Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | ||||
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| **From ** | 2 | May | 2022 | To | 1 May |
2023 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Chris Bevington Foundation Other names charity is known by The CBF Registered charity number (if any) 11 78 385 Charity's principal address Haystacks
The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common Reading RG4 9BU
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Matthew Felwick | ||||
| Jeremy Felwick | ||||
| James Hunt | ||||
| Sam Haddad | ||||
| Lucinda Pullinger |
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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
CIO constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
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Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
By appointment
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The CBF is a charity established in 2018 in memory of Chris Bevington who was tragically killed in the Stockholm terror attack in April 2017. Like Chris, we believe in the transformative power of music and we fund projects that use music to improve the lives of children and young people living with or facing challenging circumstances.
The objects of the CIO to achieve this is to advance in life and help young people through the provision of grants to support in particular, but not exclusively:
Summary of the objects of the (a) the advancement of education; charity set out in its (b) the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the governing document interest of social welfare, with the object of improving their conditions of life; (c) the relief of financial need and suffering; and (d) the promotion of social inclusion by preventing young people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those young people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
(For the purposes of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means ‘young people up to 25 years of age who are excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: race; gender; religion; ethnic origin; immigration history; poor educational or skills attainment; disability; or who are within, or have experienced, the public care or penal system’).
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Consistent with its objects, the CBF reviewed and considered a range of projects to fund. However, as there was significant uncertainty generally and the charity was still limited in its fund raising activities due to the pandemic, the trustees considered it prudent to only make one charitable grant this year. This was made to Audio Active. Based in Brighton, they are a ground-breaking music organisation that provides young people in challenging circumstances with opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have, including opportunities in technology and contemporary urban culture. A £2460 grant provided by the CBF in September 2021 was used to support Kustom Vibes, a monthly night with performances from young musicians involved in all Audio Active projects. Following the onset of the COVID pandemic Audio Active adopted a digital offer, including: increasing presence online, contacting some of the most vulnerable young people to offer support where they have identified Summary of the main safeguarding issues, supporting their Music Leaders to adapt to remote working activities undertaken for the and video delivery. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within Throughout the year, we also continued to keep in touch with Readipop in this section the statutory Reading – the CBF’s other main partner. Readipop is an innovative music and declaration that trustees have arts charity, with a strong reputation for inspirational, engaging arts projects had regard to the guidance that make a positive difference in young people’s lives. They specialise in issued by the Charity working with socially-excluded young people and adults, providing a safe space Commission on public benefit) for them to learn at their own pace, develop self-expression, build confidence and find their own voice. Previous funds from the CBF have been used to support Readipop’s AAA (Access All Areas) programme for vulnerable young people. Specifically, we are helping to fund the AAA holiday workshops, which take place during the school holidays and include Family Jam sessions for primary age kids and parents, as well as studio production and music tech workshops for teenagers. Readipop provide sessions for Young People (YP) referred by a wide range of organisations that manage YP from disadvantaged backgrounds, with a diverse range of challenging circumstances. In planning the activities for the year, the Trustees had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include The charity was greatly assisted by and wishes to thank a number of volunteers, further statements, where particularly in fund raising, web design and graphic design. relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
Several volunteers raised money for CBF in September 2022. Through Summary of the main their fantastic efforts around £7000 was raised. achievements of the charity during the year
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Section E Financial review
The CBF has a reserves policy to ensure that sufficient funds are Brief statement of the maintained to enable The CBF to deal with any unforeseen expenditure. charity’s policy on reserves However, the chance of unforeseen expenditure arising is very low. The Trustees do not make commitments on spending until sufficient funds have been raised and are held in The CBF bank account. Funds in the bank account must be able to cover the full future cost of the charitable spend being committed. The CBF has no employees, property and very limited overheads (the single regular out going is a small licence fee for accounting software) and the Trustees will never make commitments that require the Foundation to use an overdraft facility or secure a loan. The CBF therefore does not need to hold substantial reserves. This policy is review annually. The current reserves policy is that the charity will always keep a minimum of £240 in its bank account
Details of any funds materially There are no funds in deficit. in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Matthew Felwick Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc)
Date 11 May 2025
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Charity Name No (if any) The Chris Bevington Foundation 1178385 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 02-May-22 01-May-23
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 7,732 - - 7,732 -
Interest 10 - - 10 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 7,742 ] - - 7,742 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 7,742 - - 7,742 -
A3 Payments
Accounting 162 - - 162 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 162 ] - - 162 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ 162 ] - - 162 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 7,580 - - 7,580 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 7,580 - - 7,580 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at | the end of the period | the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Current accounts Savings accounts Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 20,906 3,055 - 23,961 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Matthew |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - - Felwick |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
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| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) 11-May-25 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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