Chair's 2025 Report on Alina Charity Activities and Achievements
Concerts - many and varied, popularity growing
| Sat 21 Sept 2024 The Venue MK | East-West Symphonic Tapestry | Ticket Sales 158 | |
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| Mozart Symphony no.40 Mvt 1 | |||
| Holst: St. Paul’s Suite | |||
| Strauss: Pizzicato Polka | |||
| Strauss: Blue Danube | |||
| Copland: Hoe Down | |||
| Schubert: Rosamunda | |||
| Mendelssohn: Nocturne | |||
| Sun 10 Nov 2024 The Stables MK | Final conductng day/ concert day | Ticket Sales 205 | |
| Haydn Symphony no.44, E minor 'Mouring’ Symphony | |||
| Finzi Eclogue for Piano and Strings, op.48 | |||
| Arnold Sinfonieta No.1, op.10 | |||
| Mozart Symphony no.29, K201, A major | |||
| Soloist: Craig Greene, piano | |||
| (piano day at Area88 9 Nov) | |||
| 21 Dec 2024 St Edwards Church | Brass Christmas | Ticket | Sales 46 |
| Sat 8 Feb 2025 The Stables MK | Mozart Plus | Ticket | Sales 303 |
| Mozart: Divertmento K136, D major | |||
| Mozart: Piano Concerto no.23, K.488, A major | |||
| Mozart: Symphony no.39, K.543, E-fat major | |||
| Antoine Preat soloist | |||
| 8 March 2025 Stantonbury Theatre | I am Woman | Ticket | Sales 150 |
| Sat 31 May 2025 The Stables Baroque Splendour |
Ticket | Sales 279 | |
| Corelli: Concerto grosso op.6, no.4, D major | |||
| Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | |||
| Paganini: Caprice for solo Violin, no.20, D major | |||
| Albinoni: Sonata a 5 in C op 2 no 3 | |||
| Paganini: Caprice for solo Violin, no.13, B-fat major | |||
| Soloist/Director: Dominic Moore |
Concerts and Events
The East-West Concert was fully funded by the Middle Eastern Culture Group of Milton Keynes. Although attendance was lower than anticipated, those who attended greatly enjoyed the programme, which combined Middle Eastern music with well-known Western favourites.
In November 2024, we held our first Conducting Weekend. Eight participants were selected to take part, contributing towards the cost of the event through participation fees. Nick successfully secured
grant funding to support part of the weekend's expenses. The event was a great success, culminating in three participants being selected to conduct sections of the evening concert on 10 November.
Our Christmas event did not attract the audience numbers we had hoped for. In response, we have collaborated with Danesborough Chorus for our 2025 Christmas programme and moved the event to Woburn Church.
In March 2025, ‘I Am Woman’ celebrated women in the local community through an all-female performance featuring choirs, orchestra, jazz, opera and dramatic presentations. The event attracted sponsorship from a local supporter, who has already committed to sponsoring future events and commissioning new works.
On 31 May 2025, the Orchestra performed its first concert without a conductor. Audience feedback was exceptionally positive, with comments including, “The best concert we’ve ever done.” Guest soloist Dominic Moore delivered a spectacular performance, while the smaller ensemble size helped reduce financial pressures.
Outreach
Band in a Van delivered more than 60 performances and workshops across Family and Children’s Centres, Adult Learning venues, libraries, Age UK groups, centres for the visually impaired, and special educational needs schools. The group also performed at VE Day commemorations organised by Milton Keynes City Council and at Milton Keynes Rose.
The programme has expanded its reach across Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire.
Our specialist team continues to provide music, singing and interactive workshops in care homes throughout Milton Keynes, Aylesbury and Buckingham, including one-to-one sessions for residents with limited mobility.
Our GCSE Live Set Works event has become a regular feature at The Stables. Delivered in partnership with the Milton Keynes Music Service, the programme presents extracts from the GCSE syllabus, alongside explanations of the music and its historical context, to audiences of more than 300 local music students.
A new initiative, Music in Schools , was launched in 2024. This small ensemble visits schools with limited music provision, delivering short performances and introducing key musical concepts and theory. The project has so far visited Oakgrove School and Hazeley Academy in Milton Keynes, with further visits planned later this year.
Engagements
Alina continues to be engaged by Danesborough Chorus and MK Chorale for concert performances across Milton Keynes. The Orchestra receives a reasonable administration fee of 15% for these engagements.
Our String Quartet continues to perform at graduation ceremonies for the University of Buckingham, functions and at events organised by the Milton Keynes Community Foundation. A 15% administration fee is applied to all such engagements.
In February 2025, the Orchestra was engaged to perform for a private audience at the Garrick Club in London.
Additional engagements included a string quartet performance for a Milton Keynes Community Foundation event at Chicheley Hall, a concert with Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers, and a performance of Carmina Burana with Newport Pagnell Festival Singers.
Grants
Nick has raised over £120,000 in grants for 2024/25. This includes funding from grant providers such as:
The Arts Council Milton Keynes City Council Heart Of Bucks Garfield Weston Foundation Scops Arts Trust Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
Board Members
Nick worked hard, and successfully, at recruiting five new Board members. I am the Chair (on a temporary basis) and welcome Sue, Tim, Andrea and Gauri Gaur. Thanks to outgoing Board members, Sharon, Peter and Toby, and enormous thanks to Nick for his redoubtable work getting funding for, and organising, our fantastic activities. He is the dynamic force which keeps Alina afloat.
We are looking forward to help Alina develop and grow in line with an agreed strategy and, to that end, have held two away-day sessions to help us understand more fully what we want to achieve. These were successful particularly in identifying opportunities and challenges which lie ahead.
Thanks too, to our gifted players who make this all possible.
Robbie Macpherson Chair
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ members of
Charity Name Alina Orchestra Limited
On accounts for the year 31 August 2025 Charity no 1195807 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 19/06/2026
Signed: Name: Akshay Shah
1
Oct 2018
IER
Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body ACCA Registration 0045695 (if any):
Address:
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
N/A
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IER
IER Oct 2018
Alina Orchestra Limited Charity No 1195807 Company No 10926978 Annual accounts for the period Period start date 1/9/2024 To Period end date 31/8/2025
Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)
| Alina Orchestra Limited | Alina Orchestra Limited | Charity No | 1195807 | 1195807 | ||
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Company No |
10926978 | |||||
Annual accounts for the period |
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| Period start date | 1/9/2024 | To | Period end date | 31/8/2025 | ||
| t of financial activities (including summary income and |
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| Income (Note 3) Recommended categories by acti Income and endowments from: |
Guidance Note vity |
£ £ £ £ Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Total funds Prior year funds F01 F02 F04 F05 |
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| Donations and legacies Charitable activities |
S01 S02 |
305 - - |
17,968 - - |
18,273 - - |
45,745 - - |
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| 52,525 - - |
79,597 - - |
132,122 - - |
74,906 - - |
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| Expenditure (Notes 6) Net income/(expenditure) after investment gains/(losses) Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losse Net income/(expenditure) befo Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Tax payable Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed asse Other gains/(losses) Total funds brought forward Total Total Net movement in funds Total funds carried forward Reconciliation of funds: |
tax before s): re tax for the S07 S08 S09 S12 S13 S14 S15 S17 S19 ts for the charity’s own use S20 S21 S22 S23 S24 |
52,830 - - |
97,565 - - |
150,395 - - |
120,651 - - |
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1,766 - - |
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1,766 - - |
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| Charity Name: Alina Orchestra Limited | Charity Name: Alina Orchestra Limited | Charity No | 1195807 | 1195807 | 1195807 | 1195807 |
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| Company No |
10926978 | |||||
| Annual accounts for the period | Period start date: 01/09/2024 |
To period end date: 31/08/2025 |
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| Section B Balance sheet | ||||||
| Guidance note Fixed assets |
F01 Unrestricted funds £ |
F02 F04 Restricted income funds Total this year £ £ |
F05 Total last year £ |
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| (Note 27) Current assets Funds of the Charity Total current assets Net current assets/(liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Total net assets or liabilities Total funds Total fixed assets B05 B07 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B18 B19 B22 Debtors (Note 19) Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) amounts falling due within one year (Note 20) amounts falling due after one year (Note 20) Provisions for liabilities Restricted income funds Unrestricted funds Creditors: Creditors: |
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| - - - |
- - 750 |
- - 750 |
- - 3,304 |
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| - - 3,447 |
- - 18,181 |
- - 21,628 |
- - 34,143 |
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| - - 3,447 |
- - 18,931 |
- - 22,378 |
- - 37,447 |
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- - 12,000 |
- - 12,400 |
- - 32,683 |
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| - - 3,047 |
- - 6,931 |
- - 9,978 |
- - 4,764 |
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| Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors Date of approval Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House Date Priti Rathod 29/05/2026 29/05/2026 The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to Print Name Signature Priti Rathod |
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| Print Name | Date of approval |
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| Priti Rathod | 29/05/2026 | |||||
| Signature | Date | |||||
| Priti Rathod | 29/05/2026 |
The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors
Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House
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| Priti Rathod | 29/05/2026 | ||
| Signature | Date | ||
| Priti Rathod | 29/05/2026 |
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Section C
Notes to the accounts
Note 1 Basis of preparation
This section should be completed by all charities
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1.1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing • and with their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 • and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
- and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*
- -Tick as appropriate
1.2 Going concern
If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:
| An explanation as to those factors that support the | The trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that |
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| conclusion that the charity is a going concern; | the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the |
| foreseeable future. | |
| Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the | |
| going concern assumption doubtful; | N/A |
| Where accounts are not prepared on a going | |
| concern basis, please disclose this fact together | |
| with the basis on which the trustees prepared the | |
| accounts and the reason why the charity is not | N/A |
| regarded as a going concern. |
1.3 Change of accounting policy
The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note { }.
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| No* | * -Tick as appropriate | ||
| Please disclose: | |||
| (i) the nature of the change | in accounting policy; | N/A | |
| (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and |
N/A | ||
| (iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the | |||
| current period, each prior period presented and the | |||
| aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods | |||
| before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP. | N/A |
1.4 Changes to accounting estimates
| 1.4 Changes to accounting estimates | 1.4 Changes to accounting estimates |
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| No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP). | |
| Yes No * -Tick as appropriate |
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| Please disclose: | |
| (i) the nature of any changes; | N/A |
| (ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and |
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| (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more | |
| future periods. | |
| N/A |
1.5 Material prior year errors
| No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP). | No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP). | |
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| Yes No * -Tick as appropriate |
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| Please disclose: | ||
| (i) the nature of the prior period error; | N/A | |
| (ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the | ||
| amount of the correction for each account line item affected; | N/A | |
| and | ||
| (iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts. |
N/A |
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Section C
(cont)
Notes to the accounts
Note 2 Accounting policies
This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.
2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE
Please provide a description of the nature of each change in accounting policy
N/A
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Section C Notes to the accounts
(cont)
| Note 2 Accounting policies 2.2 INCOME Recognition of income Offsetting Grants and donations Legacies Government grants Tax reclaims on donations and gifts Contractual income and performance related grants Donated goods Donated services and facilities Support costs Volunteer help Income from interest, royalties and dividends Income from membership subscriptions Settlement of insurance claims Investment gains and losses These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: the charity becomes entitled to the resources; it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP). In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP). Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met. The charity has received government grants in the reporting period Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise. This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or services or met the performance related conditions. Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt. In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution. Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading activities'. Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable. Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA. The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs. The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report. This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured reliably. Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations and Legacies. Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable activities. Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other income in the SoFA. This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year. · · · |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 2 Accounting policies - Cont.
2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
| 2.4 ASSETS Liability recognition Governance and support costs Grants with performance conditions Grants payable without performance conditions Redundancy cost Deferred income Creditors Provisions for liabilities Basic financial instruments Tangible fixed assets for use by charity Intangible fixed assets Heritage assets Investments Stocks and work in progress Debtors Current asset investments Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised. The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period. No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts. The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 to 11.19, FRS102 SORP. These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least They are valued at cost. The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 14. The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 15. They are valued at cost. The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation rates and methods used as disclosed in note 16. They are valued at cost. Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net realisable value. Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock. Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the contract. Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received. The charity has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity of loss than one year held for investment purposes rather than to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due. They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments. |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
| Section C | Notes to the accounts (cont) | Notes to the accounts (cont) | Notes to the accounts (cont) | Notes to the accounts (cont) | Notes to the accounts (cont) | Notes to the accounts (cont) |
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| Note 3 | Income Analysis of income £ £ Total funds Prior year Unrestricted Restricted |
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| Donations and legacies: |
Donations and gifts | 105 - - |
9,993 - - |
10,098 - - |
2,404 - - |
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| General grants provided by government/other charities |
- - - |
17,968 - - |
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34,062 - - |
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| Alina Friends | 200 - - |
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200 - - |
500 - - |
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| Other | 3,075 - - |
3,075 - - |
561 - - |
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| Total | 3,380 - - |
27,961 - - |
31,341 - - |
37,527 - - |
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| Charitable activities: Other trading activities: Other TOTAL INCOM Other informatio |
Concerts | 15,554 - - |
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15,554 - - |
14,323 - - |
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| Engagements | 33,081 - - |
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33,081 - - |
18,382 - - |
||
| Outreach | 30 - - |
9,436 - - |
9,466 - - |
5,621 - - |
||
| Specific Project Grants | - - - |
60,168 - - |
60,168 - - |
40,588 - - |
||
| Recordings | - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
4,210 - - |
||
| Other | 785 - - |
- - - |
785 - - |
- - - |
||
| Total | 49,450 - - |
69,604 - - |
119,054 - - |
83,124 - - |
||
| - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
|||
| Total | - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
||
| Other | - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
||
| Total E n: |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
||
| 52,830 - - |
97,565 - - |
150,395 - - |
120,651 - - |
|||
| All income in th provide descript |
e prior year was unrestricted except for: (please ion and amounts) |
Grant Income Concert and Outreach concert sponsorship/Donation Income from Outreach projects |
||||
| Where any endo reporting period Where any endo period, please g |
wment fund is converted into income in the , please give the reason for the conversion. wment fund is converted into income in the prior ive the reason for the conversion. |
|||||
| N/A | ||||||
| N/A | ||||||
| Within the incom (please disclose |
e items above the following items are material: the nature, amount and any prior year amounts) |
N/A | ||||
| This year: Wher have been inclu sums have been the accounts are |
e sums originally denominated in foreign currency ded in income, explain the basis on which those translated into sterling (or the currency in which drawn up). |
N/A | ||||
| Last year: Wher have been inclu sums have been the accounts are |
e sums originally denominated in foreign currency ded in income, explain the basis on which those translated into sterling (or the currency in which drawn up). |
N/A |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 4 Analysis of receipts of government grants
| Government grant 1 Government grant 2 |
Description This year (24-25) £ |
Description This year (24-25) £ |
Description This year (24-25) £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Council England - Core Costs | 2,968 - - |
||
| MKCC Programme Grant | 7,500 - - |
||
| Government grant 1 Government grant 3 Other Please provide details of any unfulfilled conditions and other contingencies attaching to grants that have been recognised in income. Please give details of other forms of government assistance from which the charity has directly benefited. |
Total Description |
10,468 - - |
|
| Last year (23-24) £ |
|||
| Arts Council England - Core Costs | 26,709 - - |
||
| Arts Council England - Core Costs | 2,353 - - |
||
| MK Council - Varioius | 16,142 - - |
||
| - - - |
|||
| Total This year Last year 45,204 - - |
45,204 - - |
||
| N/A | N/A | ||
| This year Last year |
|||
| N/A | N/A |
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| Section C | Notes to | the | the | the | accounts | accounts | (cont) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note 6 Expenditure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expenditure on raising funds: | £ | £ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total expenditure on raising funds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
||||||||
| Expenditure on charitable activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concerts | - | 18,808 | - | - | 4,993 | - | - | 23,801 | - | - | 21,739 | - | - | 14,187 | - | - | 35,926 | - | ||||||
| Outreach | - | 30 | - | - | 62,603 | - | - | 62,633 | - | - | - | - | - | 44,860 | - | - | 44,860 | - | ||||||
| Engagements | - | 30,544 | - | - | 5,695 | - | - | 36,239 | - | - | 13,072 | - | - | 1,294 | - | - | 14,366 | - | ||||||
| Recordings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,717 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,717 | - | ||||||
| Core Costs | - | 22,509 | - | - | 22,509 | - | - | - | - | - | 17,861 | - | - | 17,861 | - | |||||||||
| Total expenditure on charitable activities |
- | 49,382 | - | - | 95,800 | - | - | 145,182 | - | - | 38,528 | - | - | 78,202 | - | - | 116,730 | - | ||||||
| Separate material item of expense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other expenditure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
||||||||
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | - | - 49,382 |
- | - 95,800 |
- | - 145,182 |
- | - 38,528 |
- | - 78,202 |
- | 116,730 | - | |||||||||||
Other information:
Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
| This year | This year | This year | This year | Last year | Last year | Last year | Last year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity or programme | Activities | Grant | Support | Total this | Activities | Grant | Support | Total last | ||||||||||||||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Concerts | - | 23,801 | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | 23,801 | - | - | 23,140 | - | - | 12,786 | - | - | - - |
- | 35,926 | - | ||||||
| Outreach | - | 8,160 | - | - | 54,473 | - | - | - - |
- | 62,633 | - | - | 4,272 | - | - | 40,588 | - | - | - - |
- | 44,860 | - | ||||||
| Engagements | - | 30,544 | - | - | 5,695 | - | - | - - |
- | 36,239 | - | - | 14,366 | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | 14,366 | - | ||||||
| Recordings | - | - - |
- | - | - | - | 3,717 | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
- | 3,717 | - | ||||||||||||
| Core Costs | - | 1,126 | - | - | 21,383 | - | - | - - |
- | 22,509 | - | - | - | - | - | 17,861 | - | - | - - |
- | 17,861 | - | ||||||
| Total | - | 63,631 | - | - | 81,551 | - | - | - - |
- | 145,182 | - | - | 45,495 | - | - | 71,235 | - | - | - - |
- | 116,730 | - |
| This year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency | |
|---|---|
| have been included in expenditure, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the |
N/A |
| accounts are drawn up). | |
| Last year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency | |
| have been included in expenditure, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the |
N/A |
| accounts are drawn up). |
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Section C
(cont)
Notes to the accounts
Note 11 Paid employees
Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)
Note: Alina Orchestra Limited is Managed by the CEO/Founder Nick Cutts - His remuneration has been included in Note 28,
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Section C
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Notes to the accounts
Note 19 Debtors and prepayments
Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.
19.1 Analysis of debtors
| 19.1 Analysis of debtors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Trade debtors Grant Payed after completion of Project |
This year £ |
Last year £ |
| - - 750.0 |
- - - |
|
| - - - |
- - 3,304.0 |
|
| Total | - - 750.0 |
- - 3,304.0 |
Complete 19.2 where a material debtor is recoverable more than a year after the reporting date.
19.2 Disclosure of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)
N/A
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Section C
Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 20 Creditors and accruals
Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.
20.1 Analysis of creditors
| 20.1 Analysis of creditors | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts falling | due within | |||||||
| one | year | Amounts falling due after | ||||||
| This year | Last year | more than one year | ||||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| Deferred Grant Income | - | 12,000 | - | - | 29,473 | - | ||
| Trade creditors | - | 284 | - | - | 3,050 | - | N/A | |
| Staff Expenses | - | 116 | - | - | 160 | - | ||
| Total | - | 12,400 | - | - | 32,683 | - |
20.2 Deferred income
Please complete this note if the charity has deferred income.
| This year | Last | year | year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please explain the reasons why income is | Performance related grants | Performance related grants | ||||
| deferred. | where the project is taking | where the project is taking | ||||
| place in the next | place in the next | |||||
| accounting year | accounting year | |||||
| Movement in deferred income account | This year | Last year | ||||
| £ | £ | |||||
| Balance at the start of the reporting period | - | - 29,473 |
- | - | - | |
| Amounts added in current period | - | - 12,000 |
- | 29,473 | - | |
| Amounts released to income from previous periods | - | - 29,473 |
- | - | - | |
| Balance at the end of the reporting period | - | - 12,000 |
- | 29,473 | - |
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| Section C Notes to the accounts |
(cont) | (cont) |
|---|---|---|
| Cash at bank and on hand Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand |
||
| This year £ |
Last year £ |
|
| - - 21,628 |
- - 34,143 |
|
| Total | - - 21,628 |
- - 34,143 |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 27 Charity funds
27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period
Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.
* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds
| funds | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund names | Type PE, EE R **or UR *** |
Purpose and Restrictions | Fund balances brought forward £ |
Income £ |
Expenditure £ |
Transfers £ |
Fund balances carried forward £ |
||
| Unrestricted Cash Fund | U | All | - - - |
52,830 - - |
- 49,383 **- ** |
- - - |
3,447 - - |
||
| Grants (core) | R | Core Spending | 3,415 | 17,968 | -21,383 | - - - |
|||
| Grants (Outreach) | R | Outreach (Varied) Spending | 54,473 | -54,473 | - - - |
- - - |
|||
| Outreach | R | Outreach Spending | 1,349 | 9,436 | -9,254 | - - - |
1,531 - - |
||
| Grants (engagement) | R | Specific Engagements | 5,695 | -5,695 | - - - |
- - - |
|||
| Comission | R | I AM WOMAN Comission | 5,000 - - |
- - - |
5,000 - - |
||||
| Concert specific donations | R | Specific Concerts | 4,993 - - |
- 4,993 - |
- - - |
- - - |
|||
| Other funds (balancing figure) | N/a | N/a | - - |
- | - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
||
| Total Funds as per balance sheet 4,764 - Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency |
4,764 - |
- | 150,395 - - |
- 145,181 - |
- - - |
9,978 - - |
|||
| Yes No N/A |
|||||||||
| If yes, please state the basis on which the assets and/or liabilities have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up). |
N/A |
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Note 27 Charity funds
27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting period
Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.
* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds
| funds | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund names | Type PE, EE R **or UR *** |
Purpose and Restrictions | Fund balances brought forward £ |
Income £ |
Expenditure £ |
Transfers £ |
Fund balances carried forward £ |
||
| Unrestricted Cash Fund | U | All | 843 - |
- | 37,684 - - |
- 38,527 **- ** |
- - - |
- - - |
|
| Grants (Outreach) | R | Outreach Spending | - - |
- | 34,062 | -30,647 | - - - |
3,415 - - |
|
| Grants (Core) | R | Core Spending | - - |
- | 40,588 | -40,588 | - - - |
- - - |
|
| Outreach | R | Outreach Spending | - - |
- | 5,523 - - |
- 4,174 - |
- - - |
1,349 - - |
|
| Concert Specific Donations | R | Specific Concerts | - - |
- | 1,500 - - |
- 1,500 - |
- - - |
- - - |
|
| Engagement Specific | R | Specific Engagements | - - |
- | 1,294 - - |
- 1,294 - |
- - - |
- - - |
|
| Other funds (balancing figure) | N/a | N/a | - - |
- | - - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
|
| Total Funds as per balance sheet 843 - Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency |
843 - |
- | 120,651 - - |
- 116,730 - |
- - - |
4,764 - - |
|||
| Yes No |
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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)
Note 27 Charity funds (cont)
27.3 Transfers between funds
| 27.3 Transfers between funds | 27.3 Transfers between funds | 27.3 Transfers between funds |
|---|---|---|
| This year | ||
| Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, legal power for its conversion |
Amount | |
| Between unrestricted and restricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
| Between endowment and restricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
| Between endowment and unrestricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
| Last year | ||
| Reason for transfer and where endowment is converted to income, legal power for its conversion |
Amount | |
| Between unrestricted and restricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
| Between endowment and restricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
| Between endowment and unrestricted funds |
N/A | - - - |
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Section C Notes to the accounts
(cont)
Note 28 Transactions with trustees and related parties
If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in guidance notes) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box or "False" if there are transactions to report.
28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits
This year
None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or TRUE a related entity (True or False) Last year None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or TRUE a related entity (True or False)
28.2 Trustees' expenses
If the charity has paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “True” in the box below. If there are transactions to report, please enter "False".
| No trustee expenses have been incurred (True or False) | FALSE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of expenses reimbursed | This year £ |
Last year £ |
||||||
| Concert Expenses | - | 34 | - | - | 300 | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| TOTAL | - | 34 | - | - | 300 | - | ||
| Please provide the number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who had expenses paid by | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| the charity |
28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties
Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a related party has a material interest, including where funds have been held as agent for related parties. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided. This year
| This year | This year | This year | This year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) | FALSE | |||||||||||||
| Amounts | ||||||||||||||
| Name of the trustee or related party |
Relationship to charity |
Description of the transaction(s) | Amount | Balance at period end |
Provision for bad debts period end |
at | written off during reporting |
|||||||
| period | ||||||||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||||||
| Monthly remuneration for overall running | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Cutts | Founder/CEO | of the organisation - paid on a self | - | 19,200 | - | |||||||||
| employed basis | - | - - |
- | - - |
- | - - |
||||||||
| Nick Cutts | Founder/CEO | Total Expenses | - | 1,996 | - | - | - - |
- | - - |
- | - - |
In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be N/A provided in settlement. N/A
For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received.
Last year
| Last year | Last year | Last year | Last year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period (True or False) | FALSE | |||||||||||||
| Amounts | ||||||||||||||
| Name of the trustee or related party |
Relationship to charity |
Description of the transaction(s) | Amount | Balance at period end |
Provision for bad debts period end |
at | written off during reporting |
|||||||
| period | ||||||||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||||||
| Monthly remuneration for overall running | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Cutts | Founder/CEO | of the organisation - paid on a self | - | 14,610 | - | |||||||||
| employed basis | - | - - |
- | - - |
- | - - |
||||||||
| Nick Cutts | Founder/CEO | Total Expenses | - | 1,284 | - | - | - - |
- | - - |
- | - - |
|||
| In relation to the transactions above, please provide the terms and conditions, | ||||||||||||||
| including any security and the nature of any payment (consideration) to be | N/A | |||||||||||||
| provided in settlement. | ||||||||||||||
| For any related party, please provide details of any guarantees given or received. | N/A |
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Section C
(cont)
Notes to the accounts
Note 29 Additional Disclosures
The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.
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