## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Creative Pulse** ## **Charity registration number: 1202476** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit to advance the**
**education of children and people who are**
**in socially and financially disadvantaged**
**circumstances, by providing them with**
**instrumental music lessons and other**
**musical, artistic and creative**
**opportunities free of charge.**| |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|
**Creative Pulse provide free instrumental**
**music lessons, band and poetry club for**
**children from Woolwich and surrounding**
**areas. This provision is called Woolwich**
**Creative Club. The club takes place**
**weekly, but with additional trips and**
**activities at weekends and during school**
**holidays. Creative Pulse could potentially**
**provide additional but similar free music**
**and arts provision in the future.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees are in agreement that**
**Creative Pulse is run for public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Creative Pulse does not make grants.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Creative Pulse does not make social**
**investments.**| |||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Creative Pulse has two volunteers who**
**help to teach keyboard to the children at**
**the Woolwich Creative Club during each**
**weekly 2 hour session.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **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|**Woolwich Creative Club provides free**
**instrumental music lessons for children**
**aged 9-16 years from Woolwich and**
**surrounding areas.**
**The children can learn; piano/keyboard,**
**guitar, bass guitar, trumpet, voice, drum**
**kit.**
**The children and their tutors work on the**
**same tune at their own level. This allows**
**the children to play together as a band**
**each week.**
**The club also has a writing/journalism**
**club who may work on social media**
**content, or specific projects.**
**The children showcase their learning and**
**talents approximately twice a year.**
**During this period, our membership was**
**around 25 children, with around 18**
**children attending each week.**
**Children are recruited to the club through**
**workshops in schools and youth**
**clubs/community spaces in areas with**
**higher deprivation, therefore targeting**
**children who would usually not access**
**private music tuition.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |objectives set||| |Performance of fundraising||| |activities against objectives|Para 1.41|| |set||| Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Creative Pulse ended the financial year**
**April 2024 - March 2025 with a cash**
**balance of £4,912.45 . This equates to**
**approximately an ability to run for a**
**further one and a half months (**
**delivering Woolwich Creative Club on a**
**weekly basis.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**In the first year of Creative Pulse’s**
**running as a new charity we focused on**
**ensuring that we were able to continue**
**our core delivery of Woolwich Creative**
**Club. As a board of trustees we were**
**actively looking 3 - 12 months ahead to**
**ensure we could continue delivering our**
**charitable objectives and maintain**
**consistent support for our young**
**beneficiaries.**
**In line with our the objective outlined in**
**last year’s annual report we now have a**
**reserves policy in place.**
**At the board of trustees meeting of 28th**
**October 2024 we agreed a reserve policy**
**of £2000. This would enable us to hold**
**two or three sessions with the children in**
**the event that we**
**were having to close temporarily while**
**awaiting funding.**
**Now, after a positive first year of delivery,**
**the board will agree a reserve level and**
**finalise a policy for holding reserves.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|
**At the end of March 2024 Creative Pulse**
**held £4,912.45 in unrestricted and**
**unallocated funds.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**As Creative Pulse does not have any**
**overheads to pay which would be at risk**
**if we run out of funds. We retain reserves**
**only to ensure that we can pay staff and**
**provide notice for the children we work**
**with should we need to pause activities.**
**Going forward Creative Pulse will hold**
**reserves of £2000. T**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We are determined to continue the charity**
**as a going concern, applying for any**
**relevant funding when we become aware**
**of it.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Our principal sources of funding for the**
**year 2024 - 2025 were: an unrestricted**
**Trust grant of £15,000; an unrestricted**
**Postcode Lottery grant of £8000. Creative**
**Pulse also received restricted fund grants**
**of £5154 ( £3000 of it a Royal Borough of**| |---|---|---| |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Greenwich Community & Voluntary**|| ||||**Sector grant; £1000 from the Wavendon**|| ||||**Foundation; £600 and the final payment**|| ||||**from Black History Month 365 - a Royal**|| ||||**Borough of Greenwich fund and £554**|| ||||**from Tramshed Arts Ltd to fund**|| ||||**refreshments purchases for the Woolwich**|| ||||**Creative Club.**|| ||Investment policy and|||| ||objectives including any|Para 1.46||| ||social investment policy|||| ||adopted|||| ||||**The principal risks for Creative Pulse in**|| ||||**relation to expenditure are potential rises**|| ||A description of the principal|Para 1.46|**in costs for venue hire, tutor fees, and**|| ||risks facing the charity||**refreshments, as well as cost of**|| ||||**instruments and instrument repairs. On**|| ||||**the income side major risks are**|| ||||**continued access to varied grant**|| ||||**streams. We continue to seek to diversify**|| ||||**our grant sources and in 2025 - 2026 will**|| ||||**review and reactivate our online**|| ||||**fundraising approach and develop Gift**|| ||||**Aid as part of our fundraising approach.**|| ||Other|||| |||||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution for a CIO whose only voting**
**members are its charity trustees**| |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|**(1) 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.**
**(2) In selecting individuals for**
**appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to the**
**skills, knowledge and experience needed**
**for the effective administration of the CIO.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Creative Pulse| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |
Registered charity number|1202476| |Charity’s principal address|C/o Tramshed 51-53 Woolwich New Road Woolwich SE18
6ES| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**
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**(if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||Richard Gray|Chair|| ||Maria Taylor|Designated
SafeguardingLead|| ||Precious Jeffers|Treasurer|| ||Roger Wilson||| ||Adrian Reid||| ||Jai Patel||| ||Samantha Steele||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** **None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||| ||||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **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** |Grants
Unrestricted income|**RBG VCS**|**BH365**|**Wavendon Foundation**|**Tramshed food donation**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Actual**
**Budget**
£3,000
£0|**Actual**
**Budget**
£600
£0|**Actual**
**Budget**
**Actual**
**Budget**
£1,000
£554.48
£0|| |**Total income**|**£3,000**|**£600**|**£1,000**|**£554.48**| |Exp on salaries
Exp on overheads
Exp on projects|£2,800
£9
£190|£600
£0.00
£0.00|£1,000
£0
£0|£0
£0
£554.48| |**Total expenditure**|**£2,998.83**|**£600.00**|**£1,000**
**£554.48**|| |||||| |**Net income / (expenditure)**|**£1.17**|**£0.00**|**£0**
**£0**|| |**Total funds brought forward from last year**|**£0**|**£0**|**£0**|| |**Total funds carried forward to next year**|**£1.17**|**£0.00**|**£0**
**£0**|| |||||| |**External Delivery**|**Postcode Lottery ( unrestricted)**|**J&PLT (Unrestricted)**|**Total funds**| |---|---|---|---| |**Actual**
**Budget**
£240
£0|**Actual**
**Budget**
£0
£8,000.00|**Actual**
**Budget**
0
£15,000|**Actual**
**Budget**
£5,394.48
£23,000| |**£240**|**£8,000.00**|**£15,000**|**£28,394.48**| |£240
£0
£0|£6,552.84
£894.00
£554.74|£16,125.34
£559.38
£3,750.90|£27,318.18
£1,462.38
£5,049.95| |**£240**|**£8,001.58**|**£20,435.62**|**£33,830.51**| ||||| |**£0**|**-£1.58**
**£0**|**-£5,435.62**|**-£5,436.03**| |**£0**||**£10,352.48**|£0.00
£0.00
**£10,352.48**| |**£0**
**-£1.58**
**£4,916.86**|||**£4,916.45**| ||||| 14 January2026 forWooh¥Kh ub for the ftnan 12024 r¢h 2025 Followlng my audit of the Woolwich Creatr4e aub accounts. I have no reason to belleve that proper accountlng records were not kept. I d5d however 8lve some advlce on future procedures to be Implemented as soon as posslble. These were:. That all Involces are emalled to the Chalr of the Board and the Treasurer to be authorised. All recelpts for consumables be authorised by erther the Chair of the Board or the Treasurer That hOUr￿lSe55t0nal rates for instructors are documented fortransparency Susan aarld8e