## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2022 To** ## **31/12/2023** **Charity name: Hammonds Band** ## **Charity registration number: 1196725** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote, improve, develop and**
**maintain public education in and**
**appreciation of the art and science of**
**music, particularly brass band music in**
**all its aspects.**| |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|**Throughout the course of the year the**
**band has undertaken 28 performances**
**throughout the year. Each of these has**
**been used to promote the appreciation of**
**the art and science of music. Three of**
**these concerts took place with youth**
**organisations to help promote brass**
**band music to the next generation. Our**
**audiences include a wide age range,**
**including families who have taken**
**children to our performances.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The charity has followed the guidance on**
**public benefit. All monies raised by the**
**charity have been used solely for the**
**purpose of providing a public benefit**
**through our performances this year.**| ## **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|**Through our performances this year we**
**have provided musical appreciation of**
**the arts (in particular brass band music)**
**to several thousand people across the**
**country. Alongside this we have also**
**worked with young musicians to help**
**inspire the next generation of brass**
**players in the local area.**
**All of our performances have been open**
**to the wider public with the aim to**
**promote the art of brass band playing.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has returned from the**
**lockdown in a relatively good position.**
**We have a full band (in terms of players)**
**and bookings are returning to normal.**
**Whilst we have shown a small profit for**
**the year we are looking to improve our**
**financial situation going forward. We**
**hope in 2023 to secure more bookings for**
**the band (which will increase our income)**
**and secure our financial position in**
**future years.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Under normal circumstances we would**
**hold money in reserve as a contingency**
**against unexpected fiscal outgoings.**
**However, over the lockdown period our**
**reserves had been depleted and this**
**resulted in a change of focus for this**
**financial year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**With this being the first year post-**
**lockdown the band’s usual reserves had**
**been depleted during the lockdown**
**period. This year was used to get the**
**band back to running as normal as a**
**going concern.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**There is no deficit this financial year.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a going concern in**
**the future.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**‘Foundation’ model constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed for a**
**term of three years by a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees.**
**The existing trustees can vote to appoint**
**new/replacement trustees to the CIO**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Hammonds Band| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1196725| |Charity’s principal address|Sellers Engineering
Chapel Hill
Huddersfield
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Darran West|Chairman||| ||John Myles|||| ||Owen Watson|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **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**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Darran West|John Myles| ||
Chair|| ||04/10/2023|| ||04/10/2023|| |**2022**|**Income**| |---|---| |**Concert Income**|£15,625.53| |**Loans**|£0.00| |**Misc Income**|£1,161.50| |**CD Sales**|£74.80| |**Contest Winnings**|£225.00| |**Grant Bid Income**|£1,000.00| |**Carried over**
**balance**|£4,152.95| ||| ||£22,239.78| |**2022**|**Expense**| |---|---| |**Transport**|£6,124.66| |**Conductor Fees**|£4,460.00| |**Player Fees**|£3,151.85| |**Rent**|£1,200.00| |**Contest Fees**|£1,285.00| |**Misc**|£2,100.71| |**Music**|£219.00| |**Insurance**|£269.00| |**Player**
**Registration**|£162.60| |**Unifoms**|£0.00| |**Printing**|£61.79| |**Instruments**|£1541.69| |**Postage**|£0.00| |**Concert Expense**|£200.00| |**CD Production**
**Costs**|£669.34| ||| ||£21,445.64| 1