## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1.5.22 Period start date To 30.4.23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Bridgepoint Music** ## **Charity registration number: 1196166** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance, improve, develop and**
**maintain public education, participation**
**and appreciation of the art and science**
**of music through the presentation of**
**public concerts, workshops and**
**masterclasses and through the**
**provision of ensemble training.**| |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|**Bridgepoint Music arranges and holds**
**classical music concerts, provides**
**coaching to young players and**
**ensembles and engages the local**
**community in musical activities.**| |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 read and observed all**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission in relation to the running of**
**Bridgepoint Music and in the**
**preparation of the whole of this report**
**including the financial reports.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Bridgepoint Music does not make grants**
**to other organisations.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Other than the Trustees, no volunteers**
**worked for Bridgepoint Music during the**
**period covered by this report.**| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**In this first full season of Bridegpoint**
**Music’s activities, an ambitious and**
**expensive season was planned, with, in**
**this financial period, six concerts. This**
**included the first orchestral concert**
**with 17 musicians on stage. In addition**
**to this the charity staged an Opera Gala**
**concert in July 2022 with four singers**
**and a string quintet accompanying**
**them.**
**The other concerts in the period were:**
**24 Sep Mendelssohn D minor violin**
**concerto with Mathilde Milwidsky;**
**20 November Flute recital with**
**Katherine Baker;**
**11 February Brahms and Barlow String**
**Quartets**
**18 March Ravel Septet for winds and**
**strings**
**29 April Narrated piano recital with**
**Jessica Duchen.**
**In addition to the concerts, the other**
**main branch of the charity’s activites,**
**the string school for young people went**
**from strength to strength, following the**
**move to a Monday evening in**
**Benenden, Kent. The group finished the**
**period with 14 members, from age 8-13**
**and undertook two concerts and an**
**appearance at the Benenden Village**
**Fete in June.**
**It is the aim of the Trustees to**
**encourage more children from state**
**schools, who have limited access to**
**musical experiences to join. At the time**
**of writing, the group has 21% non-**
**independent school representation.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**After a very successful season, with**
**ambitious fundraising targets being met**
**or exceeded, an expensive season was**
**both a musical and financial success.**
**The Trustees have concluded that there**
**are sufficient sums in the account to**
**progress with another, albeit much**
**reduced season in 2023-24.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**At this early stage in the charity’s**
**existence no policy for the holding of**
**reserves. But it remains the ambition of**
**the Trustees to build up moderate**
**reserves.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**See above**| |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: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a CIO foundation.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO - Foundation**| |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|**Interview panel of a majority of trustees**
**followed by voting by all trustees. A**
**majority of trustees must approve the**
**appointment and new trustees must be**
**appointed for a term of three years by**
**a resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bridgepoint Music| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1196166| Bridgepoint Rye, Rock Channel, Rye TN31 7DG. Charity’s principal address ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Simon Roberts|Chairman|Wholeperiod|| ||Deborah Katis|Secretary|Wholeperiod|| ||Amanda Powell||Wholeperiod|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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)** Tom Elliott- General Manager ## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Simon Roberts|| ||
Chairman|| ||15.2.24|| ||15.2.24|| |**Bridgepoint Music**|||**1196166**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1.5.22|**To**|Period end date
30.4.23||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,070**
**6,400**
**9,853**
**-**
**953**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**29,276**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,276**
**16,257**
**2,627**
**6,250**
**-**
**910**
**782**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,826**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,826**
**2,450**
**-**
**-**
**2,450**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- **
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**12,070**
**6,400**
**9,853**
**-**
**953**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,276**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,276**
**16,257**
**2,627**
**6,250**
**-**
**910**
**782**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,826**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,826**
**2,450**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |VoluntaryDonations-personal|**12,070**|||||**700**| |Voluntary Donations via CAF or other
charity|**6,400**|||||**8,900**| |Ticket sales|**9,853**|||||**2,516**| |Advertising|**-**|||||**500**| |Music school subs|**953**|||||**625**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for_~~
_AR)_|
**29,276**|||||**13,241**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**13,241**| |||||||| |
Fees to musicians|**16,257**|||||**6,000**| |promotion and marketing|**2,627**|||||**1,289**| |Employeespayments|**6,250**|||||**1,400**| |bankingcharges|**-**|||||**11**| |Entertainment|**910**|||||**-**| |Hire costs|**782**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**26,826**|||||**8,700**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**8,700**| |||||||| ||**2,450**|**-**||**2,450**||**4,541**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**2,450**|**-**||**2,450**||**4,541**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/02/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,242**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Simon Roberts|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| |||Simon Roberts|15.2.24| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 28/02/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to the trusteesl members of BRIDGEPOINT MUSI -, On accounts for the year ended 30TH APRIL 2023 Charlty no (If any) 1196166 Set out on pages Pages 1 & 2 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS CC16a I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above TH charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 30 APRIL 2023. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you ar8 responsible for the preParat￿n basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'th8 Act"). I report in resped 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 the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the eXaMinat￿n vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect- accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlnerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no olher matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enab￿ 8 proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. . Pleasa delete the words in ffte brackets il they do not apply. Slgned: Dato: 2610212024 Name: ANDREW JOHN WALTHAM Rolevant professlonal quallflcatlon($} or body (If any): FFA FTA, IFA FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS MEMBERSHIP NO: 233958 Address: HORDEN ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD HOP PRESS. RISEBRIDGE FARM GOUDHURST, KENT TN17 1HN Section B Disclosure Only complete if tre examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity aGcounts- directions and guidan￿ for examiners). IER October 2018 Glve here brlef detalls of any Item$ that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018