## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025** ## **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. They**
**include full-time professionals, students**
**or recent alumni of the RNCM and**
**amateur players of a high standard. Its**
**main activities are to perform concerts**
**of chamber music and to deliver**
**educational and community projects.**
**In 2024-25 it has performed three**
**concerts, one in Didsbury, Manchester,**
**one in Kendal, Cumbria and one in**
**Bollington, Cheshire.**
**It has also delivered educational**
**workshops at 17 primary schools in**
**Bolton, Blackburn and Tameside, the**
**Bolton and Blackburn workshops in**
**partnership with Bolton Music Service.**| |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 giving**
**these concerts and delivering the**
**educational workshops, 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, in 2024-25 the**
**ensemble has given three concerts, one**
**in Didsbury, Manchester, one in Kendal,**
**Cumbria and one in Bollington,**
**Cheshire. In total some 400 members of**
**the public have attended. All the**
**programmes have included a lesser-**
**known work by a 21st century composer**
**as well as more familiar repertoire. The**
**ensemble believes that thereby it has**
**given members of the public both**
**enjoyment and a wider appreciation of**
**chamber music. Several have made**
**generous donations to assist in the**
**future development of the ensemble.**
**As regards students and recent alumni**
**of the RNCM, five have participated in**
**the ensemble’s activities:**
**Four have rehearsed for and performed**
**in the above concerts as players. Two of**
**these have also participated in the**
**educational workshops referred to**
**below. One has participated in the**
**workshops alone.**
**The ensemble believes that thereby it**
**has given all five RNCM students and**
**alumni substantial assistance in the**
**transition to a musical career.**
**This year the ensemble has delivered**
**educational workshops at 17 primary**
**schools in Bolton, Blackburn and**
**Tameside, the Bolton and Blackburn**
**workshops in partnership with Bolton**
**Music Service. Bolton, Blackburn and**
**Tameside are all Levelling Up for**
**Culture Places as defined by Arts**
**Council England, meaning that they are**
**currently underserved in the arts.**
**At these 17 schools the ensemble**
**delivered interactive string quartet**
**workshops of two kinds; the first aimed**
**at developing children’s knowledge and**
**appreciation of music and its cultural**
**and geographical origins; and the**
**second aimed at showing how music**
**can benefit children’s mental health**
**(year 6 only). In total 2891 children**
**experienced the workshops.**| ## **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**
**had cash funds of £11,116 at the end of**
**the period. The concerts and the**
**educational project were all delivered**
**within budget. (Most of the remaining**
**£11,116 then went towards the costs of**
**three further concerts given in June**
**2025, leaving £3005.33 in cash funds at**
**the date of this report.)**| |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.**
**It will review the situation as it becomes**
**more firmly established.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3005.33**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |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|**The annual accounts of this and earlier**
**years show that the ensemble requires**
**an annual income of £15-20,000 to**
**sustain its educational and concert**
**programme at the current level. If the**
**ensemble is to continue as a going**
**concern, and in particular if it is to**
**deliver further educational projects, it**
**will require a regular annual income of**
**that amount. It will pursue all**
**appropriate fundraising activities to**
**achieve this.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation model for a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation, whose only**
**voting members are its charity trustees.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|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 four trustees, three**
**of whom were 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
4|**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**||| ||**Adrienne Patricia**
**Spilsbury**|**Secretary**||| ||**Joanna Ceri**
**Wood**|**Treasurer**||| ||**Michael Andrew**
**Sambrook**|||| 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
held in this capacity|**None**| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**N/A**| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|**N/A**| **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)** John Andrew Phillips **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 4 September 2025 ||**The Lindow Ensemble**
**Charity Name**|**The Lindow Ensemble**
**Charity Name**|**The Lindow Ensemble**
**Charity Name**|**1189479**
**No (if any)**|**1189479**
**No (if any)**|**1189479**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01-May-24
Period start date|**To**||30-Apr-25
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£1,860**
**£8,377**
**£2,000**
**£7,000**
**£422**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**19,659**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,659**
**3,482**
**5,705**
**4,156**
**100**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,543**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,543**
**6,116**
**-**
**-**
**6,116**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,860**
**8,377**
**7,000**
**7,000**
**422**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,659**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,659**
**3,482**
**5,705**
**4,156**
**100**
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,543**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,543**
**11,116**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Bank a/c openingcredit|**£1,860**||||||**-**| |Income from Arts Council England|**£8,377**||||||**-**| |Income from trust funds|**£2,000**||||||**-**| |Concert fees|**£7,000**||||||**-**| |Donations|**£422**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**19,659**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |
Artistic director fees|**3,482**||||||**-**| |Section leader fees|**5,705**||||||**-**| |Student and alumni fees|**4,156**||||||**-**| |Marketing (Social Sparks Marketing)|**100**||||||**-**| |Piano hire(deposit)|**100**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**13,543**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**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_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**6,116**|**5,000**|**-**||**11,116**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**6,116**|**5,000**|**-**||**11,116**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/09/2025 1 **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**
Bank account closing credit
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,116**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,116**
**5,000**
OK
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
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Print Name
John Andrew Phillips|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||John A Phillips|John Andrew Phillips|13-Aug-25| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/09/2025 2