2025-04-30-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1.5.24 Period start date To 30.4.245 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.

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	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, 2 volunteers gave time to the Charity, Andrew Waltham, by taking photographs at events. As a registered accountant, he also gave free financial and oversaw our accounts. And Bertie Taylor-Young came to concerts to help with ushering.

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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	Activities continued to be much reduced in this period as a result of the Manager, Tom Elliott being Director of Music at a Prep School in Kent. A successful series of 4 concerts was run during the period from November to April. Over 300 people benefitted from the concerts as audience members. In addition to the concerts, the other main branch of the charity’s activites, the string school for young people every Monday night in Benenden continued and had a good year. The group finished the period with 14 members, from age 9-13 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 23% non-independent school representation.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	After a very successful season, with modest fundraising targets being met or exceeded, the reduced season was a success. The Trustees have concluded that there are sufficient sums in the account to progress with another, albeit much reduced season in 2025-26.
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

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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	Para 1.25	CIO - Foundation

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association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 Interview panel of a majority of trustees
including details of any followed by voting by all trustees. A
constitutional provisions e.g. majority of trustees must approve the
election to post or name of appointment and new trustees must be
any person or body entitled appointed for a term of three years by
to appoint one or more a resolution passed at a properly
trustees convened meeting of the charity trustees.
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and Para 1.51
training of trustees
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider Para 1.51
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any related Para 1.51
parties
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Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Bridgepoint Music
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1196166
Charity’s principal address	43 North Street Biddenden, Kent TN27 8BA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Simon Roberts	Chairman	Wholeperiod
	Deborah Katis	Secretary	Wholeperiod
	Amanda Powell		Wholeperiod

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– 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

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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
	26.2.26
	26.2.26

	Bridgepoint Music 1	Bridgepoint Music 1	Bridgepoint Music 1	196166	CC16a
	Receipts and payments accounts
	For the period from	1.5.24 Period start d t	To	Period end date 30.4.25
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted funds to the nearest £		to the nearest £ Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
VoluntaryDonations-personal	2,698 300 2,056 - 2,067 - - - 7,121	- - - - - - - - -	-	2,698	1,500
Voluntary Donations via CAF or other charity			-	300
Ticket sales			-	2,056	3,632
Advertising			-	-	400
Music school subs			-	2,067	2,030
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)			-	7,121	7,562
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).	- - -
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Total receipts 7,121 A3 Payments
	7,121	-	-	7,121	7,562
Fees to musicians	4,800 331 - - - 595 - - - 5,726	- - - - - - - - - -	-	4,800	8,310
promotion and marketing			-	331	668
Employees payments			-	-	2,700
banking charges			-	-
Entertainment			-	-	386
Hire costs			-	595	488
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Sub total			-	5,726	12,552
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	- - -
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Total payments 5,726 Net of receipts/(payments) 1,395 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 1,395
	5,726	-	-	5,726	12,552
	1,395 - - 1,395	- - - -	-	1,395	-4,990
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Section B Statement	of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	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 Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ - - - 3,249 to nearest £ - - - - - - Print Unrestricted funds Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability ~~relates~~	to nearest £ Restricted funds	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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				Date of approval
				23.2.26

Reciepts		Payments
Hay	100	PCC	90
Cripps	54	Google	6
Burraway	54	Google	6
Gillespie	100	PCC	72
Collier	60	Google	6
Gowing	54	Westfield	259.2
Moat	54	Google	6
Cripps	54	Google	6
Bourne	54	Google	6
Bourne	54	Google	6
Hooton	54	Google	6
Weeks	54	Google	6
Collier	48	PCC	108
Kent	54	PCC	125
Moat	54	Google	6
OBH	54	Google	6
OBH	54	RCC	200
Gowing	54	Sharp	3000
Sutherlan	308.95	Google	6
Kent	8	Busbridge	450
Burraway	60	Dunne	450
Goeing	60	McLean	450
Collier	60
Cripps	60	Mathilde	450
Bourne	60
Weeks	60
Bonfire	300
Roberts	60
Eventbrit	1102.17
Stripe	9.38
Burrows	60	Donations		2698.33
Force	60	Subs		2067
Kent	48	Tickets		1102.17
Moat	48	Fees		4800
Cripps	48	Hire		595
Bourne	48	Promotion		331.2
Moat	60
Cholan	108
Cholan	475
Kowitz	2000
Eventbrit	953.54
	7121.04		5726.2