## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 27/06/2023 Period start date To 05/04/2024 Period end date** **Charity name: The Sound of The Streets Charity registration number: 1203764** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purposes of the Charity are to promote
street band and outdoor music, to inspire
young people to be creative and play an
instrument, to promote public awareness of
the value and history of street band music
and to highlight Somerset's unique cultural
heritage. We also aimed to create links with
other similar festivals.| |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|This was our first year of operation and we
collaborated with Mr Tim Hill, our current
artistic director and a national expert in
street bands and street band music. In the
relevant year Tim was in receipt of an Arts
Council England grant that enabled more
ambitious activities in collaboration with us.
He managed those funds independently of
Sound of the Streets although activity was
complimentary.
We established a youth street band, Sound
Invaders and a primary school street band,
Silver Sounds.
We promoted and participated in several
street performances.
We facilitated drumming workshops with
professional facilitators and in collaboration
with a local school and hosted a CPD day for
teachers and educators with facilitators from
Brass England.
In September 2023 we supported a free 3
day music festival in collaboration with
Taunton town council with an estimated
attendance over three days of 4000 people.
We created a film record of these events
collaboratively with young people.
We created a website and free online
resources for teachers and other street
bands.
We created a community Facebook page for
the use of the wider street band community.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|Sound of the Streets is heavily reliant on
voluntary effort. All trustees are committed to
the concept of public benefit and have
worked toward positive contributions and
positive outcomes.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Sound of the Streets is heavily reliant on
voluntary effort although the pool of regular
volunteers is relatively small. The tasks
undertaken vary from marshalling at events,
to managing social media, to running
workshops and performing. This is a critical
feature of our activity in remaining viable.
This includes the board of trustees and a
working committee.| |---|---|---| |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|Our achievements obviously are an outcome
of our activities. As stated above this was
our first year of operation and our main
achievement has been getting the charity up
and running. In this first year we collaborated
with Mr Tim Hill, our current artistic director
and a national expert in street bands and
street band music. In this year Tim was in
receipt of an Arts Council England grant that
enabled more ambitious activities in
collaboration with us. Given our income was
modest we relied heavily on volunteer effort.
In this year we established a youth street
band, Sound Invaders and a primary school
street band, Silver Sounds. This has helped
with confidence and self esteem and several
young people have carried their musical
involvement further, including becoming
band leaders in their own right. Sound
Invaders had the opportunity to compose
and record a track at a professional studio,
then planned and filmed a music video.
We helped promote and participated in
several street performances in several
locations in Somerset which promoted our
aim to raise awareness of the value of street
music.
We facilitated drumming workshops with
professional facilitators and in collaboration
with a local school and hosted a CPD day for
teachers and educators with facilitators from
Brass England. Participants took this
learning back to their schools.
In September 2023 we supported a free 3
day Street Band festival in collaboration with
Tim Hill and Taunton town council with an
estimated attendance over three days of
4000 people. This increased footfall in
Taunton, brought joy to participants and
showcased the possibilities of street music.
We created a film record of these events
We created a website and online resources
for teachers and other street bands.
We created a community Facebook page for
the use of the wider street band community.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Within this year we have obtained funds and
delivered the related projects. We have
delivered these effectively and used a small
amount of unreserved funds to cover our
operating expenses. At the end of year end
2024, we had completed all the associated
work related to grants issued in this period.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have a small amount of funds held in
reserve from unrestricted activities to cover
operational costs. We are currently working
on a more explicit Reserves Policy.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£243| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Arts Council and Local Government The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|As with all other charities, the main
challenge to us, is continuing to obtain
funding from grants and donations.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution as formulated on Charity
Commission Website| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is constituted as a CIO.| |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
|Para 1.25|Currently by invitation with the relevant
knowledge and skills in Street Bands and
street festivals, fundraising and governance.| |~~trustees~~||| ## **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|Our Policies, constitution and code of
conduct are made available to all trustee’s.
All trustees undertake safe guard training
and where relevant, first aid training. All
Trustees are DBS screened.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We have a board of Trustee, a working
committee and an Artistic Director.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**I**n this period we developed a working
relationship with Somerset and Taunton
Town Councils.| |---|---|---| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Sound of The Streets| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1203764| |Charity’s principal address|Longacre,
Woodhill
Stoke St Gregory
TA36EW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||**Trustee**
**name**|**Office (if**
**any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
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3
4
5
6
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1|Julie
|Chair|Whole Year|~~**any)**~~| |||~~Meikle~~
Chris
|Sect|Whole year|| |||~~Curran~~
William
||Whole Year|| |||~~Lang~~
Rachel
||25/10/23|| |||~~Hill~~
Mark Allen||Whole Year|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |---|---| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser N/A Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional** ~~**information)**~~ N/A ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declara'ons** **The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees** |**Chair**|| |---|---| |**Secretary**|| ||| |**Date**|29.01.2025| **The Sound of the Streets Receipts and payments accounts** **No (if any)** **CC16a** **For the period** 27/6/2023 5/3/2024 **To from Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations from cash raised||**-**|**140-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**140-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Grant income from local councils||||||**-**|**6,700-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**6,700-**|||**-**|**--**|| |Transfer from Sots activities, pre charity status||**-**|**1,275-**|||**-**|**1,800-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**3,075-**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|| |||**-**|**1,415-**|||**-**|**8,500-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**9,915-**|||**-**|**--**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||||||||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|**1,415-**|||**-**|**8,500-**|||**-**|**--**|**--**|||**-**|**9,915-**|||**-**|**--**|**--**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**||||||| ||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|| ||**_Sub total_**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**||**--**|| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **||**-**|**1,415-**|||**-**|**8,500-**|||**-**||**--**|||**-**|**9,915-**|||**-**||**--**|| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||||| |Advertising and Promotional|||**-**|**832-**|||**-**|**2,000-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**2,832-**|||**-**|**--**||| |Artistic Fees|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**1,500-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**1,500-**|||**-**|**--**||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/01/2025 1 |Band fees|**-**
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