## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT For the period 13 August 2020 to 30 September 2021 ## CHARITY NAME Kidenza ## CHARITY NUMBER 1190855 **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 **3** 3 Summary of the Purposes of the Charity ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** |**ACHEIVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**|**4**| |---|---| |Online Content|4| |Re-starting our Schools Programmes|5| |Staff and Trustees|5| |Building Relationships with Music Education Hubs|5| |**FINANCIAL REVIEW**|**6**| |End of Period Financial Review|6| |Policy for Holding Reserves|6| |Reserves Held|6| |Charity Continuing as a Going Concern|6| |**STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**|**7**| |Type of Governing Document|7| |How is the Charity Constituted?|7| |Trustee Selection Methods|7| |**REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**|**8**| |Trustees|8| |Advisors|8| |**ACCOUNTS**|**9**| |Approval|13| **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 2 ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES ## Summary of the Purposes of the Charity Kidenza provides live, quality, fun orchestral concerts and workshops aiming to inspire children to find out more about music, learn an instrument and perform with others. We support teachers so that they develop skills and confidence to deliver a quality music education and convince them of the benefits of music on children's all-round ability to learn. ## Summary of the Main Activities Kidenza converted from a CIC to a CIO whilst the world was dealing with an unprecedented pandemic. Our usual modus operandi was to perform live concerts and workshops in schools and to our wider audiences in the local community. The pandemic plunged those in the music and arts industry into hibernation. All our usual work stopped: we were forced to seriously consider our options and our future. It was evident that we were not resilient in this environment. We took this pause as an opportunity to: - create online content to keep supporting schools and families during the pandemic – a time when music was more important than ever given its proven benefits to mental-health and well-being;[1] - use technology to bring live music into people’s homes. - re-start our schools’ programme. - appoint four new trustees. - strengthen our relationships with music hubs in Kent and Sussex. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. They believe that Kidenza is achieving and continually improving its public benefit remit by the provision of music education to young people through school concerts, workshops, and online activities, especially at a time when government funding for the arts is being cut. > 1 Power of Music A plan for harnessing music to improve our health, wellbeing, and communities. UK Music and Music for Dementia. - **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 3 ## ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE ## Online Content In December 2020 and in true Kidenza style, we produced an online film of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. All our musicians were keen to participate, and they did so with no renumeration – a gesture very much appreciated in such an uncertain time (financially) for the charity. Filming themselves at home with limited technology was a steep learning curve for us all and we did have to seek specialist help to synchronise the soundtracks to the videos. We produced a fun and educational quiz to be used in conjunction with the film and sent these links out to all the schools and families on our database. To date, the film has had over 1700 views and the quiz over 500 views. “ _Can I just say a huge thank you for this! It’s brilliant and I’m going to get it watched by as many children as possible. Here’s hoping for a better year for music in 2021!”_ _“The orchestra are fantastic, and they’ve all done brilliantly to record themselves so well at home!”_ - _“… these are just great - wonderful music and well produced. I will share far and wide with pride.”_ _“Brilliant! Both my children are stuck inside, self-isolating and home-schooling, and this has cheered them up and made them both laugh! We’re already looking forward to (hopefully) being able to see next year’s Christmas concert!”_ In February 2021 we hosted a free, live online zoom percussion workshop with our percussionist Alex Neal. Families joined Alex (virtually) in his percussion studio and were treated to a unique and intimate introduction to all the instruments. This was the first of three percussion workshops that we devised, designed to deliver a high-quality music education direct into the classroom whilst adhering to Covid 19 restrictions. **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 4 Evaluation from this was extremely positive and useful in planning future events: - 100% of participants wanted more sessions like this - Whilst this event was free, 70% said they’d expect to pay £10 or more - 100% would recommend to a friend - 100% said they thought their school might be interested in session like these ## Re-starting our Schools Programmes Throughout our first year with the ever-present Covid our usual activities were non-existent. But this meant we could concentrate our energies on looking for new ways to engage our audiences when business resumed. We knew that without funding, schools were unlikely to commission our whole orchestra of 14 musicians, purely because of the cost implications. We also knew that once schools have seen us in action they want more![2] We had received some funding from the Sussex Community Foundation but found ourselves unable to fulfil the original project – concerts in West Sussex. With special permission, we put together a small ensemble of just 5 musicians – violin, clarinet, trombone, piano and percussion, and filmed 4 pieces. The plan was to make 2 short, educational, and engaging films for schools to use and enjoy free of charge. This film would serve several purposes: - Be a quality, free resource that teachers could use with little, or no planning yet would deliver aspects of the music curriculum - Be fun to watch and therefore be valuable for mental health and wellbeing - Be a marketing resource for Kidenza – a chance for people to see the quality and style of our work which may lead to future in-person bookings. Funding only permitted the filming of the 4 pieces and production of one of the films. The first film featured Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turka and Ravel’s Bolero. The plan being to distribute to schools in Sussex initially since the funding was originally intended to benefit Sussex schools. ## Staff and Trustees Over this period, we appointed four new trustees to Kidenza: 1. Barbara Stilwell 2. Simon Daniels 3. Tim Barber-Lomax 4. Oliver Dixon We saw the resignation of Jo O’Driscoll and Elizabeth Blackford, both of whom had served Kidenza since 2013. We also saw the departure of our tour coordinator and our Project and Marketing director had a long period of sickness which resulted in having to drastically reduce their working hours. ## Building Relationships with Music Education Hubs Throughout the pandemic, it’s fair to say that most arts-based organisations were hit hard, and many used that empty time as a period of consultation. Prior to Covid we were a Community Interest Company (CIC) and only converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in August 2020. Whilst we had previous relationships with some music hubs we wanted to build further on these and 2 Audience Agency Post Tour Evaluations 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 5 broaden our reach to cover the whole of the Southeast region of the United Kingdom. With enforced time on our hands, we were able think clearly about that strategy and inform ourselves further as to what the hubs might be looking for from partner organisations. ## FINANCIAL REVIEW ## End of Period Financial Review Our normal sources of income were not available to us owing to the government COVID-19 restrictions and, even once restrictions eased, a nervousness on the part of schools to have groups of visitors on site and children mixing. However, we maintained the charity by cutting expenditure and drawing on government assistance, including furlough for our CEO. Judicious use of reserves allowed us to pivot to provide online content to maintain charitable impact during a difficult year for all in education. Kidenza has no debt and there are reserves to cover expected costs for the coming year. ## Policy for Holding Reserves Kidenza holds two financial reserves. 1. Generic administration and family concerts 2. Funding secured for future projects. ## Reserves Held 1. £10,505 2. £0 ## Charity Continuing as a Going Concern The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, it continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual accounts. - **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 6 ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ## Type of Governing Document The governing document is the Charitable Incorporate Organisation Constitution, 10 December 2019. ## How is the Charity Constituted? Kidenza is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. ## Trustee Selection Methods Trustees are appointed by the Board for terms of three years. The minimum number of Trustees is four and the maximum 12. Six Trustees served during the year. Trustees are appointed for their skill and experience in areas related to the charity’s operation, including music, education, charity management and fundraising. On appointment, Trustees are sent an induction pack with information about the charity and their role. The Trustees delegate day-to-day running of the charity to the CEO. - **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 7 ## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Charity Name – Kidenza Registered Charity Number – 1190855 Charity’s principal address 35 St Mary’s Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2LD ## Trustees |**Name of Trustee**|**Office(if any)**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**| |---|---|---| |Charles Bradley|Chair|| |Stephen Higgins||| |Josephine O’Driscoll||31 October 2013 - 28 January2021| |Elizabeth Blackford||31 October 2013 - 28 January2021| |Simon Daniels||11 January2021 onwards| |Barbara Stilwell||11 January2021 onwards| |Oliver Dixon||11 January2021 onwards| |Tim Barber- Lomax||11 January2021 onwards| ## Advisors |Type of Advisor|Name|Address| |---|---|---| |Accountant|Scott Moen|Orchard Corner, Freight Lane, Cranbrook
TN17 3PF| |Information Technology|Pip Meadway|35 St Marys Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9
2LD| **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 8 ## ACCOUNTS ||ACCOUNTS|ACCOUNTS|ACCOUNTS||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||
**Charity Name**

**Kidenza**|||**No (if any)**
**1190855**|**CC16a**| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
13/08/2020|**To**|Period end date
30/09/2021|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Events and workshops|**- 1,073**
**-**
**3,794**
**7,035**
**925**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**- 1,073**|**-**| |Grants|||**-**|**-**|**-**| |Patron donations|||**-**|**3,794**|**-**| |CJRS income|||**-**|**7,035**|**-**| |Tax refund|||**-**|**925**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**10,681**|**-**|**-**|**10,681**|**-**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**-**
**-**||||| |||**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||**10,681**|**-**|**-**|**10,681**|**-**| ||||||| |Salaries and subcontractors|**15,271**
**1,420**
**-**
**625**
**112**
**1,909**
**-**
**344**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**15,271**|**-**| |Reimbursed expenses|||**-**|**1,420**|**-**| |Venue hire|||**-**|**-**|**-**| |Telephone, internet, postage|||**-**|**625**|**-**| |Bank charges|||**-**|**112**|**-**| |Accountancy|||**-**|**1,909**|**-**| |Advertising and promotion|||**-**|**-**|**-**| |Sundry|||**-**|**344**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**19,681**|**-**|**-**|**19,681**|**-**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**225**
**-**||||| |Equipment||**-**
**-**|**-**|**225**|| ||||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**225**|**-**|**-**|**225**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||**19,906**|**-**|**-**|**19,906**|**-**| ||||||| ||**- 9,225**|**-**|
**-**|
**- 9,225**|**-**| ||**-**
**19,730**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**19,730**|**-**| ||**10,505**|**-**|
**-**|**10,505**|**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 01/04/2022 **____________________________________________________________________________________________________** Kidenza (Charity Reg: 1190855) Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 9 ## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
CJRS income owed
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
Equipment
Deferred income
**Details**
Salaries and expenses
Accountancy
Signature
2|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**10,505**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**10,505**|**-**|**-**| |||OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**225**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**|OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**403**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||Unrestricted||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||
Unrestricted||| |||Unrestricted||| |||Unrestricted||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||Print Name||Date of
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