## **Trustees’ Annual Report** 

## **KILBURN STATE OF MIND Charity registration number: 1187381** 

**April 1st 2023 to April 1st 2024** 

## **Objectives** 

Kilburn State of Mind (KSOM) aims to make a difference and improve the lives of people in Kilburn and the surrounding area. Through its work using music ICT and community support it endeavours to challenge the problems of hardship, inequality and isolation. 

By providing their services free of charge to the local community they focus on offering learning opportunities and support with  I.T, computing and music for people who otherwise may not have the opportunity to learn and to access these opportunities. 

## **Activities** 

KSOM are embedded in the diverse community of Kilburn and provide a wide range of experiences and valuable resources for many local people. Those who benefit include local residents and families , aspiring musicians, older and isolated people. 

They offer a programme which includes free music tuition, community singing , mentoring and access to music and IT support and an accessible space for community activities. 

## **Volunteers** 

Their volunteer team includes a wide variety of local musicians with many different skills and talents and who are at the heart of the local music community. KSOM also have a number of ICT specialists who have been able to make invaluable contributions, upgrade the web-site and set up a social media presence. 

The individuals who have volunteered for KSOM have also benefited personally by their involvement in terms of their own confidence, sense of worth, employment opportunities and improvement in mental health. 

We had a wide team of volunteers for our park event including  students from the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) and this gave them valuable work experience. 



## **Achievements and Performance over past year** 

In October 2023 KSOM relocated to the playhut in Grange Park in the centre of Kilburn . These new premises are fully accessible open plan and with an office and a kitchen . At the rear of the building is a secure open space and at the front is a large patio adjacent to a childrens adventure play area 

This move meant that KSOM could offer a wider programme as well as its existing music and IT offer. It also was able to become more firmly known and embedded in the surrounding area. In particular this was with the varied community that used the park , the adjacent primary school and local housing estates. 

Existing weekly activities such as coffee mornings continued to thrive throughout the year , providing a welcoming and inclusive space and many of attendees at these sessions then became volunteers for the charity . KSOM continued to offer donated computers , IT equipment to people needing them in the community, alongside advice and support on their use. 

The KSOM choir has also grown steadily and is known as an inclusive singing group with learning, fun and community at the heart of everything . As well as weekly meetings the singers have performed in public in many local events. They included Into the Park festival ,KSOM Opening, local Carfree days and Open Mike music nights. They have been supported by Sidings Community Centre with their offer of rehearsal space. 

Mosaic workshops in the hut meant the completion of the Kilburn Station Mosaic which was then installed on the platforms. 

A very successful ‘Open Weekend’ was held in December to launch the new premises and which included live music , community singing, market stalls ,workshops and a café . A large number of new people and organisations visited and it proved invaluable in putting KSOM even more on the map . 

The new premises in Grange Park also meant that  KSOM could become increasingly involved with the network of community organisations in Kilburn and surrounding areas .This has been beneficial for KSOM in considering common approaches and joint initiatives with local partners such as the Kiln Theatre and One Kilburn forum . They have also continued to develop their relationships with the 2 local authorities of both Brent and Camden . 

In July KSOM again ran the community free music festival INTO THE PARK in nearby Queens Park . Each year the festival has more to offer and is extremely well supported by the Kilburn community  .The audience were again delighted to be able to listen to an afternoon of excellent live music from local musicians and who reflected the rich diversity of the area. People really appreciated a free well organised community event and acknowledged how 



useful music was in lifting their spirits and helping to counter some of the problems many of them face. 

The number of volunteers at the festival had increased **,** helping on stalls, setting up etc and many people really enjoyed the feeling of contributing to a community event. The festival also included stalls from local craftspeople and community artists ,family activities and catering from a range of different cultures. ICMP and many other local businesses supported the event financially as well as local musicians who provided the music and have longstanding links with KSOM. 

During this year KSOM has continued to expand in a variety of ways and its new improved location in the centre of Kilburn gives potential for an even more exciting and inspired programme in the future. 

Some time has been spent making the building suitable , preparing outside areas for the warmer summer months , researching and planning activities such as gardening projects, childrens activities and a café facility . 

It has also been a time for consultation with users of the charity , both old and new and they are looking at feedback to see if and how they can respond. 

Although at present the premises are still of a temporary nature ,KSOM are aware of this issue and confident that this can be resolved in the future. 

The year has been really successful and there is a much larger active volunteer pool of local people who loyally support KSOM and help when needed. 

KSOM are confident that they will continue to thrive and they want  to continue to explore new directions, respond to the community  whilst building on the achievements of past years . 

They continue to look for funding opportunities and the potential for income generation .in coming year KSOM priority will be to consider and put in place more long term financial strategies together with more permanent premises 

KSOM is now very established and known in the Kilburn and beyond for its unique offer and its connection with the local diverse community . It continues to be supported both by local people and by a network of inspired and talented musicians .Both groups acknowledge the usefulness of music and of shared community experiences for mental wellbeing . 

Through its inspired programme and music events KSOM have enriched a large number of  peoples lives and have engaged and brought people together to share unique enjoyable and stimulating experiences. 



## **Financial Review** 

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period 

Total Income was £ 14307 

Total Expenditure £ 36407 

Amount of reserves held  £ 1933 

Income 23/24 was from April - April 

The trustees consider the work of KSOM is highly suitable for funding and will make that fundraising a  priority in the coming year- together with other forms of income generation 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

KSOM is a CIO  .We have approached some individuals who we consider will enhance our trustees and we anticipate that at least 2 new trustees will join us in the near future 

|in the near future||
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|Charity name|KILBURN STATE OF MIND|
|Other name the charity<br>uses||
|Registered charity<br>number|1187381|
|Charity’s principal<br>address|Playhut<br>Grange park<br>Kilburn<br>NW64LB|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee Name**|**Office**|
|---|---|
|RAYMOND WELLS|CHAIR|
|ANNA FERRIE|TREASURER|
|CATHRYN GLEESON|SECRETARY|





Trustee 

## **Signature(  s)** 



ANNA FERRIE **Full name(s)** RAYMOND WELLS 

CHAIR TREASURER 



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||**KILBURN STATE OF MIND**<br>**1**|**KILBURN STATE OF MIND**<br>**1**|**KILBURN STATE OF MIND**<br>**1**|**187381**|**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>4/1/2023|**To**|Period end date<br>3/31/2024||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**to the nearest      £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Funding|**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**9,307**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,307**<br>|**-**|**-**|**5,000**|**46,000**|
|Sponsorship||**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,000**|
|Donation||**-**|**-**|**9,307**|**3,366**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**|**-**|**14,307**|**50,366**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**|||||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**14,307**|**-**|**-**|**14,307**|**50,366**|
||**1,246**<br>**850**<br>**4,095**<br>**0**<br>**668**<br>**713**<br>**3,435**<br>**467**<br>**1,650**<br>**2,280**<br>**2,008**<br>**11,808**<br>**440**<br>**992**<br>**2,194**<br>**3,560**|||||
|<br>Cleaning||**-**|**-**|**-**|**120**|
|Equipment||**-**|**-**|**1,246**|**1,159**|
|Festival Expenses||**-**|**-**|**850**|**363**|
|Fixtures & Fittings||**-**|**-**|**-**|**46**|
|General Expenses||**-**|**-**|**4,095**|**2,998**|
|Interest||**-**|**-**|**0**|**8**|
|Loan||**-**|**-**|**668**|**612**|
|Maintenance||**-**|**-**|**713**|**1,038**|
|Marketing||**-**|**-**|**-**|**130**|
|Music Equipment||**-**|**-**|**-**|**769**|
|Music Tuition||**-**|**-**|**3,435**|**305**|
|Refreshments||**-**|**-**|**467**|**155**|
|Subsistence||**-**|**-**|**1,650**|**103**|
|Travel||**-**|**-**|**2,280**|**690**|
|Volunteer expenses||**-**|**-**|**2,008**|**2,276**|
|Wages||**-**|**-**|**11,808**|**15,560**|
|Stationary||**-**|**-**|**440**|**-**|
|Subscription||**-**|**-**|**992**|**-**|
|Projectpayments||**-**|**-**|**2,194**|**-**|
|Service Payments||**-**|**-**|**3,560**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||||||
||**36,407**|**-**|**-**|**36,407**|**26,332**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**|**-**<br>**-**<br>  **-**|||||
|||**-**|**-**|**-**||
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|**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||**36,407**|**-**|**-**|**36,407**|**26,332**|
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||**-                 22,101**<br>**-**<br>**24,034**<br>  **1,933**|**-**|**-**|**-                 22,101**|**24,034**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**24,034**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**1,933**|**24,034**|



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
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||£2,995 of payments for expenses were m<br>£1,280 was reimbursed to the trustee for<br>Signature||||||
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