## **BML Annual Report** 8 August 2024 On 17 July, we finished our 2023-24 programme of four workshops, each meeting for 34 sessions, with 88 writers in the four groups. This was our fifteenth year. Once again, sessions were held in rented space at the Central YMCA at 111 Great Russell Street, WC1. We have already auditioned for next year’s new cohort (following two ‘Taster’ sessions in the spring) that should be a bit larger; and that will begin sessions in mid-September, running through July 2025. We also scheduled special events and services to enhance the programme. We have an extensive reference library, which is housed in a local lockup as we have no permanent office space. This we opened to the participants on 11 May to borrow books, and again on 20 July and then again once more at the end of September (the space has no electricity and no heating, so is impractical during the winter months). We held an industry showcase for work from the Advanced group on 24/25 October at the prestigious Crazy Coqs cabaret in Piccadilly (with the space donated by their management); and internal showcases for work by the Second Year group during July to share their work with the other members of the programme at the same venue. As a windup to the year, on 18 July, we held an online Zoom Q&A with LA songwriters Amanda McBroom (who is one of our Patrons) and Michele Brourman, a rare female team of successful writers who have been working together for fifty years, and this was especially valuable and motivating for our female members. We also held mixer social events for all the members to mix with each other (and, hopefully, plant the seeds for future collaborations) before sessions began last summer, and at Christmas with another planned for the coming September before we begin our autumn term. The Board has spent the year recruiting for a new chair, and this will come to fruition before the next board meeting in October. The programme produces impressive results while run on our very modest resources. _Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York_ ) by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan played to capacity audiences at the Kiln and has now transferred to the Criterion Theatre: our first West End transfer! _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ by Darren Clark will also come into the West End this autumn after a repeat successful run at Southwark Playhouse. Lyricist Richy Hughes is in the midst of his third collaboration for West End producer Kenny Wax. And _In Clay_ , with book and lyrics by Rebecca Simmonds, has been selected for the prestigious NAMT Festival in New York this autumn. Other members have individually applied for and received small ACE grants to further develop their work, as well as scheduling Edinburgh Festival slots to begin next week. It has been a challenging year, as it has been for most charities. We try to support the diversity of all the groups, some of whom also have various neurodiversity. Many of them are thriving, but the after the effects of COVID are still stark, and we had 3-4 dropouts last year citing mental health challenges. We do our best to support all. **Signed by Wendy E Gill on behalf of the Board of Trustees** **30 September 2024** **Charity Name No (if any) BooksMusicLyrics 1197930 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/08/2023 31/07/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**25,750**
**32,470**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58,220**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**58,220**
**25,836**
**6,268**
**27,258**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,362**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,362**
**- 1,142**
**-**
**30,802**
**29,660**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,485**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,485**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,485**
**3,500**
**-**
**-**
**4,084**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,584**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,584**
**- 1,099**
**-**
**1,099**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**32,235**
**32,470**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,705**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,705**
**29,336**
**6,268**
**27,258**
**4,084**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,946**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,946**
**- 2,241**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**32,235**
**32,470**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,705**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,705**
**29,336**
**6,268**
**27,258**
**4,084**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,946**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,946**
**- 2,241**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Grants and Donations|**25,750**|||||**53,727**| |Fees|**32,470**|||||**28,989**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**58,220**|||||**82,716**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**82,716**| |||||||| |Coursepayments|**25,836**|||||**35,253**| |Workshops/auditions,etc.|**6,268**|||||**1,550**| |Administration and other|**27,258**|||||**24,013**| |Arts Council England Program|**-**|||||**25,770**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**59,362**|||||**86,586**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**86,586**| |||||||| ||**- 1,142**|**- 1,099**|**-**|**- 2,241**||**- 3,870**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**30,802**|**1,099**|**-**|**31,901**||**35,771**| ||**29,660**|**-**|**-**|**29,660**||**31,901**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **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))
Metrobank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Deferred income - fees 2024-2025
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**29,660**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,660**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
General
**1,050**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Wendy E Gill**|**Endowment**
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
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approval| |||**Wendy E Gill**|**30.09.2024**| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 Jarka Ronchetti ACCA Flat 4. 5-6 Myddelton Square London EC1R IYE email: jarka.ronchetti@gmail.com Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts Report to thè Trustaos of Book Music & Lyric Icharity no. 1197930) On the account for the yoar ended 31 July 2024 Respectivo responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's truslees are responsible for Ihe preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (the Act}. The harity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charilies Act, to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(51{bl of the Act, and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions examiner's statement given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of Ihe accounts presented wilh those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanalions from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the slatement below. Independent In conneclion with my examination, no material matters have come to examinerfs statement my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounls did nol accord with Ihe accounting records., or the accounts did nol comply with the accounting requiremenls of the Char¢ties Act. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 17 September 2024 Name: Jarka Ronchetti ACCA