## **Firstbase Business Plan/Report Year ending 31[st] August 2023**
**Firstbase 13 Belle Vue Avenue Leeds LS8 2NN Tel: email:**
## **Non-Disclosure**
The Firstbase business plan and report is confidential and contains information that is proprietary to the charity. The information in the plan may not be reproduced or disclosed to any third party without the express permission, in writing, of Firstbase.
## **The Organisation**
Firstbase applied for and was successful in achieving charitable status in October 2021. Charity Number 1196192.
Firstbase is registered with the Charities Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Prior to this date Firstbase has been delivering music workshops with young people since 2018, with staff being directly employed by Gipsil on a self-employed basis.
The organisation has three trustees, in accordance with the minimum requirements of the Charities Commission and is led by a freelance CEO.
The focus of the organisation is to provide free opportunities for young people to create their own music and express themselves in a relaxed, informal, but structured atmosphere. We also aim to enable them to begin or further their music careers if desired, by supporting them with college applications and uploading their music onto Youtube and other appropriate music platforms.
Our target beneficiaries are young people mainly aged 16-25 and living in Leeds, many of who are from black and minority communities. We focus on those with additional support needs, eg young people living independently and/or those with mental health issues, recognising that music can be an incredible tool for improving and sustaining good mental health.
We deliver from a centre for young people in inner city Leeds, situated in an area of high deprivation and multiple ethnicities. This year we have worked with ……….. young people, delivering 40 weeks of workshops and 3 public performances.
Young people usually come to the workshops in the first instance via word of mouth or are referred in by support workers.
## **Report on Objectives**
## 1. **To access sufficient funding to enable the continuation of the music workshops for at least the next two years. These are currently being delivered regularly twice a week, and we wish to continue to offer this level of service.**
This financial year we have had an income of £25,265, enabling us to continue to deliver two workshops a week, which has paid for the CEO and two tutors on a freelance basis. We have also been able to provide young people with refreshments at the sessions. There is a carry over into 23/24 of nearly £10,500. We are now financially independent from Gipsil, as they paid over to us the remaining funding for Eats’n’Beats from Synergi.
## **2. Explore the possibilities for some daytime delivery, with a more individual and targeted approach**
Ongoing. We are waiting for suitable funding opportunities to come up, and will apply when they do.
## **3. Develop the music video side of the project, as this is what young people are asking for, and then assisting with the promotion of the videos by uploading onto music platforms.**
Ongoing. A number of young people have made and uploaded music videos onto Youtube. There is scope for more development here, depending on time and funding.
## **4. Continue to consider developing and offering workshops in another area of Leeds, ie at the South Leeds Hub. Funding will need to be found for this to be viable.**
During this year, it has not been possible to develop partnerships in other areas of Leeds, mainly for reasons outside of our control. Consequently, after some strategic discussion we are focusing on delivering and developing the workshops at Archway. We continue to work in partnership with Gipsil. Leeds Social Care have this year taken over the running of the Archway building and moved in a team of leaving care workers. The centre remains a hub for young people, with Gipsil staff and leaving care workers developing more activities in the centre. However, the music workshops remain the main activity on offer. This has caused some practical issues over the staffing of the building, keys etc which are still being sorted out.
## **5. Improve and embed reporting and evaluation processes**
We have factored in an external evaluation to be undertaken towards the end of the Eats’n’Beats funding in December 23. We expect monitoring and evaluation to be the main area that is lacking in rigour. One of the difficulties is finding the right balance. Young people generally are not keen on form filling, so it is sometimes hard to measure and report back on distance travelled, especially as the workshops are on an ongoing drop-in basis and not for a set period, as in a course of study. We will be asking the evaluators to carry out face to face meetings with young people to gather their feedback, and provide case studies, videos etc.
Signed ………………………………………………… Date………13/6/24……………………………… Sally Hoy, Chair of Trustees
Budgeting
WYCAS
## Organisation's Name
Working paper for next year's income and expenditure
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Grants
Fees and Charges
Donations
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Salaries and NICs
Volunteer expenses
Celebration/venue hire/festivals
Rent and rates
Utilities
Insurance
Equipment
Food and refreshments
Advertising and publicity
Evaluation
**Total expenditure**
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## Firstbase Financial Year Ending 2022/23
|**Income**
Grants
Fees and Charges
Donations
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Salaries and NICs
Volunteer expenses
Celebration/venue hire/festivals
Rent and rates
Equipment
Insurance
Equipment
Food and refreshments
Advertising and publicity
Evaluation
**Total expenditure**
**Surplus / (deficit)**|Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Total
Check
240 9,710
5,820
9,395 25,165 - 25,165
-
- -
100
100 - 100
100 240 9,710 - - 5,820 - - - - - 9,395 25,265
3,177 904 175 2,945 395 360 3,140
800
11,896 - 11,896
-
- -
-
- -
-
- -
-
1,136 381 300 412
2,229 - 2,229
-
12 12 24 - 24
-
- -
-
160 140 125 130 150
705 - 705
-
- -
-
- -
-
0
0
3337
1044
1436
3456
845
772
3140
0
812
12
14854
- 100 240 6,373 - 1,044 - 1,436 2,364 - 845 - 772 - 3,140 - - 812 9,383 10,411 - 10,411|
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Signed
Sally Hoy Chair of Trustees
6/13/2024
Budgeting
WYCAS
## Organisation's Name
Working paper for next year's income and expenditure
|**Income**
Grants
Fees and Charges
Donations
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Salaries and NICs
Volunteer expenses
Celebration/venue hire/festivals
Rent and rates
Utilities
Insurance
Equipment
Food and refreshments
Advertising and publicity
Evaluation
**Total expenditure**
**Surplus / (deficit)**|**Notes and calculations**|**Budget**|
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## Firstbase Financial Year Ending 2022/23
|**Income**
Grants
Fees and Charges
Donations
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Salaries and NICs
Volunteer expenses
Celebration/venue hire/festivals
Rent and rates
Equipment
Insurance
Equipment
Food and refreshments
Advertising and publicity
Evaluation
**Total expenditure**
**Surplus / (deficit)**|Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Total
Check
240 9,710
5,820
9,395 25,165 - 25,165
-
- -
100
100 - 100
100 240 9,710 - - 5,820 - - - - - 9,395 25,265
3,177 904 175 2,945 395 360 3,140
800
11,896 - 11,896
-
- -
-
- -
-
- -
-
1,136 381 300 412
2,229 - 2,229
-
12 12 24 - 24
-
- -
-
160 140 125 130 150
705 - 705
-
- -
-
- -
-
0
0
3337
1044
1436
3456
845
772
3140
0
812
12
14854
- 100 240 6,373 - 1,044 - 1,436 2,364 - 845 - 772 - 3,140 - - 812 9,383 10,411 - 10,411|
|---|---|
Signed
Sally Hoy Chair of Trustees
6/13/2024