## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01-01-2023 To 31-12-2023** ## **Charity name: Bradford Concert Band** ## **Charity registration number: 1180099** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|As set out in its Constitution, the objects of
Bradford Concert Band (BCB) are, for the public
benefit:
**●**
to advance, improve, develop and maintain
public education in, and the appreciation
and enjoyment of, the art and science of
music in all its aspects by any means the
Charity Trustees see fit, including through
the provision of rehearsal facilities, the
presentation of public concerts and recitals
and other musical activities;
**●**
to
further
such
exclusively
charitable
purposes as the Charity Trustees in their
absolute discretion shall think fit.| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified in
the accounts|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The main activities of BCB in 2023 were the
provision of:
●
rehearsal facilities to help existing and new
band members
●
increasingly challenging music, for existing
and prospective new band members and, in
due course, for the public benefit
●
a wide range of entertaining public concerts
across West Yorkshire, for the public benefit
●
recruitment of a new Musical Director| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Charity Trustees have complied with their
duty to give due regard to the guidance issued
by the Charity Commission on public benefit
throughout 2023.| 1 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including programme related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole|Para 1.20|The main achievements of BCB in 2023 were
the:
●
presentation of over 20 concerts, Christmas
busking and other public performances
across West Yorkshire for the public benefit.
Some of these were part of wider community
events such as the Bradford Industrial
Museum
Victorian
Christmas
Fayre.
Christmas busking included some high
profile venues such as Salts Mill in the
Saltaire World Heritage site and Harewood
House
●
establishment of smaller groups to play at
care
homes
across
the
area,
much
appreciated by residents
●
provision of rehearsal facilities to help
existing and new band members improve
their playing standards
●
continued improvement in musical standards
within the band under the enthusiastic
leadership of the new Musical Director and
the Assistant Musical Directors, which has
enabled the band to play more challenging
and entertaining pieces of music for existing
and prospective new band members and, in
due course, for the public benefit| 2 |●|establishment of an online music lending| |---|---| ||library to assist players with practicing music| |●|recruitment of new good standard players| ||across sections of the band - membership is| ||open to anyone who plays a concert band| ||instrument and has reached an appropriate| ||level of musicianship| |●|continued development and implementation| ||of a wide range of policies and procedures| ||to enable the band to be compliant with| ||expected standards| |●|provision of a range of social activities for| ||members and their partners, at zero cost to| ||BCB, to maintain camaraderie and social| ||contact| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|BCB was in a strong financial position at 31
December 2023.| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity Trustees aim to have reserves of at
least one typical year’s expenditure in order that
BCB can continue to operate in the event of a
major downturn in income.
The reserves held at 31 December 2023
compare
favourably
to
a
typical
year’s
expenditure of around £6,000.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|BCB had reserves of £8,685 on 31 December
2023.| 3 |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |---|---|---| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||As at 31 December 2023, BCB had not given
any guarantees and did not have any debt
outstanding.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s trusts:||Bradford Concert Band| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution, registered with the Charity
Commission on 27 September 2018| |How is the charity constituted?
(eg unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions eg
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected annually by the members
at the AGM.
The criteria and process are detailed in the
Constitution:
●
Section 12.2 - Eligibility for charity
trusteeship| 4 |●|Section 13 - Appointment of Charity| |---|---| ||Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bradford Concert Band| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BCB| |Registered charity number|1180099| |Charity’s principal address|Baildon Hall
Hallfield Drive
Baildon, Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD17 6NH| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|John Bentley|Secretary||Members| |2|Colin Dawson|||Members| |3|Sarah Muff|Treasurer||Members| |4|Charlotte Parkinson|||Members| |5|Richard Powne|Chair||Members| 5 |6|Ray Ross|||Members| |---|---|---|---|---| |7|Tracey Williams|||Members| Corporate trustees - names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |None||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in None this capacity Name and objects of the charity Not applicable on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe Not applicable custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details None 6 Other o ional Infomiation Declarations The truSt￿S declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behall of the charity's trustees Slgnature (s) Full name(s) Richard Alexander Ferrier Powne John David Graham Benuey Posltion (eg Chair. Secretary elc) Chair Secretary Date 4 A4)ri12024 4 April 2024 **Charity Name No (if any) Bradford Concert Band 1180099 Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Bradford Concert Band**
**1180099**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period**
**from**
**To**
Period start date
Period end date
01/01/2023
31/12/2023
**Section A Receipts and payments**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Members Subscriptions|**2,505**||**-**||**-**|**2,505**||**2,209**| |Concert income|**3,363**||**-**||**-**|**3,363**||**3,205**| |Sylvie Nunn Memorial Trust concert|**301**||**-**||**-**|**301**||**-**| |Gift Aid|**415**||**-**||**-**|**415**||**519**| |Donations|**24**||**-**||**-**|**24**||**827**| |100 club contributions|**278**||**-**||**-**|**278**||**250**| |Amazon Smile|**73**||**-**||**-**|**73**||**78**| |Grant (Bradford Council VCS ARG grant)|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,265**| |Insurance claim|||||**-**|**-**||**180**| |**_Sub total_**
_(Gross income for AR)_|**6,959**||**-**||**-**|**6,959**||**8,533**| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |**A3 Payments**
**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||||||| ||**6,959**||**-**||**-**|**6,959**||**8,533**| |||||||||| |Rent|**2,175**||**-**||**-**|**2,175**||**2,180**| |MD Honorarium|**2,042**||**-**||**-**|**2,042**||**1,848**| |Repairs/Maintenance|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |Making Music Membership|**109**||**-**||**-**|**109**||**98**| |Insurance|**831**||**-**||**-**|**831**||**547**| |DBS/Safeguarding|**157**||**-**||**-**|**157**||**-**| |Printing, postage, stationery|**26**||**-**||**-**|**26**||**7**| |Website|**186**||**-**||**-**|**186**||**291**| |Server|**-**|||||**-**||**962**| |Other assets|**448**||**-**||**-**|**448**||**681**| |Uniform|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |Sundries|**314**||**-**||**-**|**314**||**100**| |Charity donation - Sylvie Nunn Memorial Trust|**301**||**-**||**-**|**301**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**6,589**||**-**||**-**|**6,589**||**6,714**| |||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**||||||||| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||||||| ||**6,589**||**-**||**-**|**6,589**||**6,714**| |||||||||| ||**370**||**-**||**-**|**370**||**1,819**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**8,315**||**-**||**-**|**8,315**||**6,496**| ||**8,685**||**-**||**-**|**8,685**||**8,315**| |||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/04/2024 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fund¥ Restricted fuhds Endowment funds Bl Cash fvnd• Totsl ¢¥sh fund5 Endowrn•nt Iktails B2 (Xhor mon•tary a$￿ts Det311s B3 Intngknont as¥ Co*t{oth B4 Asset8 r•t*ln•d lorthe eh*W8 o¥m l(**thkh h•n du I0￿￿nI11 Details {￿Jr￿lI BS LlalAlbtl•• Sh3ned In￿S r￿bEhalf¢￿4I the trusteFs Date of Sv)nalu Print Name rf124 Z4EE- 414120Yt CCXX R2 accounts ISS) 0610412024