LMCMF Charity Commission Trustees
Report June ‘22 to June ‘23
The charity’s name is Llantwit Major Chamber Music Festival.
Registration no. is 1184812
The registered address is :-
42 Boverton Brook
Llantwit Major CF61 1YH
The Trustees are :-
Cledwyn Lewis - Chairman
Keith Baker - Vice Chairman
Sally Tarlton - Secretary
Antony Tarlton - Treasurer
Andrew Elliott - Music Advisor
Graham Benfield OBE - Administrative Advisor Alyson Jones - Friends of the Festival Organiser
The repertoire for the performances, both public and those for schools are devised by the Festival Director, Ben Tarlton, who reports to the Board of Trustees for their approval.
The Trustees, having been initially invited because of their prior experience in management, education or the classical music world, recruit as a body any further trustees required.
1) Charity’s work
Preparing for and performing chamber music concerts for the annual Festival - In the year of 2023 the performances were as follows: One concert on Friday March 24th, one on Saturday 25th and two concerts, one early and one late afternoon, on Sunday 26[th] March.
There was also a “Friends’” concert in December 2022 as a thank you to the Friends for supporting the Festival.
All concerts were held in St Illtud’s Church, Llantwit Major, by kind permission of the Rector, Reverend Canon Edwin Counsell.
Also ‘Outreach’ concerts at three schools in the Llantwit Major environs, on Thursday 23[rd] March. This introduces classical music, with associated fun
activities, to children perhaps for the first time. This has been highly successful and all schools have asked for a return visit.
The benefit to the community is for them to be able to hear live performances of the classical chamber music repertoire, at a very high level, for a very reasonable cost.
Outreach performances will be increased in 2023/24 as we have received a generous grant from the Waterloo Foundation (received summer 2023)
2)Where the money is from
First and foremost from sponsors large and small. Private individuals and local associations. Also ticket sales and “Friends” of the Festival.
3) Where the money has gone
Fees and travel expenses for the eight performers, as well as feeding them over the eight days that they were resident in the area. Accommodation was provided by volunteer hosts.
Costs were also involved with Publicity, Programme Printing, Ticket Printing, Piano Hiring and Tuning, Hire-fee to the church towards the cost of heating and lighting.
We gave four performances and averaged an attendance of one hundred audience members per concert and just covered our costs.
Publicity was via regular Facebook posts. Posters, fliers and word of mouth. The large number of “friends” of the festival pay £30 a year for a couple and are invited to a free concert and drinks event near Christmas. The support from this both financially and personally is very worthwhile.
Sally Tarlton - Secretary on behalf of the Trustees
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| EXPENDITURE | Money received | ||
| Players fees and expenses | £6038 | Grants and personal donations |
£3656 |
| Publicity,printing, newspaper, (fiers posters and programmes) |
£1007 | Ticket money (ticket Source Zettle and Cash) |
£3823 |
| Church hire | £400 | Friendsmembership | £620 |
| Food and drinksfor Friends evening | £174 | Ty Cerddfunding | £2640 |
| Pianohire andtuning | £1152 | ||
| Websitefee | £94 | ||
| Drinksforbarand bar licence | £319 | ||
| Video and photorecordingfees | £600 | ||
| Foodforplayersforaweek | £490 | ||
| Misc | £259 | ||
| TOTAL | £10,533 | TOTAL | £10,769 |