Friends of Favela Brass
April 2024 to March 2025
Chair's report
The year has been a successful one with donations and funding at a level which enabled us to meet our charitable object to provide support for activities which develop the skills, capacities and capabilities of disadvantaged children in Rio de Janeiro to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
In this way our charitable purposes are achieved through financial and practical assistance; we support the work of the Brazilian based charitable organisation Associação Musical Favela Brass (AMFB). Our serving trustees are unchanged but now all 4 are living in England and we still communicate through online meetings to facilitate liaison with the CEO of AMFB.
The trustees are all aware of the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission and are sent all the updated and new guidance as it is issued.
In the year 2024 to 2025 we continued to purchase musical instruments, percussion and brass and other equipment to enable to provide music lessons individually and in groups. We have been able to fund a new development which is the provision of individual external examinations through the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). Many of the students achieved distinctions boosted their selfconfidence as well as the experience of making music under examination. The examination plan will continue from November this year (2025) to encourage progression in the quality of musicianship.
Our fund-raising followed the patterns of previous years including a very successful Ceilidh organised together with a Doncaster charity which enables physically disabled children to water-ski and other related activities. A new departure was the sale of two commissioned paintings along with the usual card sales, online sales of pre-loved items.
Friends of Favela Brass 1194144 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/04/24 31/03/25 To from
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
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| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Fundraisingevents 2,285 Donations 1,815 - - - - - - 4,100 - - Sub total - Total receipts 4,100 A3 Payments Musical instruments 2,650 Other equipment 783 Bank charges 53 Music Exam Fees 757 - - - - - Sub total 4,243 - - Sub total - Total payments 4,243 Net of receipts/(payments) - 143 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 2,737 Cash funds this year end 2,594 Unrestricted funds Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 2,285 1,815 - - - - - - 4,100 - - - 4,100 2,650 783 53 757 - - - - - 4,243 - - - 4,243 - 143 - 2,737 2,594 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| 3,692 | ||||
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| 3,692 | ||||
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| - | - | 2,737 | 2,936 | |
| - | - | 2,594 | 2,737 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details bank account Details Details Details Nil Details Nil Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,594 - - - - 2,594 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name John Kerr Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Date of approval |
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| John Kerr | 25/06/25 | ||