2023-09-30-accounts - Lewes Festival Of Song

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	2023	2023	2022	2022
	E	£	£	£
INCOME
Ticket Sales
Donations		0.00		7,355.36
Grants		183.86		1,493.30
Bank Interest		0.00		1,500.00
		24.05		1.57
		207.91		10,350.23
EXPENDITURE
Tickert sale costs Payments to Musicians Concert Expenses incl. publicity Printing & Reproduction Website, design and maintenance Piano maintenance costs	0.00 0.00 144.83 0.00 15.00 0.00		316.74 6,608.60 3,208.73 0.00 240.00 0.00
NET INCOMEAEXPENDITURE) FOR YEAR		159.83 48.08		10,374.07 −23.84

LEWES FESTIVAL OF SONG BALANCE SHEET−30 SEPTEMBER 2023
	2023	2022
	£	E
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtor
_Bank −_Santander, current Bank −Santander, saver Cash	200.00 5,777.20 4,034.65	0.00 5,953.17 4,010.60
	52.89	52.89
CURRENT LIABILITIES	10,064.74	10,016.66
Creditor
	0.00	0.00
	10,064.74	10,016.66
REPRESENTED BY
Reserves brought forward 1 October 2022 Excess of Income/(Expenditure) Reserves carried forward 30 September 2023	10,016.66 48.08 10,064.74	10,040.50 −23.84 10,016.66

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its	Para 1.17	Improve, advance, develop & maintain public education in and appreciation of
governing document		The Arts
Summary of the main activities in relation to those	Para 1.17 and 1. 19	Presentation of public concerts and recitals, no events took pace during the
purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the		year under review.
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.
Statement confirming	Para 1.18	The Trustees confirm they have regard to
whether the trustees have		guidance issued by the Charity
had regard to the guidance		Commission on public benefit
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit

You may choose to include	further statements	where relevant about:
	SORP reference
		N/A
	Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
		N/A
	Para 1.38
Policy_o.n_social−investrnent—		−−−−−
including program related
investment
		Volunteers normally assist in the
	Para 1.38	presentation and smooth running of
Contribution made by		public concerts and recitals but no
volunteers		concerts took place during the year
		under review.
		N/A
Other

	−SORP reference
		In view of health issues of the Trustee in
•		organising concerts no events took place
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the	Para 1 . 20	during the year under review. It was hoped that concerts would resume in the following year and this occurred in 2024.
charity's work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a
whole.

You may choose to include fu	rther stateme	nts where relevant about:
		As above for year ended 30 September
		2023, successful series of concerts in
Achievements against	Para 1.41	2024.
objectives set
		N/A
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives	Para 1.41
set
		N/A
Investment performance	Para 1.41
against objectives
		——
		N/A
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charity's	Para 1.21	The charity incurred a small surplus for
financial position at the end of the period		the year £48 arising fro donations and bank interest
Statement explaining the	Para 1.22	Reserves are retained to fund future
policy for holding reserves		festivals which cannot be fully funded
stating why they are held		from ticket sales, grants and donations
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£10,064
Reasons for holding zero	Para 1.22	N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in	Para 1.24	N/A
deficit
Explanation of any uncertainties about the	Para 1.23	N/A
charity continuing as a going
concern

		Ticket sales, personal donations and
		grants from other charities/institutions
The charity's principal sources of funds (including	Para 1.47	No ticket sales or grants during the year under review.
any fundraising)
		The charity does not have an investment
		policy as funds retained are required to
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy	Para 1.46	support future concerts/festivals. No concerts in 2023 but concerts in 2024
adopted
		Poor ticket sales for festival concerts &
		lack of grant funding from other
A description of the principal	Para 1.46	charities/institutions.
risks facing the charity
		N/A
Other
		—

Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	CIO
(trust deed, royal charter)
How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, 010)
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	Trustees chosen from people associated
including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled		with founder, Nacy Cooley, who have an interest in the objects of the charity. All trustees agree on new appointments.
to appoint one or more
trustees

You may choose to include fur	ther stateme	nts where relevant about:
		N/A
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and	Para 1.51
training of trustees
		N/A
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider	Para 1.51
network with which the
charity works
		N/A
Relationship with any related	Para 1.51
parties
		N/A
Other			—

ame	s of the charity trus	tees who manage	the charity
	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	John Moore Galt	Chair
2	Nancy Cooley
3	Judith Mackerras
4	Roger Clow	Treasurer
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others	Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets	N/A
held in this capacity
Name and objects of the	N/A
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements for	N/A
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets

Names an	d addresses of	advisers (Optiona
Type of	Name	Address
adviser