## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/08/2022 To 31/07/2023** ## **Charity name: Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games** ## **Charity registration number: 1180483** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To build an extensive and diverse body**
**of knowledge for the advancement of**
**the understanding of and education in**
**music and sound in games, for the**
**public benefit; in particular, but not**
**exclusively, by the dissemination of the**
**latest scholarly research.**| |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|**To support scholars of video game**
**music and sound through research and**
**education.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other **N/A** ## **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|**-**
**Publication of several issues of**
**the****_Journal for the Study of_**
**_Music in Games_ (University of**
**California Press), sharing the**
**research of a number of global**
**scholars with the wider academic**
**community.**
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**Nominal sponsor/host of two**
**academic conferences (the North**
**American Conference on Video**
**Game Music and Ludo 2023),**
**sharing the research of a number**
**of global scholars with the wider**
**academic community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is continuing to increase the**
**strength of our financial position year-**
**to-year, thanks primarily to income from**
**royalty payments to the society from**
**subscriptions to our journal.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held until the board has**
**identified a suitable expenditure or**
**payments are required for the operation**
**of the society.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1531**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) **N/A** Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted **N/A** A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity **N/A** Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Election by Board of Directors**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**N/A**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SSSMG| |Registered charity number|1180483| |Charity’s principal address|SSSMG
University of Chichester
Bognor Regis Campus
Upper Bognor Road
BOGNOR REGIS
PO21 1HR| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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