## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 September 2021 To 31 August 2022 Charity name: Romsey Chamber Music Festival Trust** **Charity registration number:** 1182043 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote education and appreciation of
music and the arts for the public benefit,
particularly by the presentation of the
Romsey Chamber Music Festival.| |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
1.19s|The principal activities of the Trust are to
organise public concerts which are designed
to educate the wider public, the elderly,
children, and music students in high quality
chamber music. The festival also runs
workshops in schools, designed to introduce
and further educate school children in
chamber music and provide access to
performances to those who would not
normally attend a concert.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that they are
complying with their duty to have due
regard to the guidance on public benefit
published by the Charity
Commission.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity benefits enormously from a
Friends membership scheme and the
assistance of a number of volunteers in such
areas as promotion, audience interface and
artists'accommodation.| |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 Spring festival presented 8 concerts by
high calibre artists from around the world.
Highlights included performances of
Schubert Trout Quintet, Strauss
Metamorphosen, Dvorak and Brahms’ String
Quintets alongside lesser known works by
Weinberg, Bacewicz, Ginastera and a
performance of Martin Butler’s American
Rounds in the presence of the composer.
Audience feedback and the reviews we
received from critics were very positive
indicating our most successful festival to
date. Two further fundraising concerts,
during the year were both also very well
received.
Although our education work was still
impacted by limited access to schools due to
Covid, we put on 8 schools concerts and
workshops, a masterclass and worked with
Hampshire County Youth Orchestra at their
annual residential course. Our family concert
during the festival is now pay-as-you-wish, to
help with first access to live performances.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Both the public performance and educational
objectives were met.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We are very grateful to have been supported
by Hampshire County Council, Romsey
Town Council, Music in Winchester, Romsey
and Test Rotary and Test Valley Arts
Foundation during this period. These grants,
together with the memberships and
donations from Friends and supporters,
made this last Festival possible.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity had an account balance at the
bank of £14,874 at the end of the period,
with net assets after liabilities of £14,470.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees' reserves policy aims to
maintain sufficient funds to pay the costs of
the artists' fees and other costs in a timely
fashion.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£14,470| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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 charity receives some grants from local
sources and some national organisations. A
festival friends and patron’s scheme also
contribute financial support, in addition to
ticket sales.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The charity relies heavily on the continued
support of grant awarding bodies which in
current financial circumstances are
unpredictable, but the charity continues to
raise its profile and demonstrate its value to
win support and has been successful in
balancing the need to make tickets
affordable to encourage as wide an
audience as possible while still attracting
performers of a very high calibre.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Romsey Chamber Music Festival Trust has
no subsidiaries| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Feb
2019| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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|Appointed by the current trustees after
consideration of skills, knowledge and
experience.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|No new trustees appointed in this period.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|In this period no payments were made to
Trustees other than expenses although the
Trustees intend to pay the Artistic Director
for her ongoing services.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|RomseyChamber Music Festival Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1182043| |Charity’s principal address|Monkswood, Winchester Road,
Ampfield
Romsey
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Huw Evans|Chairman||| ||Laura Rickard|Artistic Director||| ||Kathryn Rickard|Administrator||| ||Louise Woods|||| ||David Haigh|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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)**
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Chair|| ||18/5/23|| ||18/5/23|| **ROMSEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST 1182043** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** 9/1/2021 8/31/2022 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Income from Events 14,808 - - 14,808
Friends Scheme and Donations 3,364 - - 3,364
Gift Aid 1,095 - - 1,095
Grants 7,500 - - 7,500
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26,767 - - 26,767
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Total receipts 26,767 - - 26,767
A3 Payments
Artists Costs 18,950 - - 18,950
Event Costs 8,382 - - 8,382
Marketing Costs 1,248 - - 1,248
Administration and Sundry 406 - - 406
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Sub total [ 28,986 ] - - 28,986
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments 28,986 - - 28,986
Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,219 - - - 2,219
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end - 2,219 - - - 2,219
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**| |**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Current account
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**Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval 5/18/2023 Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Charitr¢ Namc Romsey Chamber Music Festival On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022 Charlty no Ilf any) 118%J43 Set out on pages Irerrem￿r lo i￿ude pa￿ n￿n￿r5 of addi￿0￿31 shoeisi I ￿e￿rt to the truslees on my examlnatl¢)n of the accounts of the atx)ve (*arlty (Ihe Trusf) ts the year ended 31108 12022. Responsibilities and basls of report As the tharit(s tr￿tee$, you are responsible for the Fyeparation of the accounts in a￿x)rdan(% with the requirements of the Charltlas Act 2011 Acr). I rewt In respect of my examlnation of the Trusfs aLXX)unts carrled wt under Secti(￿ 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrylng out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Direc11￿5 given by the Chanty Commission under sedim 145(5)(b) of Ihe ACL Independent I have comp￿eted my examlnatlon. I conftmi that no materfal matters have examlnerfs statsment come to my attentlon In connection with the examlnation which gives me (ause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting recths were not kept in accordanc8 wlth sectlon 130 ol the Charities ACL" or the accounts did not acc￿1 with the aCC￿nI5ng reo)rds: or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements con￿mIng the fcym and content of accounts set out in the Charlties (Accounts and Rewrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair. view whith is not a matter considered as part of an Indepgndent examination. I have no 1￿ce￿S and have come across no other matters in conne¢tion wlth the examination to which attention should be drawn In this report In order to el￿ble a urKlerstsnding of the ac(x)unts to be reached. . Please delete the in Ihe brackets rftheydo not apply. Slgned: 1616r2023 Name: Carf Do￿hwaIte Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body {If ary): Address: 5 Benbow House 24 New Globe Walk IER Oct 2018 London. SE19DS. Section B Disclosure Only cOM￿ete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32, Independenl eXaMinati￿b of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hern brlef detalls of any Items that th• examlner wlshes to dlsclose. N￿e IER Oct 2018