**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
**Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023**
**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
## **Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1|
|Statement of financial activities|2|
|Balance sheet|3|
|Notes to the financial statements|4|
**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
## **Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2023.
## **History and objectives**
The charity was registered on 11 April 2019 to advance the education of the public in the subject of 16th- to 19th-century classical music.
The charity seeks to achieve these objectives by providing (1) work experience opportunities in professional setting for those in full- or part-time education; (2) workshops for young people, students, graduates, music teachers and amateurs to advance their skills and knowledge in the subject;
(3) professional performance opportunities for early career performers and recent graduates – and by
(4) educating the public through promoting concerts and workshops.
## **Management and governance**
The trustees, who have the power of appointment and usually meet quarterly, are Amanda Babington, Anthony Gill, Karen Humphreys and Bernard Rapson. All trustees served throughout the period.
## **Trustees' responsibilities**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operational existence.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to comply with the Charities Act 1993. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
## **Financial review**
The income of the charity during the period was £25,911 (2022: £24,331), and £23,270 (2022: £23,728) was spent in support of its charitable objects.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
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Baroque in the North
Regisiered Chariiy number 1182937
Karen Humphreys, Trustee
12 July 2023
**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
## **Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2023**
|Note
**Incoming resources**
Voluntary income
Investment income
**Resources expended**
Charitable activities
3
Cost of generating funds
**Net incoming resources**
**Other recognised gains**
Revaluation of investments
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**2023**
**£**
**£**
**25,911**
**-**
**25,911**
**23,270**
**-**
**(23,270)**
**2,641**
**-**
**2,641**
**1,398**
**£4,039**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
**24,331**
**-**
**24,331**
**23,728**
**-**
**(23,728)**
**604**
**-**
**604**
**794**
**£1,398**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
**24,331**
**-**
**24,331**
**23,728**
**-**
**(23,728)**
**604**
**-**
**604**
**794**
**£1,398**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**24,331**
**(23,728)**|
|||||
||||**604**
**-**|
||||**604**
**794**|
||||**£1,398**|
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**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
## **Balance sheet as at 31 March 2023**
|**Fixed assets**
Investments
**Current assets**
Debtors
4
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors**
Amounts falling due within one year
5
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Represented by**
Unrestricted funds|**2023**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**6,731**
**3,566**
**10,298**
**(6,259)**
**4,039**
**£4,039**
**£4,039**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**5,055**
**10,605**
**15,660**
**(14,262)**
**1,398**
**£1,398**
**£1,398**|**2022**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**5,055**
**10,605**
**15,660**
**(14,262)**
**1,398**
**£1,398**
**£1,398**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**10,298**
**(6,259)**|||
||||**£1,398**|
||||**£1,398**|
The financial statements on pages 2 to 4 were approved by the trustees on 12 July 2023 and were signed on their behalf by:
Karen Humphreys, Trustee 12 July 2023
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**Baroque in the North** Registered Charity number 1182937
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023**
## 1 **Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception that investments are stated at market value. Accounting policies have been consistently applied.
## **Accounting standards**
The financial statements accord with applicable standards, the Charities SORP (Accounting and Reporting by Charities), and comply with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2023 issued under the Charities Act 1993.
## **Income**
Income is recorded when receivable, and income tax reclaimable on donations is included with the amounts received. Investment income represents bank interest received.
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure is included in the accounts on an accruals basis.
## **Reserves**
The trustees regularly review the reserves to ensure these are sufficient to meet the continuing obligations of the charity.
## 2 **Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is accordingly exempt from taxation on its income and gains since these are applied for charitable purposes.
## 3 **Charitable expenditure**
Resources expended on charitable activities include professional fees of £6,004 (2022: £1,850) payable to tru Amanda Babington. No trustee receives payment for their services as a trustee.
## 4 **Debtors**
|Grants to claim
Sundry debtors
Income tax reclaimable|**2023**
**£**
**2,667**
**3,245**
**820**
**£6,731**|**2022**
**£**
**-**
**4,244**
**811**|
|---|---|---|
|||**£5,055**|
## 5 **Creditors**
|Income in advance
Sundry creditors
Accruals|**2023**
**£**
**167**
**-**
**6,092**
**£6,259**|**2022**
**£**
**-**
**14,262**
**-**|
|---|---|---|
|||**£14,262**|
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Baroque in the North
Regisiered Chariiy number 1182937