## **Black Mountain Jazz CIO**
**Trustees’ Annual Report**
**For the year ending 31st December 2022**
## **Full Name**
Black Mountain Jazz CIO
## **Organisation Type**
Charitable incorporated organisation
## **Principal Address**
Rockfield, Llanelly Church Road, Gilwern, Monmouthshire NP7 0EL
## **Trustees**
The following have been the trustees throughout the period:
Michael Skilton (Chair) Roderick Cunningham Deborah Hancock
## **Independent Examiner**
The turnover for the period has been below the level which would require an independent examiner’s report.
## **Governance and Management**
The charity’s rules are set out in accordance with the CIO Foundation Constitution governing document.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The charities objectives are to advance the arts for the public benefit by the promotion of jazz music in all its forms.
## **Public Benefit Statement**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on ‘public benefit’.
Black Mountain Jazz CIO - Trustees Annual Report – For the year ending 31[st] December 2022
## **Activities and Achievements**
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit
The charity was registered on the 19[th] May 2022, following an intensive period of planning.
During the reporting period, the charity’s monthly programme included six live jazz performances, involving top acts and including one from Argentina. These performances were ticketed at a level to cover costs, with a 50% discount for those aged under 18 years.
The charity also staged its annual wall2wall Jazz Festival, which included 5 live performances – one of which featured an act from Switzerland. A number of workshops were organised during the festival, including one for young children. The festival also marked the launch of BMJazz Katz – a big band ongoing programme for youngsters aged between 10 and 18 years. The Sunday of the wall2wall Jazz Festival is traditionally a free-access community day and 2022 was no different. The Sunday programme included free music, videos and workshops.
## Summary of the main achievements during the period
Registering as a CIO with the Charities Commission was in itself a major achievement.
Returning to well-attended live programmes, after two years of pandemic restrictions was very gratifying.
The launch of BMJazz Katz for younger players was an important milestone that laid the foundations for an ongoing programme in 2023 and beyond. It also allows for other ideas to be developed, one of which involves making refurbished musical instruments available to others.
The music programme organised by the charity has always had a ‘wide base’, which has contributed to a strong message of ‘inclusion’. During the period of this report, attention was afforded to developing a broader definition ‘diversity’, with the introduction of a selection of workshops.
The charities new structure and expanding activities has attracted a number of volunteers, who offer valuable advice and practical support.
## **The Charity’s Policy on Reserves**
The charity does not keep reserves but it does ensure that funds in its current account are sufficient to meet ongoing needs and any carried forward liabilities.
## **Signed on behalf Black Mountain Jazz’s trustees:**
Michael Skilton (Chair)
Date 20[th] October 2023
## **Black Mountain Jazz CIO**
## **Annual Accounts**
**For the year ending 31st December 2022**
## **Income and Expenditure**
|Income
Ticket sales
Friends of BMJ membership
Grants
Advertising
Donations
Sundry income
Expenditure
Performance fees
Sound engineering and videoing
Theatre and other venue hire
Other production costs
Workshop costs
Marketing
Box office charges
Office expenses
Insurance
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Sundry costs
Net receipts less payments|2022
£
7,090
384
4,000
1,500
15
90
_____
13,079
4,524
2,216
1,460
308
540
514
244
214
162
25
15
64
_____
10,286
2,793|2021 N/A|
|---|---|---|
||||
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
## **As at 31 December 2022**
|Assets||
|---|---|
|Bank account|2.596|
|Cash in hand|197|
||_____|
||2,793|
|Liabilities||
|Creditors|875|
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Income and Expenditure Accounts**
Income and expenditure accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. The accounts report on transactions made through the bank account and through cash in hand.
There are no accounts for 2021 as Black Mountain Jazz CIO was first register on 19[th] May 2022.
## **Grants**
Abergavenny Town Council
4,000
## **Creditors**
Julie Campiche Quartet (Performance fee) 875
## **Trustees Remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in the period of these accounts.
## **Signed on behalf Black Mountain Jazz’s trustees:**
Michael Skilton (Chair)
Date 20[th] October 2023