## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] September 2021 (Period start date) to 31[st] August 2022 (Period end date)** ## **Charity name: Orchestra for the Earth** ## **Charity registration number: 1180771** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are: 1) To advance,
improve, develop and maintain public education
in, and appreciation of the arts, and in particular
but not exclusively the art of music, by any
means the trustees see fit, including through
the presentation of public concerts, recitals,
lectures, workshops, open rehearsals and
exhibitions. 2) To advance education for the
public benefit in the subjects of protection and
improvement of the physical and natural
environment worldwide (including conservation
of the natural environment and the promotion of
sustainable development) in particular by the
organisation and provision of public events and
lectures. 3) To further such charitable purpose
or purposes as the trustees in their absolute
discretion shall think fit but in particular through
the making of grants and donations.| |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|OFE trustees are very pleased to report another
strong year. All events presented a strong value
proposition and direct relevance to our
charitable objects.
Flagship events include our performance for
COP26, where OFE was front and centre as
delegates arrived at St Pancras Station. OFE
were also lucky enough to premier (as part of
Frank Scheffer’s documentary) on the
Netherland’s second largest TV channel (NOP
2) as part of OFE’s exploration of Mahler,
nature, and climate change. OFE’s
performances at ArtsKeele and CHANGE
festival underlined OFE’s commitment to
channelling music and environmental activism
within communities in England. Tour 2022
placed OFE’s vision for music as a catalyst for
action on climate change back onto European
stages.| 1 |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees remain certain that OFE’s
environmental activism through music provides
clear and evident public benefit. OFE remains a
leading ambassador for inspiring environmental
engagement and education through world class
musical performances, and making a real and
tangible public impact in that regard.| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
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reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|OFE has, to date, not made any grants.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Musicians and John Warner are compensated
in line with Musicians’ Union rates. However, it
must also be acknowledged that Warner also
volunteers his time (in an unremunerated
capacity) in terms of administrative time and
effort supporting directly the OFE’s causes and
objects.| |Other||Trustees are proud to report that the OFE
website has been extensively re-designed and
refreshed, the result of trustee expertise (in
particular M. Davies and B. Kimberley).| 2 ## **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|**Documentary: “Singer of the Earth"**
•
September 2021 involved more filming
with director Frank Scheffer, making a
recording of the last movement of
Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with
acclaimed baritone James Newby. The
completed film, which focusses on
OFE’s exploration of Mahler, nature,
and climate change on our Alpine Tour
each year, was premiered in March on
the Netherlands’ second largest TV
channel, NOP 2. The international
version is now being shown at a
number of film festivals across Europe
and receiving wide critical praise.
**Concert at ArtsKeele**
•
In November 2021 OFE was invited to
give a concert as part of the concert
series ArtsKeele, performing under
Luke Jerram’s extraordinary GAIA
artwork: a scale model of the Earth.
The programme featured Haydn’s
Symphonies Nos. 6–8, which beautifully
chart the planet’s daily progress from
morning to night. The second half of the
performance started with a panel
discussion between John Warner and
two climate/Earth scientists from Keele
University, and the audience was
invited to visit the University’s
planetarium after the concert.
**Children’s concert at CHANGE Festival**
•
November 2021 also saw a
performance at Warwick’s CHANGE
Festival, which uses the arts to raise
awareness for a variety of issues
including the climate crisis. The event
was targeted at young children, and
OFE soloists played Beethoven’s
Septet interwoven with a specially
commissioned film narrated by
Innosanto Nagara, based on his
children’s book ‘Oh, the things we’re
for!’
**Performance for COP26**
•
OFE was invited by Eurostar to give a
concert at St Pancras International to
mark the start of the COP 26 climate
summit. As a pioneer of low-carbon
touring, usually by train, OFE was
perfectly place to advocate for this and
greet the delegates who had chosen to
travel to the summit by land.
**Tour 2022**
•
The annual Alpine Tour continues to go
from strength to strength and 2022, its| 3 fifth incarnation, was no exception. Highlights included a residency at the second ever Mahler Forum in Klagenfurt (Austria), including a worldpremiere of a commission by DoinaCezara Procopciuc; a sold-out open-air concert in Steinach am Brenner (Aus.); and a children’s concert in Toblach (Italy). **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The trustees of the OFE consider the activities
during the period**1st September 2021 to 31st**
**August 2022**to be wholly fulfilling of the
objectives of OFE, as set out in the constitution.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|The trustees of the OFE consider the activities
of the period**1st September 2021 to 31st**
**August 2022**to be wholly fulfilling of the
objectives of OFE, as set out in the constitution.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable – OFE holds no investments at
present.| |Other||Not applicable| 4 ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|The trustees are pleased to report healthy
finances at the close of August 2021 (please
refer to accounts below for full detail). Net
assets for 2021/22 ended £24,213.28 (including
Orchestral Tax Relief (OTR) forecast and
receivables due). OFE trustees are proud of the
charity’s events and alignment of charitable
capital to our objects, and look forward to
continue scaling in a similar vein against the
charity’s aims and objects. The trustees would
like to give special credit to John Warner,
Artistic Director, for his high-impact role directly
raising funds and spear-heading events which
have themselves brought in substantial
charitable capital.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|The successes of OFE’s charitable activities
during the period from**1st September 2021 to**
**31st August 2022**have led to a continued
strengthening of OFE’s working capital to
pursue OFE’s charitable objects. As such it is
the view of the trustees that the reserves policy
should remain £5,000 (an estimate figure
benchmarked against expected outlay for
musicians’ fees for a small chamber orchestra
concert). Reserves will be regularly reviewed to
ensure an appropriate proportional balance
between maintaining emergency reserves and
deploying charitable capital to further OFE’s
charitable objects.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable – it is the view of the trustees
that holding reserves is a critical part of OFE’s
financial security and planning.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable – OFE is pleased to report no
deficit across the accounts.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable – OFE looks forward to
continuing its charitable endeavours in line with
its objects long into the future.| 5 **Financials** ## **Profit & Loss** |**Profit & Loss**|2019/20(£)|2020/21(£)|2021/22(£)| |---|---|---|---| |**Income**|||| |Donations|623.03|8,229.90|3,452.34| |Tickets|(30.00)|80.89|-| |Gift Aid|353.97|1,197.95|124.27| |OTR|-|3,682.60|-| |Events|5,750.00|56,782.07|28,068.40| ||||| |**Total Income**|**6,697.00**|**69,973.41**|**31,645.01**| ||||| |**Expenses**|||| |Artists|(5,135.00)|(45,646.81)|(26,929.59)| |Equipment|(165.00)|(50.00)|(485.00)| |Travel|-|(4,746.45)|(5,749.16)| |Venue|-|-|-| |Loan|-|-|-| |Insurance|(137.00)|(493.12)|(923.92)| |Performance Rights|108.17|-|-| |Medical|-|(1,491.00)|-| |Rehearsals|-|(252.00)|(271.00)| |Marketing|(145.50)|(145.50)|(145.50)| |Music Hire|-|(31.72)|(954.47)| ||||| |**Total Expenses**|**(5,474.33)**|**(52,856.60)**|**(35,458.64)**| ||||| |**Profit /(Loss)**|**1,222.67**|**17,116.81**|**(3,813.63)**| ## **Balance Sheet** ||**Balance Sheet**|2019/20 (£)|2020/21 (£)|2021/22 (£)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Assets**|||| ||_Bank_|||| ||Lloyds Bank|9,301.37|17,712.53|14,876.11| ||Wise (excl. EUR)|0.09|605.91|1.89| ||PayPal|319.07|352.29|-| ||Stripe|-|-|-| |||||| ||_Cash in hand_|||| ||Cash|549.24|507.41|486.51| |||||| ||_Current assets_|||| ||OTR (forecast)|-|1,637.18|3,217.19| ||Receivables||3,414.00|5,631.58| |||||| ||**Total Assets**|**10,169.77**|**24,229.32**|**24,213.28**| |||||| ||**Liabilities**|||| ||Payables|-|-|-| |||||| ||**Total Liabilities**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| ||**Net Assets / (Liabilities)**|**10,169.77**|**24,229.32**|**24,213.28**| 6 **Examiner’s unqualified report (for a non-company charity preparing receipts and payments accounts) with a gross income of £250,000 or less in the relevant financial year** Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Orchestra for the Earth (1180771) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Orchestra for the Earth (1180771) for the year **1[st] September 2021 (Period start date) to 31[st] August 2022 (Period end date)** ## Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## Independent examiner’s statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Ju-Vern See > Address: 176 Tunnel Avenue, London SE10 0PL > Date: 5 April 2023 7 ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|The CIO’s principal sources of funds include
box-office sales (in-person and online), private
donations, trust grants, local authority funding,
and hire fees (where the orchestra is hired for
events that align with the CIO’s core objects).
Any funds raised over this period have either
gone directly into event costs, assigned to
future events, or contributed to continuing to
build the CIO’s reserves.
As a CIO, Orchestra for the Earth (OFE) holds a
business (charity) bank account with Lloyds
Bank and one secondary bank account with
Wise for overseas transactions as they occur, to
ensure more economically prudent FX rates and
fees. OFE also holds a PayPal account for
processing some donations.
OFE maintains a cash box for in-person box
office needs (e.g. supplying change etc.). This
includes GBP and other foreign currencies.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|CIO funds are not invested at this time, and
given the short term needs of the CIO’s funds
no plans are made to invest any of the CIO’s
funds.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•
COVID-19 remains a risk to the
charity’s events roster. However OFE is
pleased to have built a strong set of
virtual events which we are certain
would be continuable if needed.
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Reputational risks – the trustees
continue to pro-actively manage the
optics of the OFE’s environmental
charitable objects in context of its need
to travel to take up opportunities that
benefit OFE’s causes. OFE will
prioritize environmentally conscious
travel.
•
Financial Risk – trustees remain fully
confident in OFE’s diligent financial
management; the keeping of capital
reserves (£5000 – justified above)
reflects this.
•
Single person dependency risk – whilst
the board of trustees does not predict
any changes in John Warner’s high
impact role as artistic director, the
trustees will remain in close contact with
Warner on his priorities for OFE
•
Legal risks – OFE retains Trustee
insurance and Public Liability insurance.
OFE is extremely proud to have
appointed A. Hochhauser to the board
(4thAugust 2022) which adds significant
expertise to the board.
•
Operational risks – day to day
operations and end to end
administration is headed by J. Warner –
and whilst trustees have full faith in| 8 Warner’s abilities and deliveries to date, the board continues to remain close to Warner to ensure kept well abreast of activities, developments across OFE’s operations. • Cyber security risks; OFE, in common with all organisations of any scale, faces such risks. The board will be actively working through fit for purpose cyber risks mitigations. N/A Other 9 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|•
T. Waxman resigned from the board to
focus on her other commitments in
March 2022. The board accepted
Waxman’s resignation (voted
unanimously to accept) with thanks for
her service as a founding trustee these
five years.
•
OFE is proud to have appointed
Andrew Hochhauser KC to the board
on 4thAugust 2022, who brings with
him significant experience. Unanimous
vote in favour of appointing Andrew
was secured.
•
Future potential trustees will be
appointed and elected by the board: as
evidenced in our appointment to the
board of Ben Moxham on the 16th
August 2021. Unanimous vote in favour
of appointing Ben was secured.
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All other trustees appointed at the time
of incorporation remain inposition.| ## **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|Individual interviews and meetings, plus a
formal vote precedes any appointment to OFE’s
board. OFE also runs probationary periods for
new trustees to ensure a good fit on both sides.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|OFE is governed by the board of trustees with
close engagement with John Warner, Artistic
Director, who handles day-to-day operations,
events, fund raising. The trustees and Warner
continue to partner well together, and are
together assessing whether in due course
additional help and support would be a valuable
thing to augment OFE’s scalability in day to day
operations, along with any extra trustee
appointments to augment further board
expertise.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|The trustees partner closely with the Founder
and Artistic Director, John Warner, in all
aspects of the charity’s administration and
aims/goals. It is the trustees’ unanimous view
that Warner continues to be the best person for
the job given his expertise, commitment and
personal alignment to the CIO’s objects.| |Other||**N/A**| 10 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Orchestra for the Earth| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|OFE| |Registered charity number|1180771| |Charity’s principal address|Perrotts Hill Farm
North Leigh
Witney
Oxfordshire
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alycia Jewes|Chair|N/A|| ||Ben Kimberley|Trustee|N/A|| ||Benjamin Cartlidge|Trustee|N/A|| ||Miranda Davies|Trustee|N/A|| ||Phoebe Potter|Trustee|N/A|| ||Ben Moxham|Trustee|N/A|| ||Andrew Hochhauser|Trustee|from 4thAugust 2022|| ||Thea Waxman|Former Trustee|upto March 2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
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in this capacity|Not applicable| |Name and objects of the charity
on whose behalf the assets are
held and how this falls within
the custodian charity’s objects|Not applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |John Warner (Founder & Artistic Director)||| John Warner (Founder & Artistic Director) ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 13