## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 April 2020 **To** 31 March 2021
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Folkestone Community Swing Band **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1175587 **Charity's principal address** Bramley Chapel Lane Blean **Postcode CT2 9HF**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Keith Davis Band Leader
2 Cheryl Davis Secretary
Roger Bryan Chairman
3
Goody
4 Adam Fullerton
George Iain Treasurer
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Carpenter
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## **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
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed
- (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 Band governance is described in the constitution and the Rules and Policies for the Folkestone Community Swing band. The band committee membership and responsibilities are described in the above documents. Committee members are elected at the Band Annual General Meeting of members.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ 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**
The primary object of the Band shall be to serve its local community and its members as a Community Swing band, through the study of music and the promotion of musical entertainment, whilst supporting local and national charities
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The band usually has weekly rehearsals attended by the band members and which are open to musicians of all standards who express an interest in joining the band.
The Band also usually gives concerts at bandstands, community events and in community halls. These events raise funds through donation and performance fees. The Band contributes 50% of earnings and event donations to a chosen charity – currently the Alzheimer’s Society.
**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)**
Owing to Covid restrictions, there were no Band concerts or finance generating activities or rehearsals during the reporting period.
**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;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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|Section D
|Achievements and performance|
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|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**||
||Unfortunately band activities were limited to virtual committee meetings
and no rehearsals or events due to covid restrictions.
Band rehearsals have now restarted (2022).|
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## **Financial review**
The Band has very small reserves which are retained to cover running **Brief statement of the** costs and unexpected expenses. Reserves at the end of the reporting **charity's policy on reserves** period were. £ 1, 128
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You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity'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**
## **Declaration**
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|A1n4l2A2AThrough31fiA2021(inU.|K.PoundsSterling)|
|---|---|
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|Category Description|vfi3t2021|
|Subscriptions|390.00|
|TOTALINCOME|390.00|
|Busine€s Expenses|125"98|
|FublicLiabilitylnsurance|115.00|
|TOTALEXPENSES|240.98|
|OVERALL TOTAL|149.02|