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|Description ofthe charity's||trusts|||||||||
||Type ofgoverning
document||Cons5tution||||||||
||||OPA is a Charitable
Incorporated||||||Organisa5on||
||||The Trustees were appointed|||||by the CEO and||founder ofthe OPA.|
||||All three are|strong supporters||||of|the OPA and|its ideals and all three have|
||||directly relevant||expenence.||||||
|Iinformation)
Additional
governance
issues (Options|||||||||||
|You may choose to indude
addibonal
information.
where|||Orchestra
Pro Anima
(WCM).|||has created|||a partnership|with Water City Music|
|relevant,
about:|||WCM isan educabonal|||charity||and has organised a number ofmusical|||
|~|policies and procedures||events involving||up to|five schoobi atatime.|||||
||adopted for the induc5on|and|||||||||
||training oftrustees;||||||||||
|~|the charity's organisational||||||||||
||structure
and any wider||||||||||
||network
with which the charity||||||||||
||wolks;||||||||||
|~|relabonship
with any related||||||||||
||parbes:||||||||||
|~|trustees'
considerabon
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||maior risks and the system||||||||||
||and procedures to manage||||||||||
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|||OPA comprises agroup ofaround 14professional
string|
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|||players who individually
or in small groups, visit schools|
|||and music centres to enthuse and encourage
potential|
|||young musicians.|
|||In cooperation
with their teachers some ofthese young|
|||people are invited to rehearse and perform side by side|
|Summary ofthe main
a tivitiea undertaken|for|with the professional
players ata publically
promoted
concert.|
|the public benefit in
relation to these objects
(include wllhin this||Children's
choirs have also taken part in concerts, both
singing and listening,
along with other students
from the|
|secbon the statutory||schools or music centres who attend these concerts,|
|declarafion
that trustees||togelher with parents, friends and the general public,|
|have had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission
on||hence raising awareness
and interest in dassical music
forthe public benefit.|
|public benefit)||Additionally,
the OPA seeks opportunities
to accompany|
|||established
choirs in concerts e.g.Coventry
Cathedral|
|||Choir and Chipping
Campden
Festival Chorus and|
|||charges afee for its participation.
These events help to|
|||raise the profi)e ofthe OPA and raise small contribubons|
|||towards funding
ils educational
aims.|
|||The Trustees have had regard tothe guidance issued by|
|||the Charity Commission
on pubfic benefit.|
||Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|Orchestra
Pro Ankna have presented 13concerts in the 2022-2023
season
in the Midlands;
Nearly half ofthese have included
young inslrumentafists
or children' s|Orchestra
Pro Ankna have presented 13concerts in the 2022-2023
season
in the Midlands;
Nearly half ofthese have included
young inslrumentafists
or children' s|
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|||choirs in the concerts both singing and listening.||
|||Four have been in partnership
wilh the music educafion
charity, Water||
|||City Music.||
|||Three have been in parlnership
with the concert promobon||
|||organisation,
Espressivo.||
|||Sixhave been engagements.||
|||The concerts have been a real success and the financial position has
remained
stable.
The players are very loyal and there isa very good
atmosphere
amongst them.
Despite a slow~from a difiicult||
|||time during Covid. the orchestra is basicafiy in agood position.||
|||In total OPA has now gkmn 65concerls since starting.||
|||The Trustees agree that the year has been consistent
with|and followed|
|||and furthered
the guidelines
ofOPA's chantable status.||
|Briefstatement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves||The OPA aims to hold a reserve large enough to cover the
conceri in case ofcancefiafion or poor bcket sales.|costs ofone|
|Details ofany funds materially
In deficit||None||
|Further financia review details||(Opfional information)||
|You may choose to include
additional
informabon,
where
relevant about:||The principal source ofincome is the ticket revenue.
There are also small dona5ons from regular members ofthe audience.||
|~|the charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising);|At the end ofour financial year one large donation was received.
We are in discussion
with the donor about lhe most effecbve way ofusing
these addibonal
funds.||
|~|how expenditure
has|||
||supported
the key ojlecives|||
||ofthe charity;|||
|~|investment
policy and|||
||objecfives including
any|||
||ethical krvestment
policy|||
||adopted.|||
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