## **Paisajes Piano Festival Sierra de Gata** 

**Registered Charity No: 1194006** 

**Trustees’ Annual Report & Statement of Financial Activity for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

## **Trustees** 

Maria Renzi Brivio 

Robert Andrew Rashleigh Rede Buckley 

Niall Curran 

Mark Edgar Walter Studer 

Simone Alessandro Tavoni 

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## **Contents** 

**a)Reference and Administration Details......................................2** Name & Registration......................................................................................2 Address..........................................................................................................2 The Trustees Who Manage the Charity...........................................................2 Advisors & Senior Members of Staff...............................................................3 Bank...............................................................................................................3 **b)Structure, Governance & Management.....................................3** Type of Governing Document.........................................................................3 Objects...........................................................................................................3 Trustee Selection Methods.............................................................................3 **c)Activities................................................................................3** Statutory Declaration.....................................................................................3 **d)Achievements & Performance..................................................3** Outputs and Outcomes...................................................................................3 How the Public Have Benefitted.....................................................................4 Trustee Development.....................................................................................4 **e)Financial Review.....................................................................4** Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit.......................................................4 Policy on Reserves..........................................................................................4 Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings..................................................5 Remuneration of Trustees..............................................................................5 Financial Status..............................................................................................5 Statutory Statements on Liabilities................................................................5 

## **Reference and Administration Details** 

## **Name & Registration** 

_Paisajes Piano Festival Sierra de Gata_ is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration no: 1194006, registered with the Charity Commission on 6 April 2021. 

## **Address** 

Flat 23, 

333 Kingsland Road, 

London E8 4FD 

e-mail:        satavoni@hotmail.com website :    https://paisajespianofestival.com 

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## **The Trustees Who Manage the Charity** 

|**_Role_**|**_Appointed_**||
|---|---|---|
|**_Resigned_**|||
|Simone Alessandro Tavoni|Chair||
|07/02/_21_|||
|Inès Daniela Navarro Di Meo|Treasurer|07/02/_21_|
||_06/02/24_||
|Robert Andrew Rashleigh Rede Buckley|Secretary||
|07/02/24||Niall Curran|
|Treasurer|13/02/24||
|Maria Renzi Brivio<br>|13/02/24||
|Mark Edgar Walter Studer|13/02/24||



## **Advisors & Senior Members of Staff** 

Advisors – Paul Semple 

## **Bank** 

Lloyds Bank, 1 Legg St, Chelmsford CM1 1JS 

## **Structure, Governance & Management** 

## **Type of Governing Document** 

Constitution – based on the Charity Commission’s model governing document for Charitable Incorporated Organisations. 

## **Objects** 

As defined in the Paisajes Piano Festival Sierra de Gata Constitution (Governing Document) our objects are: 

- for the public benefit, to promote the art of piano music, in particular but not exclusively, classical piano music through the means of a music festival delivering professional music performances. 

From 26 November 2024 our objects, as approved by the Commission, are: 

- for the public benefit, to promote the art of piano music, in particular but not exclusively, classical piano music through the means of a festival delivering professional music performances. 

## **Trustee Selection Methods** 

Trustees are appointed or re-appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. There must be at least three trustees and no more than 12. 

In appointing Trustees due consideration is given to ensuring that the Trustees have the personal qualities and, between them, the skillset necessary to manage the charity effectively and in accordance with charity law. 

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The process is - set out the criteria; - advertise internally (full membership) and 

externally if appropriate; - shortlist/consideration by the full board of Trustees; - nomination, induction, training. 

## **Activities** 

## **Statutory Declaration** 

The Trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. 

## **Achievements & Performance** 

## **Outputs and Outcomes** 

## _Key outputs_ 

The Charity was unable to stage a festival in 2024 because the festival site in Sierra de Gata was unavailable and there was no affordable alternative.  There is no guarantee that the site will be available in any particular year and so the Trustees sought and obtained the Commission's approval to change our objects to staging a festival as and when possible. 

In July the Artistic Director together with an internationally known cellist gave a free concert in Hoyos, Sierra de Garta to publicise the next Festival in 2025. He also  supported a Masterclass for gifted children in London. By providing the catering he secured the offer of places to children who could not afford the fee, promoted the Festival, and sought funding. 

## _Key outcomes_ 

The Charity's activities were confined to publicising the next Festival and fundraising. A substantial personal donation was received. 

## **How the Public Have Benefitted.** 

The public enjoyed a free concert of international quality in Sierra de Gata. Gifted children in London without the means to pay were able to attend a piano masterclass without charge. 

## **Trustee Development** 

Trustees are encouraged to participate in development opportunities as and when appropriate. They have developed a Code of Governance and Responsibility by adopting the seven principles set out in the Code published by The Charity Governance Code Steering Group. 

## **Financial Review** 

## **Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit** 

The Charity has no funds which are materially in deficit. 

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## **Policy on Reserves** 

Our policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient: 

- to preserve the financial viability of the Charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances precipitate a short-term fall in its income; 

- to enable the Charity to set up new projects on a pilot basis to demonstrate the viability and potential benefits of such activities as a precursor to securing the necessary funding to maintain them on an on-going basis. 

For these purposes we will endeavour to generate and maintain reserves which are at least 10% of total annual income. 

## **Principal Sources of Funding and Outgoings** 

The £5,000 raised was donated by a private Festival sponsor. 

Of the £487 total outgoings, £366 was to support places at a masterclass for underpriviledged children and £100 was for musician's travel. 

## **Remuneration of Trustees** 

All Trustees act in a voluntary capacity and receive no remuneration or other material benefits from their services to the Charity. Simone Tavoni, Trustee and Artistic Director, performed a publicity concert in Hoyos, Spain without a fee but was re-imbursed a proportion of his travelling costs. 

The Trustees met all their own travelling and accommodation costs in attending Trustee meetings and all other expenses arising from their services to the Charity. 

## **Financial Status** 

Our current balance of £7,605 provides more than adequate pump-priming and a sound financial base for the next edition of the Festival in 2025. 

## **Statutory Statements on Liabilities** 

The Trustees declare that: 

- The charity has given no guarantees where potential liability under the guarantee is outstanding at the date of this statement; 

- The charity has no debt outstanding at the date of this statement which is owed by the CIO and which is secured by an express charge on any assets of the CIO. 

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf, 


Name:   Robert A R R Buckley 

Date:  24/03/2025 

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||**PAISAJES PIANO FESTIVAL SIERRA DE GATA**<br>|**PAISAJES PIANO FESTIVAL SIERRA DE GATA**<br>|**PAISAJES PIANO FESTIVAL SIERRA DE GATA**<br>|**1194006**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|**01/01/24**|**To**|**31/12/24**||
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**to the nearest      £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Sponsors and Members|**5,000**|**-**|**-**|**5,000**|**-**|
|Other donations|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Direct Sales|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|FundraisingConcerts|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Gift Aid|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**5,000**<br>|**-**|**-**|**5,000**|**-**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**5,000**|**-**|**-**|**5,000**|**-**|
|||||||
|Musicians fees|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Musicians travellingexpenses|**100**|**-**|**-**|**100**|**-**|
|Piano hire & tuning|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Concert stage|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Website|**22**|**-**|**-**|**22**|**-**|
|Printingandphotocopying|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Catering|**366**|**-**|**-**|**366**|**-**|
|Bar supplies|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Bank Charges|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|AGM and Trustee expenses|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**487**|**-**|**-**|**487**|**-**|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||**487**|**-**|**-**|**487**|**-**|
|||||||
||**4,513**|**-**|**-**|**4,513**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**3,093**|**-**|**-**|**3,093**|**-**|
||**7,605**|**-**|**-**|**7,605**|**-**|





**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**|**to nearest £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Lloyds Bank current account|**6,973**|**-**|**-**|
||Petty Cash (€752)|**632**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**7,605**|**-**|**-**|
|||OK|OK|OK|
|||**to nearest £**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||Concert Stage|Restricted|**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**|**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||Signature|Print|Name||
|||||Date of<br>approval|
||#VALUE!|Robert A R|R Buckley|24/03/25|
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## Receipts 

|||||||Receipts|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Receipts|||||||||
|Day|Month|||||Sponsors & Members|Other|Direct Sales|
|||||||subscriptions & donations|Donations||
|||£|€|Method||£|£|£|
|13|6|5,000.00||TFR|Personal donation|5,000.00|||
|Totals||5,000.00||||5,000.00|||



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## Payments 

||||||Payments||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Payments|||||||
|||£||€|Method Recipient|Artists Fees|
|Day Month||||||£|
|8|2||21.56||Go Daddy||
|10|5||68.92||Wizz Air||
|10|5||31.01||Wizz Air||
|21|6||366.00||Fresh'n'Funky||
|Totals|||487.49||||



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## Payments 

|Artists Travel|Piano hire,|Stage|Website|Print/Copying|Catering|Bank|Bar Supplies|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||tuning & care|||T Shirts||Charges||
|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|£|
||||21.56|||||
|68.92||||||||
|31.01||||||||
||||||366.00|||
|99.93|||21.56||366.00|0||



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Payments
487.49
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