2024-03-31-accounts - The Peter Tranchell Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	05	04	2023		31	03	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Peter Tranchell Foundation

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1193849

Charity's principal address 13 St Mary’s Grove

London

Postcode N1 2NT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Christopher Henshall	Chair of Trustees and Secretary
	John Gwinnell	Treasurer
	Crispin Flower	Head of ICT and Communications
	John Sunderland
	Jonathan Wikeley

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

The Peter Tranchell Foundation does not employ any staff

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Community Interest Organisation (Foundation model) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) New Trustees are appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To advance education for the benefit of the public through the promotion of the life and work of the British composer Peter Tranchell, in particular but not exclusively through:

promoting awareness of and access to his music and writings

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

promoting understanding of his music through study of the music itself and of his life, including its social, economic and cultural context
promoting performance of his music by bringing relevant works to the attention of musicians and of concert, broadcast and recording producers, and by promoting the availability of performing editions and scores
promoting communication and coordination between those interested in, and working on, his music and life

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Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to the Foundation’s objects are promoting and sharing research, scholarship and performance to add to the collective awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the music of Peter Tranchell. The Foundation makes its educational materials and activities available to the public through the Foundation’s website, social media, awareness raising with relevant groups of musicians and professional societies, and public performances. To deliver these benefits to the public, the Foundation works in Summary of the main activities undertaken for the partnership with academic and professional institutions and libraries, publishers, musicians and scholars, and those with expertise in producing public benefit in relation to recordings of music and making them available to the public. these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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policy on grantmaking;
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contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

2023-24 was the third year of the Foundation’s operation as a Registered Charity. Our main achievements in this year have been:

to ensure the Foundation is well governed
to build on achievements of our first two years – in particular the PAT Centenary in 2022 - to develop strategies and programmes to continue to promote our objects
to ensure good stewardship of existing funds and continue to raise further funds to support ongoing activities

Governance

At the start of this year, we confirmed the appointment of two Trustees designate - John Sunderland and Jonathan Wikeley – who had both been involved with the Foundation for some time and who bring a wealth of experience in music, publishing, composition. performance, finance, business and governance.

Trustees had two formal meeting – both by videoconference - in 2023-24, supplemented by occasional written resolutions (by email) and frequent email and videoconference discussions between CH, JG and CF to discuss operational matters and prepare for strategic discussions at Trustees’ meetings.

Achieving our Objectives

As reported last year, our activities in the 2022 included running a Peter Tranchell Centenary Composition Competition for Organ. We received feedback from a range of respected sources that this had been successful in raising awareness of Peter Tranchell (PAT) and his life and work as a composer whilst also stimulating and supporting contemporary composers and raising the profile of the Foundation. As a result, Trustees agreed to institute an ongoing Annual Peter Tranchell Composition Prize, starting in 2023-24.

The focus of the 2023 Competition was an Advent Carol. We were delighted to be able to refer 13 entries to a distinguished Judging Panel of composers and performers chaired (as in 2022) by David Hill. The prize of £500 awarded to Cantemus in Omni Die by Dónal McCann, with Lift up Your Heads by Liam Condon also being highly commended. The winning entry was premiered at an Advent Carol Service at New College in Oxford, included in services at All Saints Fulham and other venues, and performed and subsequently broadcast on Radio 3 by the BBC - Singers at a concert in The Temple Church in London. See: https://peter tranchell.uk/blog/the-winner-of-the-peter-tranchell-composition-prize2023-cantemus-in-omni-die-by-donal-mccann

We are hugely grateful to the entrants, judges and performers who made all this possible.

At the end of 2023-24 we announced that the topic for the 2024 Prize would be Tranchell’s Lost Songs, with entrants invited to submit two or more songs with total duration of up to 10 minutes, using titles of PAT - songs for which the music has been lost. See: https://peter tranchell.uk/the-peter-tranchell-foundation-composition-prize

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The Annual Prize will form a key part of the Foundation’s activities over the next few years. We plan to promote concerts of winning entries and related works in years when this is appropriate and funds allow. The first of these concerts will take place in November 2024 to showcase winning entries in the 2024 Prize along with a selection of PAT songs.

In addition, Trustees will continue to look for other ways of promoting public awareness and understanding of PAT’s life and works, including concert performances and/or recordings of further works. The Trustees welcome suggestion for PAT performances and/or recordings from performers and scholars.

In previous Reports we have referred to the Foundation’s programme of typesetting and publishing PAT’s music. It remains our aim to ensure that all significant compositions are made available to the public free of charge in typeset form. We are pleased to announce that the following works have been added this year to those already available on the Foundation’s website:

Nativitates
Dazzling Darkness
The Very Pretty Maid of this Town
Cousin Cissie’s Baby Book of Swans (in part)
Kavafy Songs
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G for Men's Voices
Child’s Play: A Tedious Affair
Child’s Play: A Near Thing
I know you’re feeling that way
Heaven for Two
On the Pier

A full list of all works now typeset and available free of charge to the public can be found at: - https://peter tranchell.uk/music/works/category/free%20score The Foundation would like to thank CF and JG – and particularly CF – for their dedicated work this year on this demanding and time-consuming task.

Fund Raising and Stewardship

In earlier Reports we gave details of the Centenary Appeal which succeeded in raising a total of £31,822 (including Gift Aid). Much of this was used to support the Foundation’s programme of activities in the Centenary Year, but the intention was to steward some of these funds for future work on typesetting and publishing, and promoting further performances and recordings of PAT works. The Foundation started the 2023-24 year with available reserves of £14,954 (the formal accounts show £17,954, but this includes £3,000 held over for payment for work commissioned in 2022-23).

To maximise the proportion of remaining funds available for future typesetting, performance and recordings, the Foundation appealed to supporters and the wider public in 2023 for recurring donations over the coming years to help support the Annual Prize. We are delighted that as a result, we received an income from donations and associated Gift Aid of £4,200 in 2023-24, with commitments for comparable sums over the next few years. This should allow us to support the Prize and associated

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concerts in the years to come whilst leaving the bulk of funds remaining from the Centenary Appeal for other important activities. We would like to record our thanks here to the generosity of all those who are subscribing to the Annual Prize and related activities. See: https://peter-tranchell.uk/donors-and-subscribers

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Section E Financial review

Policy: Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves The Foundation’s policy is to hold £500 in reserve to cover unforeseen commitments.

Explanation:

The Foundation is run entirely by volunteers working in their own homes with their own equipment. The Foundation has used its charitable status to set up free banking and web services. It employs no staff, owns no property or equipment, and has no forward financial commitments for any of these. There are therefore no liabilities other than those arising directly from planned programmes of work to deliver the Foundation’s charitable objectives. Programme commitments are strictly managed to be within programme budgets, and programme budgets are set so that collectively they never exceed the Foundation’s available cash on account. The reserve held is therefore for genuinely unforeseen commitments, and the level of £500 reflects that.

The Foundation planned to end the year of this report with significant cash on account. This is because:

Having assessed the availability of volunteers and professionals charging affordable fees who have the skills required to undertake the work required to achieve the Foundation’s objectives, the Foundation has calculated that it will take a number of years to deliver some of the work that is key to its Objects (such as producing typeset editions of all the major compositions).
The 2022 Centenary Appeal was highly successful, and the 2023 appeal for annual subscriptions to support the ongoing Composition Prize also got a good response. But discussions with donors and other supporters indicate that further fundraising will be considerably more challenging and will need to identify specific projects that interest donors. So the Foundation is actively stewarding the funds remaining from the 2022 Appeal (which made clear it was for unrestricted funds) to support future work in important programme areas which it expects to be difficult to raise further funds for.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Christopher Harry Henshall Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair and Secretary etc) Date 29th May 2024

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The Peter Tranchell Foundation	The Peter Tranchell Foundation		1193849
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	05/04/2023 Period start date	To	31/03/2024 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 4,203 178 70 - - - - - 4,451 - - - 4,451	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 4,203 178 70 - - - - - 4,451 - - - 4,451 5,620 224 - - - - - - - 5,844 - - - 5,844 - 1,393	Last year to the nearest £
Voluntary Receipts (Donations plus Gift Aid)	4,203				11,946
Investment dividends/ interest	178				57
Charitable activities - sale of tickets	70				2,015
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	4,451				14,018

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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					14,018

Costs of charitable activities	5,620	-	-	5,620	14,361
Governance costs(Trustees' Expenses)	224	-	-	224	419
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**Sub total **	5,844	-	-	5,844	14,780

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					14,780

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	17,954			17,954	18,716
	16,561			16,561	17,954

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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 Details Details Current account Deposit account Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 47 - 16,514 - - - 16,561 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name John Gwinnell	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		John Gwinnell	29th May2024

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