For Christmas we ran parties for all our groups and where possible we invited local musicians to come join us and play carols. Combining the singing with food enabled our members more time to chat and socialise. For carers this was really important as they struggled with eating out socially.
Simplicity Catering returned to providing a Christmas Lunch for our Watford Group - this was a great success; the food was lovely, and Simplicity were wonderful hosts. We are hoping that we will work with Simplicity for Christmas 2024.
Looking Forward
For 2024 our aims are to:
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Increase the admin team
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Continue to recruit and grow the pool of Singing Group Leaders
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Open a new group at Borehamwood
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Continue to diversify our funding streams and continue our rolling program of grant applications
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Continue to work towards reaching new members at point of diagnosis
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Introduce more events and research the options of an annual fundraising event
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Continue to grow and strengthen our Board of Trustees
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Continue our work on the Resilience Program to improve our Business Plan and Fundraising strategy along with employee contracts.
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Grow our events and improve our presence on social media
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Increase training for volunteers and staff
Summary
HMM has been through some challenging times but thanks to the all the staff and volunteers we have been able to overcome these challenges to become a stronger and more robust charity looking forward to the future. Towards the end of 2023, we found ourselves in the unprecedented position not only to have achieved our funding targets for the year but also to have made substantial progress towards our targets for 2024.
A huge thank you to our funders for making this possible and all the people who gave up their time to raise money, and for those whose generous donations have been an invaluable support.
Charitable Grants 2023
| Charitable Grants 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Brazier Trust | £1,000 |
| Edward Gostling Foundation | £4,000 |
| Barchester Trust | £ 650 |
| Lottery Awards for All | £9,481 |
| Archer Trust | £2,000 |
| Postcode Lottery | £22,500 |
HCF £10,000 St Albans Community £ 4,500 Fund Morris Benevolent Fund £10,000
Declaration
The Trustees declare they approve the above report
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature I Position Date I
| CHARITYCOMMISSION1-lertc;M15,ic<'!IM,2r,,ories .~oOfany) FORENGLANDANDWALES,.H_e_rt_s_M_u_s_ic_a_l_M_e_m_o_ri_e_s_____________,1_17_6_0_0_7 , Receipts andpayments accounts Forthe period from Section A Receipts and payments A1Receipts Users fees Donations Grants Events Sub total(Gross income for_ AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Unrestricted funds tothe nearest £ 21,518 6,390 64,131 10,252 - ~~---~~ 102,291 - ~~-~~ - PE:riods2- 1tdate 01/01/2023 Restricted funds to the nearest £ To Endowment funds to the nearest £ PE,,ad,:"Id date 31/12.2023 Total funds to the nearest£ 21,518 6,390 64,131 10,252 ~~-~~ - -~~-~~ 102,291 Total receipts~~I~~ 102.291~~I~~ ..I__ -..I~~I~~ -11 102.2911 A3 Payments Personnel 40,937 40,937 Venue hire 13,410 13,410 Insurance 565 565 Marketing 1,313 1,313 Training 1,840 1,840 Computer & telephones 7,270 7,270 Stationery 970 970 Rent & storage 8,008 8,008 Sundries 111 111 Sub total 74,424 74,424 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) -~~-~~ Sub total ~~-~~ Total payments~~l~~ 74,424~~I~~ ..I___...... -11 -11 74.424~~l~~ . Netofreceiptsl(payments) 27,867 ~~.~~ ~~____...,.~~ ASTransfers between funds ASCash funds last year end 6,505 _Cashfundsthisyearend 34,372 --------- f------i~- ~ - ,_ :-~a-0 ~,7 ~ 34,372 |
CHARITYCOMMISSION1-lertc;M15,ic<'!IM,2r,,ories .~oOfany) FORENGLANDANDWALES,.H_e_rt_s_M_u_s_ic_a_l_M_e_m_o_ri_e_s_____________,1_17_6_0_0_7 , Receipts andpayments accounts Forthe period from Section A Receipts and payments A1Receipts Users fees Donations Grants Events Sub total(Gross income for_ AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Unrestricted funds tothe nearest £ 21,518 6,390 64,131 10,252 - ~~---~~ 102,291 - ~~-~~ - PE:riods2- 1tdate 01/01/2023 Restricted funds to the nearest £ To Endowment funds to the nearest £ PE,,ad,:"Id date 31/12.2023 Total funds to the nearest£ 21,518 6,390 64,131 10,252 ~~-~~ - -~~-~~ 102,291 Total receipts~~I~~ 102.291~~I~~ ..I__ -..I~~I~~ -11 102.2911 A3 Payments Personnel 40,937 40,937 Venue hire 13,410 13,410 Insurance 565 565 Marketing 1,313 1,313 Training 1,840 1,840 Computer & telephones 7,270 7,270 Stationery 970 970 Rent & storage 8,008 8,008 Sundries 111 111 Sub total 74,424 74,424 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) -~~-~~ Sub total ~~-~~ Total payments~~l~~ 74,424~~I~~ ..I___...... -11 -11 74.424~~l~~ . Netofreceiptsl(payments) 27,867 ~~.~~ ~~____...,.~~ ASTransfers between funds ASCash funds last year end 6,505 _Cashfundsthisyearend 34,372 --------- f------i~- ~ - ,_ :-~a-0 ~,7 ~ 34,372 |
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| Users fees | 21,518 | |
| Donations | 6,390 | |
| Grants | 64,131 | |
| Events | 10,252 | |
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| Personnel | 40,937 | |
| Venue hire | 13,410 | |
| Insurance | 565 | |
| Marketing | 1,313 | |
| Training | 1,840 | |
| Computer & telephones | 7,270 | |
| Stationery | 970 | |
| Rent & storage | 8,008 | |
| Sundries | 111 | |
| Sub total | 74,424 |
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| Total payments~~l~~ 74,424~~I~~ Netofreceiptsl(payments) 27,867 ~~.~~ ~~____...,.~~ ASTransfers between funds ASCash funds last year end 6,505 _Cashfundsthisyearend 34,372 --------- |
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