## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1/2/2024 Period start date To Period end date 31/1/2025**
## **Charity name: WATER VILLAGE BAND**
## **Charity registration number: 1191307**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To develop as a community brass band**
**in Rossendale and, for the public**
**benefit: advance, improve, develop and**
**maintain education and appreciation of**
**brass band music in all its forms by**
**means of rehearsals, public concerts**
**and other musical events which the**
**public will have access to, tuition in the**
**playing of brass instruments and by**
**such other means as the trustees may**
**from time to time determine.**|
|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|**During the period reported on the Band**
**has carried out regular weekly**
**rehearsals and tuition on its premises,**
**plus public performances in other**
**venues.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**During the period reported on the Band**
**has carried out regular weekly**
**rehearsals twice a week, and tuition on**
**its premises, plus public performances**
**in other venues mainly in the**
**Rossendale Valley but some outside the**
**borough.**
**The number of players increased**
**slightly again during the reporting**
**period to around 28, mainly beginners**
**who progressed to the Senior Band but**
**also some experienced players who**
**joined us from other bands. The number**
**of public performances to the benefit of**
**the public also remained similar to the**
**previous year as did the band’s income.**
**Several meetings for local borough**
**council-run community groups were**
**held in the bandroom as part of the**
**Band’s commitment to opening the**
**bandroom for community use.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held as a contingency for**
**replacement and refurbishment of Band**
**instruments and any building repairs**
**which may require attention.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Band aims to keep circa £10,000 in**
**reserve at any one time.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution – adopted September 11th**
**2020.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|**As per the Constitution, four ‘First**
**Charity Trustees’ were appointed in**
**September 2020 and are still in post.**
**Additional Trustees (no limit on number)**
**can be appointed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the Trustees for a**
**period of three years. No appointments**
**or resignations occurred during the**
**reporting period.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees 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 Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|WATER VILLAGE BAND|
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|Other name the charity uses|WATER BAND ROSSENDALE|
|Registered charity number|1191307|
|Charity’s principal address|1036-1038 BURNLEY ROAD EAST
LUMB-IN-ROSSENDALE
LANCASHIRE
BB4 9PL|
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TIMOTHY
NUTTALL|CHAIR|||
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EDWARD MALLEY||||
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METCALF||||
||ELAINE FRANCES
ROBERTS||||
||JOHN MITCHELL||||
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WILLIAMSON|TREASURER|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A 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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** WILLIAM T NUTTALL (electronically) **Full name(s)** WILLIAM TIMOTHY NUTTALL
**Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 29/11/2025
Registered charity number: 1191307 **WATER VILLAGE BAND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025** Lumb Accountancy Services Limited Chartered Certified Accountants New Hall Hey Business Centre New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Lancashire BB4 6HL
**Water Village Band Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 January 2025**
**2025 2024 £ £ £ £ TURNOVER** Band engagements 3,788 3,670 Crowd funding 1,565 544 Rental income 2,785 2,210 Grants and subsidies received - - Other income - - Bank interest receivable 198 128 **8,336 6,552 Administrative Expenses** Rent 100 230 Light and heat 2,011 1,306 Repairs 169 189 Safety expenses 220 65 Cleaning - 26 Conductor expenses 2,040 1,900 Instrument repairs and music 1,155 232 Insurance 605 801 Printing, postage and stationery 283 409 Copier repairs and servicing - 251 Accountancy fees 264 264 Subscriptions 399 267 Depreciation of fixed assets 126 139 Entertaining 18 - Sundry Expenses 20 - **(7,410) (6,079) Surplus/(deficit) for the year before taxation 926 473** Signed on behalf of the trustees of Water Village Band Signed ..................................... Print Name ..................................... Date .....................................
**Water Village Band Statement of Financial Position As at 31 January 2025**
**2025 2024 Notes £ £ £ £ FIXED ASSETS** Tangible Assets 14,557 14,683 **CURRENT ASSETS** Debtors 278 323 Cash at bank and in hand 17,594 16,497 **17,872 16,820 Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year (340) (340) NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) 17,532 16,480 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 32,089 31,163 NET ASSETS 32,089 31,163** Accumulated fund brought forward 31,163 30,690 Surplus/(deficit) for the year 926 473 **ACCUMULATED RESERVES 32,089 31,163** Signed on behalf of the trustees of Water Village Band Signed ..................................... Print Name ..................................... Date .....................................
## **Water Village Band Charity No. 1191307 Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Water Village Band. For The Year Ended 31 January 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Water Village Band for the year ended 31 January 2025.
**Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Martin Urquhart FCCA Lumb Accountancy Services Limited Chartered Certified Accountants New Hall Hey Business Centre New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Lancashire BB4 6HL 21 May 2025