2022-01-31-accounts - Harmony - Action Through The Arts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
From	01	Feb	2021	To	31	Jan	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Harmony – Action through the Arts

Other names charity is known by N/A

Registered charity number (if any) 1179706

Charity's principal address Flat 6 56 Westbourne Terrace London

Postcode W2 3UJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Stephen Lee Carney	Chair		Board of Trustees
Cecilia Alice Ruth McDowall			Board of Trustees
Paul Graham Archibald		Appointed 01.12.21	Board of Trustees
Gillian Lesley Cox		Appointed 01.12.21	Board of Trustees
Julie Edwards		Appointed 01.04.22	Board of Trustees

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)

TAR

March 2012

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution dated 24 Feb 2018 ]

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Foundation ]

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)[Appointments made by existing board of trustees ]

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;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

For the public benefit to promote the education and performance of music for people under the age of 25 years who are socially and economically disadvantaged in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including but not limited to the following:-

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Creating interactive projects to inspire and enhance lives;
Provision of professional musicians and educators for the purposes of education, performance and composition;
Mentoring and sponsorship schemes to enable young people to fulfil their potential; and
Direct assistance in the form of monetary grants and subsidies.

TAR

March 2012

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)

The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the
charity’s aims and objectives and will take account of the public
benefit requirements when planning future activities.
Harmony exists to promote music education and performance for
people under the age of 25 years who are socially and economically
disadvantaged; there are many who would like to study music and
become competent at playing a musical instrument but who
currently lack the funds they need to do this. The aim of the charity
is to provide the necessary assistance that will enable children and
young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue their
musical ambitions, whether at school, in higher education, or at the
start of a career as a professional musician.
The playing and performing of music can help people to express
themselves better, find new confidence in their own abilities and
discover hope for a better future.
Playing music with others, in ensembles or orchestras, develops an
awareness of how individual contributions can come together to
make the whole, and this brings a sense of community. Working
towards a common goal in partnership with other musicians
cultivates valuable life skills that can be utilised in many different
walks of life, as well as in the field of music.
There are millions of under-25s, in the UK and across the world,
who have never had the opportunity to experience the life-
enhancing benefits of music-making and are therefore potential
beneficiaries of the charity’s work.
Harmony’s charitable objects describe various ways in which it
might seek to support the music training of young people under the
age of 25. These include the provision of direct financial assistance
where needed, input from professional musicians funded by the
charity and the setting up of special projects involving groups of
young musicians.

TAR

March 2012

Additional details of objectives and activities (optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and erformance p

TAR

March 2012

Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main The prolonged impact of Covid restrictions during the financial year achievements of the charity meant there were no opportunities to develop the charity’s work; during the year this included the planned re-recording of the lead vocal part on the STAND soundtrack, which could not be carried out as we had hoped. As a result the use of the song as a fundraising vehicle had to be put on hold. Donations amounted to £950, which covered the costs of further development of the charity’s website and legal advice in connection with the use of the STAND soundtrack.

TAR

March 2012

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has no reserves (the cash balance at the end of the financial year was just £67). The charity has no property to maintain, employs no staff and there are currently no spending commitments associated with its charitable objects. The financial risk is therefore judged to be very low at present and the charity has not yet adopted a policy on reserves.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (optional information)

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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

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) Gillian L Cox Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[ Trustee ]

Date 27.11.22

TAR

March 2012

Charity Name	No (if any)
Harmony - Action through the Arts	1179706
Receipts and Payments Accounts		CC16a
01 Feb 2021 to For the period from	31 Jan 2022

Section A Receipts and Payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - 950 - - - - - - 950 - - - 950	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ - 950 - - - - - - 950 - - - 950	Last year to the nearest £
	-		- - - - - - - - -	-
General donations	950			950
	-			-
	-			-
	-			-
	-			-
	-			-
	-			-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	950			950	1,589

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		- - -	-	-
	-			-	-
*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts*
	950	-	-	950	1,589

A3 Payments

A3 Payments
	-	-		-		-
Website development	336	-		-		336
	-	-		-		-
Legal advice	600	-		-		600
	-	-		-		-
Donation management services	36	-		-		36
	-	-		-		-
Bank charges	84	-		-		84
	-	-		-		-
**Sub total **	1,056	-		-		1,056	1,439

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
	-		-		-	-	-
	-		-		-	-	-
**Sub total **	-		-		-	-	-

*Total payments*	1,056		-		-	1,056	1,439
*Net of receipts / (payments)*	- 106		-		-	- 106	150
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	173		-		-	173	23
*Cash funds this year end*	67		-		-	67	173

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/11/2022

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Bank account Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details STAND soundtrack - recording costs funded by donation (made by way of direct payment to musicians) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 67 - - 67 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Unrestricted Fund to which liability relates	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
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				-
				-
				-
				OK
				Endowment funds to nearest £
				-
				-
				-
				-
				-
				Current value (optional)
				-
				-
				-
				-
				Current value (optional)
				-
				-
				-
				-
				-
				-
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				When due (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			-

Notes to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

(a) no guarantees have been given by the charity (CIO), therefore no potential liabilities are outstanding; and

(b) there is no debt outstanding which is owed by the charity (CIO) and secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity.

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name G L Cox	Date of approval
		G L Cox	27.11.22

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/11/2022