RIG1&f￿ COMPANY NUMBER: CE020891 (EKg]ADd Walos)
REGISTERED CRARrrY NUMBER: 1188221
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2

oI￿E
OF TItE FKNAN
ATE
FOR TBE YEAR ENDED 31 MAR
2025
I to 4
St•terne•t•lFfjD*neAal Adlvltkn
Notes to the Ststem¢Mts
8 to 12

TRU
trustees have adopttd the PT0ViSiO￿ of AccouDtiD8 RyrtiDg by Charities". StstcmeDt of RecommeDded Pta¢tice
applieable to cl￿ritIeS prepaTitig their ¥ee(￿￿ts in accord￿ with the Fin￿1￿1 RtyortiDg slarm1￿d applicable in the
iIK and Republic of tre14￿J IFRS 102) (¢ffeCtI￿ l January 2019).
Objetdves *itn$
The object of the CIO is the thancejneni of the art of M￿l¢, in PTtKtslzT br￿ baod musie. in Hit¢hin and the
surrouDdin8 are4 for the pvblic ben¢fit by..
(*} Offering trainittg and COa¢bll￿ to In￿l¢janS of all agc5 ￿ eDable them to pkny w a staodard ready fot Fwblic
pthnnan¢e #nd to dev¢lop their musical abiliti￿.
(b) Pufomiingpublie con¢erts of vatied and iofonnativ¢ pm8r8m￿.
(C) Collabmtin8 with othergroups and illdividua15 to enb•Dce the offthngto a￿l¢ll￿.
Slgnknt *edvllles
The main band ullden￿k fiv¢ pAid ejwcments. tl&Tce 8elfyorAo*d collEuts On￿ agai￿ eight sold-out
f0M￿CeS of The SJK)Thinon over th¢ Chrisnws period ￿ awlith¢cs in Hitrhin. Ithhwort]4 and BedfonL involvtng
collaboratioD with oth¢r local Mwsici￿ Hitthin Film. Lmcbworth Garden City H￿l￿ge Foundation and local chilth¢n
who W audIti￿¢d to siti8 a solo ￿ part of cach ptrfOrn￿. Ih¢ band also staged its Ferfman¢e of 4Walla¢¢
& Gromi¢- The WTOD8 Trousers", wbirh was extremely well received and will bE repeated twice in 2025.
The Youth Band ¢￿tinU￿ trj lttrdct new members. inch￿1￿8 t*¥innus with no previous expuience. It Ternai
support¢d entirely by volullteer tytors including S¢Y¢Tal member5 of the maiti band and ¢aters ty thre¢ leveIs of
Hitchill Community Br￿ COQlitM*d to serye 4 w>de raDge of a8e5 and abiIitie& iDcludiDg learners of ages who
to 8ati) experience enjoyment fro]n playitig a brw bfyo¢ SUpP)rt￿ by mernbezs from th¢ ￿lti balld. The b8od
perfomjed s¢v¢rnl og88ements through)ut the year. inc1￿J]ng the joint Christw eon¢ert with the maiD aNI yr)uth
The organi54ti0tt's AOM b¢ldoD 15.524 atllolwell Villw Hall.
Publlc btllt
At all tirae5. the trustw have had regard to tbe guid8JKc iwucd by the Ch8rity CoD)mi¥ioD on public bellefiL Public
fotroanw by all thr¢e of our bath Iwe beeD stroDgty wrted al￿ wannty welcomed by the public. Many of the
bands. p¢rformaDC¢S thro￿Out the yeaT have bec￿ fffe ¢0 the ￿blIC . for exwle. ￿tdOOr events in ShEffoTd.
L¢t¢hworth muhiple perfonnancu in Hit¢biti town 4￿￿￿. The Youth Batyj also put on sev¢ral demo eveDts for
schools iti the I(￿] •re&
Our Youth Band atsd CommuDiry Band are opth to anyone wbts wishes toTr?in. without auditiw ar*1 we offer free lobn
of instru￿ts. luition and coaehin& and tb¢ ch8tK¢ to tuforni ￿ a gttsup for a low subscription (£llrehearsal for
Youth BaD¢I £51rehrml for Cornmunity Brags).
We stsged eight pubrn)anc￿ of The SI￿V￿￿O over the Cbristi)w p￿ to audi¢Dces in Hitrhl￿ Letshworth
B￿[Ord. These were mwltimedia experien¢¢s involviwthg ¢ollaF¥)TatioD with otl*r local thusiciatss. Hitchin Filrn
Igtchworth Gard¢D City Hetitage F(￿ndatiO￿L and Ic¢al cthildrak who I￿j audiiioned to siryg a solo as part of eadi

IN BAND
TRUST
R THEYE
ENDED
Ch#ritsbk #etlvltie
The balld has ¢ODlitill¢d its relalionship with Richrn￿￿ Hill S¢hool foT thildr¢A ￿ conwkx nced* Membcrs of the
main band once again perf￿rned at the xhool free of ¢har8e, atyl we S￿ working ￿ a otte-off Witional pknc¢
of Th¢ Snoww v4hich we will pcrforn for the xlhool in 4 ￿l&￿td envin)NmenL
Around Chri5tDw 2W24. the Youth Band LW again put(¥mcd caro]s in Hilchiti to Taise money for ho￿￿lesSnesS
clwity Shelter.
Our Youth BaDd Ind CoEQmUrrity Band ar¢ open to anyone ￿ wtshes Witho￿ we offerfrn¢ lo
of ir*Irurn￿¢4 )Jitioll coa¢bin8. and the t￿rfO￿n as a for A low kniption {£llrehearsal for
Youth Batt4 £51rehearsal for CoTnmuDity BE￿). Tr youth band in p3rncularprovid¢s the first Intr￿1￿Ction to pl2yiDg
iDStiUtn¢Dt for Dwiy ¢hildrm ellt1￿ty by vohmtrus.
ANCL4L REv￿w
fyll employm¢nt). Thi5 CODtinu¢s to pmvidc a solid ￿V￿1￿8 muth of the core overheads of the
orgaDisatioL We hav¢ iryv¢s*d ID additioual instrlln￿ and equip1￿ for the Youth Balld wbich will 4iport its
Th¢ Statemetr of Financial Activilies Jhows a defici4 we4evaiuakn of foT the year of £5.733 {2￿23
deficit £2.436).
Thc balauc¢ of fijttds caoied frAwant was £57225 vjtrwrd to fj7519 last year . these Include the rev￿￿ed
Prkneip*l thlldkng50Df¢¢8
Piin¢iple source of income in this finaaKial yearh•s bE¢n:
. Mernber skniptiolls:
- Paid eogagthi¢nt
- Donations and p￿b]IC eolledion
wO￿lt)8 bataoce I￿t less than £5.IJOO. This enw¢s the ability of the CIO to poy ruDDityg iti the ¢v¢ttt that DumbeTS
of member5 Paying 5ubs¢riptions were to redute or pid ev¢ttts nged ￿ be can¢¢lird.
Balanc¢ ov¢rp¥t five FY$ bas not been below £5.￿). Cwt¢M e•sh b&laDce exceed8 £16.iKIO.
There are no concerns the of Hitchin BaDd C￿lIn￿lAS#s a80ing concern.
Gov*rJthig d¢)coMent
The charity 18 C4)ntrolled by its govuning a tked of COn￿lt￿￿ a chan'tsble incoomted
org*nisation.
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TRUST
RT
HE YEAR ENDED 31 MAR
20
Ch￿ty eonsdkntlo
In 2020. the year of Ihe CIO. the meothets of the romrrith eknted at th¢ AGM OJJ 9 May 19 became the
trust¢s foT th¢ CIO. Their names were iR¢lude41 in the draft CIO constittEiion which wa% fO￿allY proposed wnd
UDanimwsly acce￿ at that llweting. ltht¥)n4Dd tralliing ofJv* trus*¢5
(l) El¢c*d clwtty tru3*es:
{a) At ¢vc4y gen¢￿1 ￿1￿8 of th¢ rnemlxts of the CIO. (W¢-third of the ele¢bJ ￿￿te¢S sh￿1 Tetire
from office. If tb¢ numbu C*f elec￿ clwiry trustees is three or a Multiple of three, th¢R th¢ numt*r neate¥t to
one.third shall rdire from offic4 but if there is only ooe charity ttuste4 he w she sI￿ll r¢titt:
(b) The eharity InL51ees to trtire by rots¢1￿? shall be those who have been longtst in offi¢e since their last appoinknent
or reaFPintment. If any tru5te¢s were aMKYDled or nappointed OD the satn¢ day those to r¢tire sball (uJlles5 they
otherwise agree among theJtselv¢s) br det¢rn?ined by IOL.
{¢) The vacatteieÈ so 8ti5ing be filled by th¢ decisi04 of the membets at the annual Bett￿ n)eetiti8: glly vthxKxes
ot filled at the aDWa] general meeting tn•y b¢ filkd as wjvided in sub41ause
(d) of this Clause" (d) The xll¢mbets or the charity 1ft￿ees w at aDy time decide to appoint a D¢w ¢harity trus
Wh¢th￿ in plxe of a ¢lJ8Tity twAee who h•s or or L5 an additioD￿ thaTity tsvtstee. provided that th¢ Iimtt
specified iD ¢hu5e [12(3)] OD the tLmber of cbarity tr￿*%5 would as ¥ bc cxcee4J¥J:
(e) A person so 8PPDinted by thc membusof the ao SI￿ Nite in accoJilwKe witb the ptovisiotil of wb-clauses
(a) and Ib) of this claw¢. A pe￿Oll so app)iryted by the ch8rity trustees shall retirE at th¢ conchlsion of the •DThu81
gepetal mtttiD8 n¢xt following the date of hi3 appoinlmeDL and shbll wt bc covDttd for the putpwe of det¢rmitiitig
of the elwity tswttts is to reli￿ by mtstion at that m¢#ing.
Regi¥tered COmp￿Y lumber
CE020891 (EnglaNI alld Wales)
Rryistered Chvlty
1188221
33 CTowIwkd iioad
Lutott
LU2 8BH
KABir
A P Hooker se￿¢t&ry
Mn D M Bir¢b Chair
R Bush
A Ilott Treasurer
ARGraty
Indepeode*t Ex•wi*er
Bradshaw Johnson
l i BJn¢Toft
Hitchitt
SG5 IJQ
and Si￿￿ ox Ats bBhaifby.

A P Hooker
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EPENDENT
ERT REPORT
HITCHIN BAND
TRusfE
OF
depeRd¢Mt ¢f•i4erf¥ reportto tle trustees of HltchlA B#*d {'thÈ CIO,)
I I¢￿rtIO the cbarity trusteeson my exami￿tion of the of the CIO f(rth¢ y¢ar ¢ndryl 31 March 2025.
Respon￿All￿¢S and bath rfjf rq)ort
As the clwitys of the CIO (and also its diTectors foT the pury>ow of eon)p*ny law) you are wsibk for the
Having satisfieA] rnyself that the accounts of the CIO are tk)t required to be auditsl Part 16 of th¢ 2(Ki6 Act and
are eligible for inde￿t uaminatt"on, l Tew)rt in respxt of my examination of yow CIO'5 accou[￿ as ¢￿ted out
und¢T S¢rfion 145 of th¢ Cbarities Act 2011 (Ibc 2011 Acfj. In my eXami￿110n I have followed the
DirectiOD$ 8iV¢D by th¢ cban.ty COmrri￿n uDkr Section 145(5} (b) of the 2011 A¢L
tndtpemdent exan￿¥￿'S ststen￿l
I have WDpleted my ¢x4Wl￿tIOL l coth thttt no bov¢ corne to my atteation ID collti￿￿ with th¢
acc01mtitigre￿rd$WCtt not Wt in rtspectof the Corapy a5 r4uired by Se¢tion 386 of the 2(#)6 A¢
th¢ 8ccounts do no¢ a¢¢0￿ with those re￿￿. or
the do twt compjy with the a¢cowititi8 of SeLtiort 396 of th¢ 21)06 A¢t other th￿ ally
Cx*nIllati￿ or
the a¢¢ouDts havt not been prwred in accordar￿e with th¢ metho& and prAnciples of th¢ Ststement of
Recommended Prn¢tt¢e for &¢4)￿ting aT¥J teporritig by ch￿ltieS (applicthle to chartti¢s prewin8 thetr
¢oiints in a¢wTd9n￿ with th¢ FiDaDcial REporting St8ndard applithle in the UK and Repub]ic of Ir¢l¥
(IRS 102)).
I have no ¢oncerTr8 and h•v¢ Con￿ acro&% no (thr matttts in cimmection with the examination to wbicb attenlion 5hou]d
Neil HardiD8 FCA
Croft ChambeTS
I l Bancroft
Hitchin
SG5 IJQ

STA
NT OF FINAN
ENDED
Tl
31.3.25
31.324
Donations and legxi
8539
15,993
1.725
13,423
Total
Ch*rl¢•ble *edvllles
CbaTity *tivities
30.740
{4J54)
(5.733)
Gaitts on revalualion of fix¢d &$￿S
5.487
Net In fvuds
1.133
(294)
RECONCILIATJON OF FUNDS
Totsl fotsth brougbt forw
57225
57.519
S8J58
57

STATE
OF FINANCIAL
31.325
31.3.24
Total
FLXED ASSETS
Taugibl¢ assets
42.497
41.834
Deb￿
Cash * b8nk
1.433
15.358
16.791
17.861
CREDITORS
(930)
(2.470)
NET CiIRRENT ASSETS
15
LtABILfnES
58358
S7225
58J58
57.225
58 358 ￿25
TOTAL FUNDS
58358
57
31 Marth 2025.
The ll￿nber￿ have not requitvj th¢ CIO to obtsiD ￿ a￿JIt of its fiDanci¥l state0￿ for the year ended 31 March 2025
Th¢ trustees a¢knowled8e their respOra￿l*lllties for
(4) eDmrillg tbat the CIO keeps xcoulltiQ8 records th•t comply with Stttio]L$ 386 ty1387 of the Companies Act
2006 and
prcpaTiII8 finw￿l¥l 5tstements which give a arwj fair view of the st* of affair5 of the CIO as at the end of
¢a¢h fmanc1￿ year and of its 5uTrIus OT deficit for each financial ye4r in accordan¢¢ with the r¢quiTem¢nts of
Sections 394 otsd 395 and which otherwise cs)Jry>ly with the re4UItemu￿ of thc CAMDpaDits A¢t 2006 relating to
firallcial stat¢m¢nts. so far as applicable to thc dwritsble cornp3ny.
(bl
wbjcct to the small eompani&8 re8m)e.
..2S........ and wete SigDoJ on itsb¢half by:
A Ilott- Trus
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HITCHIN BAND
THE FINANCIAL STATEMEN
E YEAR ENDED31 MAR
025
ACCOUFITING POLICILS
of pwtpirfni tbe fin*lle1￿ 5tatrmeAts
The financitl stateJrye￿ts for the CIO, which is a public benefft ￿tity FRS 102. ]we bEen wepared in
accordance with the cE￿itIeS SORP IFRS I02} Accollnting Rwting by Cth*itie5.' Statement of
R￿Ornmende￿ PTrctice applicabl¢ to ¢haTilies preparing their ac￿￿lts in aceordaD¢e with the Fin3nciat
RewTttng applicable in UK aryj Republic of ITelaThl (FRS I￿2) {effective i JaDuary 2019),.
Financial ft¢5￿1ng StsAdard 102 Tr Financial Re￿￿1n& Standard applic4bl¢ in the UK znd Republic of
Irel￿d. and the Cl)aril1￿ Act 201 l. Th¢ finati¢l￿ ststonetsts have been prpattd th¢ histori￿1 cost
Hitchin Bandmeets the definition of kwbii¢ ￿tiry￿￿FRs IIY2.
ExpeAdlth
Liabilities are rttogD?scd a5 cxpcnditire as 9)on ¥ thue is a legal or CO￿S￿￿tiVe obliption corttmittiDg tbe
CIO to that eX￿di￿r￿ it is probable that a transfe¥ of wiomi¢ bMefits will bt requir￿ in s¢ttlement Axd th¢
amount of the obligation can be rnea￿￿ed Eeliably. EXp￿}01￿￿e is accounted for co aD basis and has
been classified undu headings th• oggrtga* all cost relatrd to the c4te80ry. Wlw¢ costs L¥Dnot b¢ directty
T*ll￿ble ￿ed 458ets
Ikpreciation IB provided at the followitig rths in oth to writ¢ off asset oveT its estitnat¢d usethl
lif¢.
. 2￿A on reduc1￿ hl•T*¢
InStrU￿ts and 4uIp￿t￿t were ￿v8h￿l by the Th￿¢¢$ as at 31 M4r¢h 2025. Thi5 will be revisityd on an
Tax*tlon
The CIO i8ex£n)pi from eo4MThtion tu Oll its clwilabk acbvttie&
Unrestricted fund5 can be used in with th¢ ¢haritsble (knixtsvcs atthe disctetson of the
RestrActed fijtth GID only be for particular restri￿ puryoses within the (l>jects of the CIO. Re5tsictso
Further explanation of thettartwc attdpwKJse of c￿ is inclthd in th¢ Dots8 to the f￿￿cIal stst¢meDt&
¢ontinud..

O THE FNAN
FOR THE YEAR END
MENTS.
31
31.325
31.3.24
NKT INCOPaFJ(EXPENDITURE)
31.3.25
31.324
31 March 2024.
31 March 2024.
DoD¥tions hnd legacies
8.539
Othu b¥liug activiti
Oth¢r income
13.423
T•t*l
ChArltabk *clivltk8
(5.733)
GaiDS ¢)ll revaluation of fixed assets
Nrt moyement l*
(294)
RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought fOr￿d
57519
57

HrrcHIN
OTES TO THE
RTH
TEMEN
DED
025
cosr OR VALUATION
At l April 2024
Athlitions
41,834
663
At 31 Matth 2025
DEPRECIAIION
ChaTge foE year
Revaluation adjusthjcnts
5,487
At 31 Matth 2025
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Marth 2025
At 31 m￿Ch 2024
C05t or vgltiation at 31 Ma￿h2o25 is rqxesentsl ty.
Valuation irt 2025
If iL8truments Attd equipment had not been revalKd IP*y W<￿Id have been illdu￿ at the following histori￿1
costr.
31.325
31.324
42.497
31.3.25
31.324
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ANC
AR Kf4DED
ATEMENTS-
CH
FOR THE Y
CREDITORS: AMOUFifs FALLING DUE WlllllN ONE YEAR
31.325
31.324
230
930
930
470
Net
rnov¢meot
TraDsfws
At
31.325
At 1.424
31385
Revaluation reserve
(4.354)
(293)
293
27.738
57
58
57
58
Net nM)v¢mrnt in included in the •bove are as follow5:
Glins #nd Movement
expendul
Unreslrkted
26.164
(30S18}
(4J54)
coMp￿tiVeS for movemwit IR fllDth
Net
At
31.3.24
1.423
UJw#trlcted fumds
38.118
19.401
R¢valuatioll
(5,733)
31385
57.225
57
PaBe li

STOTHE
FOR THE Y
ANCIAL STATE
AR END
Gains aod Movement
losses
ID fund8
expenthd
U4re8trltted
25.(K17
{30.740)
(5,733)
740
I•. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSUR
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