## ## ## ||Objecti|v|e|s and|Activ|iti|es|es||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||SORP reference|||| ||Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para|i fr|To advance
the education
and appreciation|| ||the charity|||as set out|in its||||ofthe public
in music and music|| ||governing||document||||||performance
particularly
Scottish Pipe|| ||||||||||Band music for residents
of all ages and|| ||||||||||, backgrounds
within
the West IVlidlands|and| ||||||||||surrounding
areas by developing
skills|and| ||||||||||competences,
by the presentation
of|| ||||||||||concerts and similar activities
and by any|| ||||||||||means as the trustees
in their discretion|| ||||||||||shall determme.|| ||Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para
1 19|1 17and|Vye provide
opportunities
to learn to play
the pipes and drums,
gain a qualification|| ||purposes||for the public||||||and take part in competitions
to improve|| ||benefit,|in particular,|||the||||skills and confidence|| ||activities,||protects or|||||||| ||services|identified
in|||the||||We provide opportunities
to play and|| ||accounts||||||||perform
with other musicians
in the band.|| ||||||||||other bands and other groups from a|| ||||||||||variety of music genres|| ||||||||||We promote
the music genre through|| ||||||||||playing
at community
and Fire Service|| ||||||||||events.|| ||Stateinent|||confirming|||Para|i is|The trustees
have read the guidance
on|| ||whether|the trustees|||have||||public benefit and our activities remain|| |I|had regard|||to the guidance|||||I open to anyone
in the area of benefit.|| ||issued
by||the Charity|||||||| ||Coinmission|||on public|||||We specifically
want those involved
to|| ||benefit||||||||benefit from improved
skills and|| ||||||||||competence
in playing
pipes and drums|as| ||||||||||well as improved
health
and wellbeing
from|| ||||||||||being apart of a band|| |||||being apart of a ban|d||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additional|information|(optional)|||||| |You ma|choose to include||further statements|where relevant
about:|||| ||||SORP reference||||| ||||Para i 38|We have received
no grants||as yet|We| |Policy on grant making||||, will apply to funders|for specific||| |||||programmes
of work|as they|are identified|| |||||and developed
Our|activities|dunncLthe|| |||||||year were|still restricted|owing to the covid|owing to the covid| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||pandemic|and our not being able to use||our| |||||||normal
practice venue||We also use|| |||||||community|events, when possible. as an||| |||||||i opportunity|for the band|to play
in public|| |||||||, and occasionally
there is a fee for this|||Our| |||||||1 annual
Burns Night celebration
is also an|||| |||||||opportunity|for the band|to play
in public|| |||||||drd|II
I|r
d|| |||||Peda|1 38||||| |Policy on|social investment|||||None at present|||| |including|program||related||||||| |investment|||||||||| |||||Para|1 38|All Band members
and Trustees are|||| |Contnbution||made|by|||volunteers.|Some band|members act as|| |volunteers||||||tutors to other band members.|||| |Other|||||||||| ## |Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formance|formance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reiereace||| |||||||l Our activities have
still been restncted| |||||||dunng
the year espeixaliy as we were| |||||||! unable use our normal
practice venue for| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,||||Para|1 20|!some ofthe year. Some online meetings
were arranged
but these are limited
in their| |identifying|the|difference the||||impact as playing
together
using this| |charity's|work|has made to||||medium
is not satisfactory
owing to time| |the circumstances|||of its|||lapses on the internet| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider|||| |benefits to society as a||||||We currently
have two learner
pipers, one| |whole.||||||very new and one who has progressed| |||||||onto playing
the bagipes
with several tunes| |||||||and
will be ready for performances
soon.| |||||||Engagements
have been limited
this year| |||||||due to the limited
membership
however
this| |||||||is starting
to improve
anci we are looking| |||||||forward
to more bookings
in the next year| ## |Performance|offundraising||| |---|---|---|---| |activities against objectives||Para|1 41| |set|||| |Investment|performance|Paaa|1 41| |against objectives|||| |Other|||| ## |Review|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's||Para|1.21|The year began|The year began|with|the balance of|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial|position||at|the end||||67114.05|No mcome has been received|||| |ofthe period||||||||Expenditure|durin the year was E837|||7| |||||||||, leaving a balance on 30September
2022 of||||| |||||||||f'.6276,34.||||| |Statement
explaining||||the||||We do not|currently||have a reserves|policy,| |policy for holding|||reserves|||||It has proved
difficult|||to compile an annual|| |stating|why|they|are|held||||budget to determine|||expenses
owing|to a| |||||||||lack of activity.||It is|envisaged
that 50% of|| |||||||||current reserves||will|be used for|| |||||||||operational|costs when we can begin|||| |||||||||operations|aclain|||| |Amount|ofreserves|||held||||26276 34||||| |Reasons for||holding||zero||Para|1 22|||||| |reserves||||||||||||| |Details|of fund materially||||in|P'"124||||||| |deficit||||||||||||| |Explanation||of any||||Para|C23|||||| |uncertainties||about the||||||||||| |charity|continuing||as a going|||||||||| |concern||||||||||||| ## ## ## ## ## |ofthe|charity tru|stees
who manage|the charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee|name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name
to a|of neman ior
oint trustee|body) entitled
if an| |Simon|Nicholls|Chairperson||||| |Alastair|Jackson|Secretary||||| |Edward|Latimer|Treasurer||||| |Henry|Cleaver|Trustee||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## |INCOME|||| |---|---|---|---| |||2022|2021| |Engagements||G,GG|0.00| |Burns Night||0.00|000| |Competition||0.00|000| |Donations
in memory|of Pipe Major|G.GG|310.00| |Sales||0.00|000| |Total income||0.00|310.00| |EXPENDITURE|||| |RSPBA+ Competitions||000|0.00| |Uniform,
instruments|+consumables|481.28|0,00| |Travel expenses||33660|0 00| |Burns Night||0.00|0.00| |Donations
to charity||0 GO|0 00| |Hospitality||0.00|0.00| |Stationery
and administration||19.83|19.32| |Insurance||000|0 00| |Gifts and tributes||000|0.00| |Misc||0.00|0.00| |Total expenditure||83771|19.32| |Surpfusldefrcrt||-837.71|290.68| |Opening
balance||7114.05|6823.37| |Closing balance||6276.34|7114.05| |Represented
by:|||| |Current account||6276 34|| ##