## ## |||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |SUmmary
Of the purpcaea
the charity as set out in its|||||Of|Para 1.17|To advance the education
and appreciation
ofthe public
in music and music|| |governing||document|||||performance
particularly
Scottish Pipe|| ||||||||Band music for residents
of all ages and|| ||||||||backgrounds
within the West Midlands|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 determine.|| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17end
1.19|We provide opportunities
to learn to play
the pipes and drums,
gain a qualification|| |purposes||for the public|||||and take part ln competitions
to improve|| |benefit,|in particular,|||the|||skills and confidence.|| |activities,||projects or||||||| |services identified
in
accounts.||||the|||We provide opportunities
to play and
perform
with other musicians
in the band,|| ||||||||other bands and other groups from a|| ||||||||variety ofgenres.|| ||||||||We promote the music genre through|| ||||||||playing
at community
and Fire Service|| ||||||||events.|| |Statement
confirming
whether
the trustees||||have||Para 1 18|The trustees
have read the guidance
on
public benefit and our activities
remain|| |had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity|||||||open to anyone
in the area of benefit.|| |Commission|||on public||||We specifically want those involved to|| |benefit|||||||benefit from the improved
skills and|| ||||||||competence
in playing
pipes and drums|as| ||||||||well as improved
health and wellbeing
from|| ||||||||bein
a artofaband.|| |dditional||information
(optional)||||||| |ou ma|choose to include||||further statements||where relevant
about:|| |||||||SORP reference||| ||||||||We have received
no grants as yet. We|| |||||||Pere 1.38|will apply to funders
for specific|| |Policy on||grant making|||||programmes
ofwork as they are identified|| ||||||||and developed.
We also use community|| ||||||||events and
erformances
when
ossible as|| ## |||||||an opportunity
for the band to play
in public|an opportunity
for the band to play
in public| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||and occasionall
there is a fee for this.|| |||||Para|1.38||| |Policy on|social investment|||||None at present.|| |including|program||related||||| |investment|||||||| |||||||All Band members
and Trustees are|| |||||Para|1.38|olunteers.
Some band members
act as|| |Contribution||made|by|||tutors to other band members.|| |volunteers|||||||| |Other|||||||| |Achieve|me|nts|and Performance||||| |||||SORP refereeee|||| |||||||The band has had a busy year building
on|| |||||||the success of last year's recruitment.|| |Summary
of
achievements||the main
ofthe charity,||Para|1 Ps|In February 2023, the band joined with
other bands from the Midlands
area to|| |identifying|the difference the|||||perform
at the Birmingham
Tattoo at the|| |charity's|work has||made to|||NEC Arena. This was a great opportunity|to| |the circumstances|||of its|||network
with other bands and perform
in|| |beneficiaries||and|any wider|||front ofa large audience.|| |benefits to society|||as a||||| |whole.||||||In April 2023the band secured a contract|| |||||||to perform
with Andre
Rieu as part of his|| |||||||world tour, for one night at the NEC Arena.|| |||||||This was another fantastic opportunity
for|| |||||||the band to perform
in front ofa large|| |||||||audience.|| |||||||Both performances
above were an|| |||||||opportunity
for developing
the members|of| |||||||the band by practising
for and taking part|in| |||||||a large performance
in front of an|| |||||||audience. This will have contributed
to|| |||||||building the confidence
of ail players who|| |||||||participated
and increased
the aspirations|| |||||||ofour learner members.|| |||||||Looking forward
to the next year, we have|| |||||||engaged
with the National
Piping Centre|to| |||||||be able to offer the Piping and Drumming|| |||||||Qualification
Board examinations
to our|| |||||||members,
offering a progressive
framework|| |||||||to measure
our
ro ress a ainst.|| ## ## ## |Achievements
against|Para|1.41| |---|---|---| |objectives set||| |Performance
offundraising||| |activities against objectives|Para|1 41| |set||| |Investment
performance|Para|1.41| |against objectives||| |Other||| ## |inanc|i|al
Review|al
Review|al
Review|al
Review||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review||ofthe chariity's|||||Para 1.21|The year began with the balance of|| |financial||position||at|the end|||F6,276.34.Afee ofE4,100was paid for the|| |ofthe period||||||||Band, together
with other local bands, to|| |||||||||play in an Andrew
Rieu concert. Expenses|| |||||||||during
the year have included
payments|to| |||||||||those bands, trave! expenses,
instrument|| |||||||||consumables
and a small amount for|| |||||||||administration
leaving a balance at the end|| |||||||||ofthe
ear of57,374.07.|| |Statement
explaining|||||the||Para 1.22|We do not currently
have a reserves policy.|| |policy for holding||||reserves||||We do not employ staff and the cost of|| |stating|why||they|are held||||ongoing
commitments
is low. All cash|| |||||||||reserves
would be applied to activities|| |||||||||when re uired.|| |Amount||of reserves|||held||Para 1.22|f7,374.07 unrestricted|| |Reasons||for|holding||zero||Para 1.22||| |reserves|||||||||| |Details|offund materially|||||in|Para 1.24||| |deficit|||||||||| |Explanation|||ofany||||Para 1.22||| |uncertainties|||about the||||||| |charity|continuing|||as a going|||||| |concern|||||||||| |Investment|policy and||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |objectives|including
any|Para 1A5|||||| |social investment
policy|||||||| |adopted|||||||| ||||Risks to the charity|||are|low.
A risk| |A description
ofthe principal||Para 545|assessment||which|covers, governance,|| |risks facing|the charity||finances, operations,
external factors and||||| ||||compliance||is reviewed||annually.| |Other|||||||| |Structure,|Governance|and Management|||||| |Description|of charity's||||||| |trusts:|||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|Constitution||||| |How is the|charity|Para 1.25|Charitable||Incorporated||Organisation| |constituted?|||||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed||||for a term of3| |including
details of any|||years by a||resolution
passed at a properly-||| |constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of|||convened|meeting||ofthe charity trustees.|| |any person|or body entitled||West Midlands
Fire|||Service mayu appoint|| |to appoint one or more
trustees|||one charity||trustee|for a period ofone year.|| ## |Policies and|procedures|| |---|---|---| |adopted for the induction||Para 1.51| |and training|oftrustees|| |The charity's|organisational|| |structure
and|any wider|Para 1.51| |network
with|which the|| |charity works||| |Relationship|with any related|Para 1 51| |parties||| ## |Charit|name|||West Midlands|Fire Service Pi e Band| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses||| |Re istered charit||number||1188218|| |Charity's|principal|address||29 School Road|| |||||Evesham|| |||||WR11 2PT|| ## |falls within the custodian|| |---|---| |charity's
objects|| |Details ofarrangements|for| |safe custody and|| |segregation
ofsuch assets|| |from the charity's
own|| |assets|| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |INCOME||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||2023|2022| |Events|||4100.00|0.00| |Total income|||4100.00|0.00| |EXPENDITURE||||| |RSPBA+ Competitions|||0.00|0.00| |Uniform,
instruments|+consumables||534.95|481.28| |Travel expenses|||198.00|336.60| |Other Bands for contribution||to events|2250.00|0.00| |Stationery
and admimstration|||19.32|19.83| |Insurance|||0.00|0.00| |Total expenditure|||3002.27|837.71| |Surplus/deficit|||1097.73|-837.71| |Opening
balance|||6276.34|7114.05| |Closing balance|||7374.07|6276.34| |Represented
by:||||| |Current account|||7374.07|6276.34| ## ##