## **Trustees’ Annual Report** Period Start Date: 1st September 2023 Period End Date: 31st August 2024 ## **Reference and Administration Details** |**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|Inchant|Inchant| |---|---|---|---| |**Registered Charity Number**||1203519|| |**Charity’s Principal Address**||26 Northmead
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1BE|| ||||| |**Name of Trustee**|**Office (if any)**||**Dates acted (if not for whole year)**| |Harry Boulton|Chair||| |Anna Barlow|Treasurer||| |Abby Henderson|Secretary||| |Emma Warren|||| |Chloe Kiely|||13 May 2024 - present| **Name of Advisor (Optional) Address** ## **Name of Chief Executive or Names of Senior Staff Members (Optional)** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Type of Governing Document**|Constitution adopted 12th June 2023| |---|---| |**How the Charity is Constituted**|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| **Trustee Selection Methods** Appointed by the existing members of the board of trustees, by means of a vote ## **Additional Governance Issues (Optional)** _You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:_ - _Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees_ - _The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works_ - _Relationship with any related parties_ - _Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them_ This year we have been working with the Royal Academy of Music, where Emma Warren (Trustee and ‘Artistic Director’) was a Fellow. ## **Objectives and Activities** ## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF CHORAL MUSIC BY THE ORGANISATION AND/OR PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND RECITALS, RECORDINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects** December 2023 - Belsize Library We held a cosy, relaxed evening of festive music in the Grade-II listed Belsize Community Library. Audience members were invited to bring their own drinks and sit on sofas and cushions between the bookshelves to enjoy the concert. The programme featured three 20-minute sets of music: acapella choral pieces, a solo harp set, and a combined performance of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols'. This concert was supported by the Stephen Dodgson Trust and the Royal Academy of Music. - February 2024 Conducting Workshop Our first workshop as a charity saw our Artistic Director run a choral conducting workshop for girls and young women at the Royal Academy of Music, in partnership with the London Youth Choirs. We selected eight young musicians from a healthy pool of applicants to partake in the day-long workshop where they had the opportunity to conduct members of Inchant and the London Youth Chamber Choir under the guidance and coaching of Emma and another RAM alumna, Olivia Shotton. The trustees agree that this was an overwhelmingly successful event: in particular, the impact on an underrepresented demographic in the choral industry (women in choral conducting), and the partnerships with the RAM and LYC were beneficial to all concerned. Such collaborations would be desirable in future events. We have subsequent plans for similar workshops in our next year. April 2024 - Poston Concert Inchant were involved in a project with charity Multitude of Voyces, who are working to publish many forgotten choral works by 20th Century composer, Elizabeth Poston. Performing at Poston's alma mater, the Royal Academy of Music, Inchant premiered new editions of two works written by Poston for upper voice choir and harp. Between the music, our Artistic Director gave the audience an insight into Poston's life and some background to the pieces performed in the concert. June 2024 - School Workshop We worked with the choir of a local state school for girls in Earlsfield, where five GCSE and A-level pupils had the opportunity to conduct some pieces for upper voices under the guidance of our Artistic Director. For many of these pupils it was their first opportunity to try conducting. In addition, a singer from Inchant lent her expertise and led a warm-up with the girls. As part of the workshop, a Q&A session was held where the pupils had the opportunity to ask questions and learn about studying music at degree level, careers in music, and choral singing and conducting. ## **Additional Details of Objectives and Activities (Optional)** _You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:_ - _Policy on grantmaking_ - _Policy programme related investment_ - _Contribution made by volunteers_ ## **Achievements and Performance** ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The trustees continue to be pleased with encouraging positive feedback from our concerts and workshops. Testimonials have noted originality, innovation, and music of an excellent quality. Additionally, our workshops have brought opportunity to an underrepresented demographic in the choral conducting industry. Testimonials from the Female Conductors’ Day noted the relaxed environment in which they were able to discover and learn. Inchant has begun to make a name for itself and break into the choral scene. Our Artistic Director actively pursues continued professional development during her career outside of Inchant and will be the Conducting Scholar for The Sixteen’s upcoming 2024-25 Genesis cohort. The trustees recognise the positive benefit of such experiences on the profile of Inchant and its charitable objectives. We have employed an increasingly proactive approach to applying for fundraising, which has enabled us to put on events that otherwise may not have been feasible and fulfil our charitable objectives. ## **Financial Review** |**Brief statement of**
**the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**|We currently have no plans to actively build reserves. We have an
insubstantial number of financial reserves, and any accrued
reserves will be reinvested into future projects at the trustee’s
discretion. We continue to factor financial risk into every project
where applicable and have no dependencies on reserves.| |---|---| |**Details of any funds**
**materially in deficit**|Not applicable| ## **Further Financial Review Details: (Optional)** _You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:_ - _The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)_ - _How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity_ - _Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted_ We secured a grant from the Skinner’s Company for small capital items and core costs such as stage lights, choir folders, electrical equipment, website fees etc. Most of these assets will be used for years to come, and are another step towards establishing a consistent brand for our charity. The Stephen Dodgson Trust awarded us funding towards our Christmas concert, enabling us to put the concert on. We have put considerable effort into planning and sourcing funding for upcoming projects for the coming year. We have recently secured partial funding for a tour to a more rural area of the country to offer our choral experiences outside of London, where most of our projects have taken place. We are increasingly confident that this project will be viable and continue to make progress in the logistics and financial backing needed for the tour. Ticket sales have been an additional source of revenue for our concerts. While it is difficult to put on a concert with ticket sales alone, they provide us the opportunity to offset a project deficit or generate a profit for further investment into our charitable objectives. ## **Other Optional Information** ## Future plans: Winter Tour Plans have begun on a Christmas/Winter tour to Herefordshire and the surrounding areas; we have already confirmed bookings from multiple venues. We have secured a significant amount of funding so far and are optimistic that we will realise the project. Future plans: Belsize concert series Plans are in their early stages to do more concerts at Belsize Library (or similar venue) early in the next calendar year. Future plans: Conducting workshops On the back of the success of this year’s conducting workshops, we endeavour to do at least one more this coming year. ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**|H Boulton|A Henderson| |---|---|---| |**Full Name(s)**|Harry Boulton|Abigail Henderson| |**Position**|Chair|Trustee| |**Date**|8th September 2024|8th September 2024| ||**Inchant**|**Inchant**|**Inchant**|**1203519**|**1203519**|**1203519**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/09/2023|**To**||31/08/2024||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and**|**payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**307**
**807**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**807**
**350**
**100**
**191**
**-**
**641**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**641**
**166**
**-**
**-**
**166**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**680**
**-**
**2,500**
**105**
**-**
**3,285**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,285**
**-**
**-**
**22**
**105**
**127**
**546**
**65**
**611**
**738**
**2,547**
**-**
**-**
**2,547**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**680**
**500**
**2,500**
**105**
**307**
**4,092**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,092**
**350**
**100**
**213**
**105**
**768**
**546**
**65**
**611**
**1,379**
**2,713**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grant from Skinners' CharityFoundation|**-**||||||**-**| |Grant from The Stephen Dodgson Trust|**500**||||||**-**| |Grant for Winter Tour|**-**||||||**-**| |One-off Donation|**-**||||||**-**| |Ticket Sales|**307**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**807**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |Singer Costs|**350**||||||**-**| |Other Musician Costs|**100**||||||**-**| |Marketingand Advertisement|**191**||||||**16**| |Venue Hire|**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**641**||||||**16**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| |Concert Equipment|**-**||||||| |Marketing|**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**16**| ||||||||| ||**166**|**2,547**|**-**||**2,713**||**- 16**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**166**|**2,547**|**-**||**2,713**||**- 16**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/09/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|
Signature
N/A
**Details**
**Details**
N/A
**Details**
Concert Equipment
Marketing Equipment
Natwest Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
N/A
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**166**
**2,547**
**166**
**2,547**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**546**
Restricted
**65**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
Anna Barlow|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Anna Barlow|18/08/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/09/2025 2