som Music Societ 1197449 Annual Re ort and Accounts Year End 30th November 2025 During the year ending 30, November 2025 Epsotn Music Society staged 3 classical concerts in Epsom free of entry to showcase Ulirainian refugee musicians. These events attracted donations to support the musicians. We also staged 9 ticketed live top-class jazz concerts in the centre of Epsom in accordance with our policy to ensure the venue is locally accessible to all being close to key public transport facilities. We introduced a discounted ticket price for those under aged 30 to encourage a younger audience to high quality jazz muslc "Grassroots Jazz" continued to address the shortfall in Government funding for sm211 jazz clubs up and down the counlry. These clubs invariably work on a shoestring, and (more often than not) are chaired by promoters of the older generation. Within this generation, there is a (completely understandable) hugely lower incidence of internet/lT proficiency, which in turn leads to chronic underuse of social media to promote events. In addition to this, there is a hugely reduced rate of bid submissions to the available money via Arts Council England from these promoters. This is definitely attributed to the same causation - a lack of the required skills required to make a coherent and competitive online bid. There are dozens of professional bid writers bidding for this same pot of tnoney. Pitting these promoters against these professional bid writers is never going to see a good result for grassroots venues. The likelihood of success is close to zero. With reduced audience numbers, the profit margins are smaller for clubs. and for many. unmanageable. A total of 8 clubs were awarded grants in 2024.2025 totalling £8000 The Trustees Lionel Blackman Nigel Price Richard Tomlinson Alex Griffiths Signed on their behalf by Lionel Blackman 10th April 2026
Epsom Music 1197449 Account for Financial Year 1st Decetnber 2024 to 30th November 2025 EXPENSES 2024.2025 2023.2024 Accountant fee loo loo Concert venue hire 1597 1313 Grants 8000 5450 Equipment Musician fees and 818.67 290.41 expenses 7514.62 2710.38 Printing Promotion and social media 323 329.6 40.3 222.99 Audio services 400 191.97 Total 18485.56 10816.38 Income Concerttickets 9834.87 7630.36 Donations 5937.85 1882.55 Gift Aid 1710.88 200 Total 17483.6 9712.91 Deficit 1001.96 -1103.47 Balance c/fwd 23.24 Balance 30/11/2025 9709.63 10813.1 8707.67 9709.63 Signed Lionel Blackman LLB MA Solicitor 1010412025