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2023-12-31-accounts

Marching Band Association UK

Receipts & Payments Accounts For the Year Ending 31[st] December 2023

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Marching Band Association UK

For the Year Ending 31[st] December 2023

Index

Trustees’ Report Page 3-7
Independent Examiners Report Page 8-9
Receipts and Payments Accounts Page 10
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Page 11

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From Period start date To Period end date
01 January 2023 31 December 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Marching Band Association UK

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1184553

Charity's principal address 4 Chestnut Drive

Mansfield Nottinghamshire Postcode NG20 8NH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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13		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or
body) entitled to appoint
trustee (if any)
John Speed Chairman
Sharon Rank
Anthony Debono-
Hodgson
Karen Brewis 18/11/2023

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Constitution

Trustee selection methods

Trustees are appointed bi-annually at the AGM by voting members. The chairman is voted every 3 years by voting members.

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Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Our charity operates as per the following policies and procedures: Constitution Code of Conduct

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Disciplinary Procedures

Safeguarding Policy

Judges Brief

Bands affiliate to the charity but also form part of Leagues/Associations in their own local regions, who are also responsible for the management of their affiliated bands.

Section C Objectives and activities

The Marching Band Association UK is a voluntary run organisation who teaches both adults and children of all ages the skill of playing a musical instrument and Summary of the objects of the competing in competitions throughout the UK. charity set out in its governing document

To advance the musical education of the public and in particular those Summary of the main activities who are members of marching bands by: a) helping to train in marching undertaken for the public benefit and the playing of marching band instruments; and b) holding concerts in relation to these objects and exhibitions to promote high standards of musical ability. (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

2023 saw the organisation as a whole hosting many events but namely titled Summary of the main events The Extravaganza hosted by the North East, the Main Event achievements of the charity during Championships hosted by the Midlands and the Grand Finale hosted as part of the year a holiday event at Skegness on the East Coast.

All these events brough much success to a variety of our bands and we know year on year we plan to bring greater success in numbers of bands and events held.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)
Anthony Debono-Hodgson
Full name(s) John Speed
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman Trustee
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Date 12/10/2024

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

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Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name
members of
Marching Band Association UK
On accounts for the year 31/12/2023 Charity no 1184553
ended (if any)
Set out on pages 10-11
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity
(“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2023 .
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As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the Responsibilities and basis of accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the report 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 19/10/2024 Signed: Name: Nicola Appleby Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 174A High Newham Road, Meadow Rise Stockton-on-Tees TS19 8NT

Section B Disclosure

[Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, ] Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any N/A items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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CHARITY COMM15510NWARCHIIIG &4NDASSiXL4TK)N UK FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 1184553 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the periiKI Itotn 01101￿02) 31112K023 Section A Receipts and payments Llnresiricred funds lo the nearesl Resiricied funds the nÈare21 funds lo the nearest Total luiids Lastyear lo the nearest lo Ihe nearest A1 Receipts Donations ett 384 1.367 288 26.110 46 801 3.200 Passes 1.367 288 26.110 46 2.501 1.097 22390 94 DBS Holiday Starfifie Travel fund Judges hotel Number card 3.200 182 619 331 1091 Grande Finale Raflle MemberGrart 844 200 3.285 200 3.285 Sub lOtallGross Income for ARJ 36525 36.525 28JD5 A2 Assei 8Thd in¥e8tmeni oale8, see ￿ble . Sub total Total receipts 36,525 36,525 28,905 A3 Payments Main Event E2.5 LaptQP.Pa55 printeretc. DBS 1.116 240 368 329 155 B01 1.582 465 967 240 Fuel expenses 5carflTie5 Travel fund LOED topyriEht& printer ink Moliday Final Payrneni Holiday refund5 Judges hotel %keEne55 Prize DiCtèphone/ Microsoftoffice Postage Member Grant Gift 329 155 801 186 21840 22.840 22.590 400 3200 200 3.200 200 19 1.091 367 3285 3.285 Sub total 32.535 32.535 27￿61 A4 Asset and inveotmeni urchase$. see tsble Sub ttstal J2,535 31535 27,667 Net ofre¢eipts/(payments) A5 Twanslers ￿tween funds A6 Cash lund$ last year end Gash fund5 this year end 3,990 3.990 1,238 5,530 9,520 5,530 9,520 4,292 5,530 io MBA

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted fund8 EndowmÈtbt funds to nEarest Z to nearest £ to nEarest £ B1 Cash funds co￿1 ar 6250 ccru Income ccru xpendlure r*0 3.270 Total cash funds 9,520 lagiéèbalahtseswilh￿eI￿sandPayrn￿nls •￿Qu￿45)I Unrestricted funds lo near￿1 £ Restricted funds lo near081 £ Endowment funds lo nearest £ F￿d lo which asset belon Detai15 Cosl lora10r￿lI Current valu• (oplional B3 Invèstmènt assets F￿d lo which asset belongs Current valu8 (Dplionall Detai15 C081 lor110r￿lI B4 Assets r•ialned for lh• charity's own us• F￿d to which liabilily relate2 Amunt duE When the loplionall B5 Liabiliti•S Signed byone orh¥o tW51ee5 on Sign2ture Pnni Name Dal& of John Speed 1911012024 Anthony DebonfrHodgson 1911012024 li MBA