## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 14 May 2020 to 30 April 2021** ## **Charity name: The Lindow Ensemble** ## **Charity registration number: 1189479** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**(1) To advance the arts and culture for**
**the benefit of the public in Greater**
**Manchester and Cheshire and (2) to**
**advance education for the benefit of**
**current students and recent alumni of the**
**Royal Northern College of Music**
**(‘RNCM’) and other institutions of higher**
**musical education.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The ensemble is a string ensemble that**
**typically consists of 12 players,**
**comprising full-time professionals,**
**students or recent alumni of the RNCM**
**and amateur players of a high standard.**
**Its main activity is to perform concerts of**
**chamber music. Owing to the pandemic it**
**has been unable to do so during the**
**reporting period. Instead it has made**
**preliminary plans for the performance of**
**concerts in 2021-2022 and, to this end,**
**has raised the funds referred to in the**
**accounts and is seeking additional**
**financial support from several trust**
**foundations.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that, in planning**
**concerts for 2021-2022, they have had**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**As stated above, the pandemic has**
**prevented the ensemble carrying out its**
**main activity of concert giving during the**
**reporting period. It has, however, raised**
**funds towards the performance of a**
**series of six concerts in 2021-2022 and is**
**seeking additional funds to finance them.**
**Subject to the pandemic and necessary**
**funding, the concerts will take place in**
**Manchester and Wilmslow. As regards**
**the public, the ensemble reasonably**
**expects total audience figures of 600-900.**
**As regards students and recent alumni of**
**the RNCM, the ensemble intends to invite**
**selected students and alumni to rehearse**
**for and perform in all six concerts. The**
**ensemble also plans to commission a**
**work or works from one or two RNCM**
**composition students or alumni. Thereby**
**the ensemble will assist these students**
**and alumni in the transition to a**
**professional career, a step that the**
**pandemic has made harder than ever.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**As shown by its accounts, the ensemble**
**has assets of £6328, intended to go**
**towards the cost of the 2021-2022**
**concerts. It requires additional funding of**
**£5-6K for this purpose.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The ensemble became a CIO in May 2020**
**and to date has no reserves policy or**
**accumulation of reserves. The ensemble**
**will review the position when it becomes**
**more firmly established.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Nil.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The priority of the ensemble is to**
**accumulate sufficient funds to deliver the**
**2021-2022 concerts. Once that has been**
**achieved, it can consider the**
**accumulation of a reserve.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**If the ensemble is to continue as a going**
**concern it requires a regular income of**
**£10-15K per annum. It has not yet**
**achieved this but will pursue all**
**appropriate fundraising activities in order**
**to do so.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The ensemble expresses its grateful**
**thanks to the single donor of £5000,**
**without which the ensemble could not**
**have made preliminary plans for the**
**2021-2022 concerts.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Foundation model for a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation, whose only**
**voting members are its charity trustees.**| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|**A Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(‘CIO’).**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The ensemble has three trustees, all of**
**whom are first charity trustees. They**
**were appointed by personal**
**recommendation. The constitution**
**provides that, apart from first charity**
**trustees, every trustee must be appointed**
**for three years by a resolution passed at**
**a properly convened meeting of charity**
**trustees. In doing so the charity trustees**
**must have regard to the skills, knowledge**
**and experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the CIO.**| **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**The Lindow Ensemble**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**None**| |Registered charity number|**1189479**| |Charity’s principal address|**30 Broadway**
**Wilmslow**
**Cheshire**
**SK9 1NB**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**John Andrew**
**Phillips**|**Chair and**
**Treasurer**||| ||**Michael Andrew**
**Sambrook**|||| ||**Adrienne Patricia**
**Spilsbury**|**Secretary**||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **None** 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 ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|John A. Phillips|| |---|---|---| ||John Andrew Phillips|| ||
Chair|| ||29 April 2021|| ||29 April 2021|| **Charity Name No (if any) The Lindow Ensemble 1189479 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a** **For the period** Period start date **from** 14-May-20 Period end date 30-Apr-21 **To** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**178**
**5,000**
**1,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**6,328**
**-**
**-**
**6,328**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**178**
**5,000**
**1,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**6,328**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**178**
**5,000**
**1,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,428**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**100**
**6,328**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Bank a/c openingcredit|**178**|||||**-**| |Donation|**5,000**|||||**-**| |Tax reclaim on donation|**1,250**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6,428**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Fundraisingcosts|**100**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**100**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**6,328**|**-**|**-**|**6,328**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**6,328**|**-**|**-**|**6,328**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/05/2021 1 |**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**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
John A. Phillips
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,328**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,328**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**liability relates**
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**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
John Andrew Phillips|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||John A. Phillips|John Andrew Phillips|29-Apr-21| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 03/05/2021 2