## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|1|May|2022|**To**|30
April|2023| ## 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 |
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Yvonne Singer|Chair||| ||Kenneth Singer|||| ||Ian Brammer|Joint Secretary||| ||Gerald Coope|||| ||MaryHalloran|||| ||Sheila Brammer|Joint Secretary||| ||Peter Tunwell|Treasurer|12-10-22|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted CIO - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods By 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; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - t rustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **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. March **2012** **TAR** 2 As in previous years, the group has continued to meet its overall objective of maintaining and developing interest in classical chamber music in the local area. Advance preparatory work to stage events during the Bollington Festival scheduled for 2024 reached a useful stage before the Festival was postponed. Publicity for concerts is regularly directed to local media including community magazines in Bollington and Rainow. Providing the streaming facility at the Arts Centre has given other local music groups the opportunity to increase their audiences and extend their reach. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** The Trustees have taken full regard of the guidance issued by the Charity **public benefit in relation to** Commission on public benefit. **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)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; After the main Covid pandemic period the main activity of managing the activities of the society was progressively resumed. The volunteer group of 8 people, who are all committee members, was refreshed as two of the previous year’s group moved from the area or retired and were replaced. Designing the annual programme of concerts, booking performers and the venue and making all the arrangements involved in staging concerts was carried out by these volunteers. Audiences for performances were restricted and some limitations had to be managed to meet the exigencies of the continuing pandemic; additional volunteers helped with this process. Streaming was developed into an ongoing process and one volunteer with special knowledge contributed strongly to this action and to the enhancement of the facility. - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance I **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Using the experience gained through the introduction of streaming concerts as a way of coping with 2021/2 Covid restrictions, streaming became a regular addition to the group’s activities. Equipment used for this purpose was added or improved and streaming has now been formally adopted as a regular part of the group’s offering. The process involved in setting up the streaming facility for each event has been further improved to minimise setting up time. The action of the group in setting up the facility and making it available to other organisations in the Bollington Arts Centre has proved to be of real value to the community. Music Appreciation courses are now firmly re-established and continue to attract more participants than the venue can accommodate. The courses offer participants the opportunity to share their individual knowledge and experience through active involvement in the training process. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** The Charity aims to maintain a minimum reserve of around £15,000 – this being the approximate annual expenditure on concert artists. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the chari ty’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** ## **Signature(s)** > **Full name(s)** Kenneth Edward Singer > **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc)** > **Date** 17th August 2023 March **2012** **TAR** 5 **Charity Name No (if any) BOLLINGTON CHAMBER CONCERTS 1174602 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/05/2022 30/04/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**11,122**
**4,000**
**3,594**
**772**
**2,505**
**3,579**
**338**
**-**
**25,910**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,910**
**17,318**
**537**
**330**
**1,443**
**3,319**
**574**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,521**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,521**
**2,389**
**-**
**28,256**
**30,645**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11,122**
**4,000**
**3,594**
**772**
**2,505**
**3,579**
**338**
**-**
**25,910**
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**-**
**25,910**
**17,318**
**537**
**330**
**1,443**
**3,319**
**574**
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**23,521**
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**-**
**23,521**

**2,389**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11,122**
**4,000**
**3,594**
**772**
**2,505**
**3,579**
**338**
**-**
**25,910**
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**-**
**25,910**
**17,318**
**537**
**330**
**1,443**
**3,319**
**574**
**-**
**-**
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**23,521**
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**23,521**

**2,389**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |CONCERT TICKETS(INCL SUBS)|**11,122**|||||**8,676**| |CONCERT SPONSORSHIP|**4,000**|||||**2,000**| |MUSIC COURSE FEES|**3,594**|||||**3,687**| |STREAMING|**772**|||||**1,110**| |GIFT AID NET DONATIONS|**2,505**|||||**12,821**| |GIFT AID RECLAIMED|**3,579**|||||**-**| |MISCELLANIOUS|**338**|||||**125**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**25,910**|||||**28,419**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**28,419**| |||||||| |MUSICIANS FEES|**17,318**|||||**17,660**| |STREAMING EQUIPMENT|**537**|||||**2,677**| |PRINTING|**330**|||||**305**| |ROOM HIRE|**1,443**|||||**1,669**| |MUSIC COURSE EXPENSES|**3,319**|||||**3,159**| |MISCELLANIOUS|**574**|||||**332**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**23,521**|||||**25,802**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**25,802**| |||||||| ||**2,389**|**-**|**-**|
**2,389**||**2,617**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**28,256**|**-**|**-**|**28,256**||**-**| ||**30,645**|**-**|**-**|**30,645**||**2,617**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 15/08/2023 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Un￿trictrd fund8 areNt£ Endowmgnt fvnd¥ to r*ar¢8t£ Catsgorfès Dotslls fvnd¥ tono8rogt£ B1 Cash fvnds 10, Total cash funds 10.845 UnrnBtri¢t•d lund• tonwY•8t£ 2QMI Ro•tri¢t•d Endowm•nt fund• Details J YEAR FIXED BOND C&C BANK Fund towNch Cuir•rrt¥*hJ• Details Co•t Punttto wN¢h Currgrt onal Deta41$ 84 Assets retalned for tho charltys own use Fundto whlch Ha *4thtsuntd %Then due onal Details B6 Llabllltlos Sfr3n8d by one trust885 on beha￿ of am thgtru¥t•e• SKJnaturg Prtnt Namg Date of roval KENN￿￿ SINGER 1M1812023 PEfER TU￿ELL 22 123 CCXX R2 th>>)sJt)ts ISS CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of BOLLINGTON CHAMBER CONCERTS On accounts for the year ended 3010412023 Charity no (rf any) 1174602 Set out on pages 1AND2 I re￿￿ to the trustees rm my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Trusf) for year ended Responsibllities and basis of report As the thaFiiVs trustees, you are restN)nsible forthe weparation ofthe accourrts in ￿)rdan￿ WFth Ihe requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 rthe A(f). I rewrt in reswl of my examinatb)n of the Trusfs accounts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have follow￿ all the awAKxble Directions given by the Charty Commission under sect￿￿ 145(5Xb) of the Act Independent examinerfs ststement I have o)mpieted my eraminatKfft. l (x)nfimi that no mater*1 matters have Come to my altent￿n in connection with the examinalion (other than that Ifisck)wJ be1{y￿.) Wh￿ gives me (2use to belteve that in. any materBI the accounting records were not kept in accordance with ￿tIOn 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not with tre a¢xy)unting records. or the accounts did not c(Nnpty wilh the appl￿ble requirements concerning the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the acwunts give a knie and fairf view wh￿h is not a matter conshjered as part of an independent examination. I have no con￿￿rts aKI have come across no other matters in connection wtih the examination to which attentM)n should be drawn in this report in order to ￿able a proper understanding of the acxx)unts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: BARRY INSLEY Relevant professional qualificalion{s) or body B.Eng IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: 7 LINCOLN CLOSE RAINOW MACCLESFIELD SK10 5UH Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to hb3hlight material matters ot concern (see CC32. Independent examin*ion of chanty accounts: directions and guidan￿ examinefs). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018