2025-12-31-accounts - Access For Music

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 January 2025 31 December 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Access for Music Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1206438 Charity's principal address CLAREMONT CENTRE 21 CLAREMONT ROAD SALE Postcode M33 7DZ

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 (ifany)
Steven Hodkinson	Chair		Trustees
KerryCleary	Secretary		Trustees
Samit Gupta	Treasurer		Trustees
Ruth Platt			Trustees
Kate Valentine			Trustees
Peter James Dunkley		Appointed 16thJuly 2025

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Trustees to serve for 3 years in the first instance Trustee selection methods

(eg. trust, association, company)
(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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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.

Section C Objectives and activities

The advancement of music education for children principally in the Trafford area who face barriers that hinder their access to music provision, their musical progress, and their ability to reach their potential by

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

a. Sourcing and making available, grants and funding for accessible music education.

b. Commissioning services that provide equitable access to a music education. c. Supporting research to further understanding of the impacts of equitable access to a music education and to disseminate the results.

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Paying regard to Charity Commission Guidance on processes and policies necessary for a new charity including guidance on public benefit the trustees have established essential policies concerning the recruitment and conduct of trustees together with a Trustee Handbook and policies related to conflicts of interest, ethical fundraising, data protection (including registration for GDPR), financial controls, and complaints. A developing website is in place, together with other awareness raising media. This work underpins a Five-Year Strategy with milestones to guide the charity’s work. Further work on governance matters for 2026 onwards will be set out in yearly action plans.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

With sufficient funds available Trustees were able to commission Trafford Music Serivice to deliver the second year (starting in September 2025) of a national Awards for Young Musicians project in partnership with Young Sounds for 12 year 4 children from St Alphonsus Primary School in Old Trafford. The children have been gifted a clarinet and are receiving weekly tuition in small groups during term time. In March 2025 the children joined others from schools in other Greater Manchester Boroughs at the Royal Northern College of Music to extend their learning in a range of areas including a focus on rhythm and singing.

In September 2025 the first year of a replication project was launched with Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School in Partington with 8 primary children learning the trombone.

By delivering in school the projects remove both financial and transportation barriers to learning. Impact evaluation is carried out by Young Sounds and discussed with trustees.

The first year of a two-year grant from the High Lee House Trust enabled a new project to be commissioned with Trafford Music Service. The grant provides for 18 Special School workshops as part of a wider project to create a small inclusive orchestra with specialist additional needs support. Work on the project began in the autumn term 2025. It is envisaged that being able to operate directly with children in their school environment will both increase reach and boost membership for core sessions held at the Trafford Music Service’s Claremont Centre.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Our main achievements in the charity’s year have been to

Continue the progress towards sound governance through the implementation of essential policies and processes and meeting the annual objectives set in relation to the charity’s five-year strategy.
Identify the additional skills required for the board and prepare appropriate advertising materials for new trustees with such skills.
Secure funding to continue our first project in an underserved area of Trafford and to start a replication project in a second underserved area of Trafford.
Successfully seek grant aid (over two years) to provide music workshops in special school and mainstream school special educational needs provision.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

The charity reserve policy is to maintain sufficient unreserved funds to cover known or expected expenses for the next 6 months

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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No optional information provided

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.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Samit Gupta Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date

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Charity Name		No (if any)
Access for Music		1206438
Receipts andpayments accounts			CC16a
For the period from	01/01/2025 From	31/12/2025 to To

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,250 1,500 897 - - - - - 3,647 - - - 3,647 245 336 - 52 - - - - - 633 - - - 633 3,014 - - 3,014	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,564 - - - - - - 2,564 - - - 2,564 - 2,564 - - - 2,564	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 1,250 1,500 897 - - - - - 3,647 - - - 3,647 245 336 2,564 52 - - - - - 3,197 - - - 3,197 451	Last year to the nearest £
High Lee Trust	1,250				-
Sale District Festival	1,500				1,000
Sundrydonations	897				269
Friends of TMS	-				3,564
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	3,647				4,833

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					4,833

Website development and maintainence	245				196
Printing	336				-
YoungMusicians	-				-
ICO fees	52				-
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**Sub total **	633				196

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					196

	3,014	- 2,564	-	451	4,637
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	3,014	- 2,564	-	451	4,637

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Surplus funds in hand Accruals Details Details Co-op Bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 5,139 - - - - - 5,139 - Agreement Error Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) 4969 - 170 - - - - Print Name	Endowment funds to nearest £
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

08/07/2026