to nearest £
to nearest £		 to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets -
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B3 Investment assets Details
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asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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B4 Assets retained for the
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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)		 -
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Date of
approval
08/06/2021
Print Name
Kenneth Singer
Signature
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Charitv Name Bollington Chamber Concerts On accounts for the year ended 301412021 _ Charity no (if any) 1174602 Set out on pages 1and2 member to include +4e page num.bers of aaditional sheeto I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3010412020 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention ( ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: o¥ 2021 Name: Barry Insley Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): B.Eng. Address: 7, Lincoln Close Rainow Chehsire, SK10 5UH IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018