## **Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research** ## **(SEMPRE)** ## **Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 12 April 2023** 12.30 – 1.15pm held online via Zoom at the ‘RiME2023 Conference’ ## Minutes **1. Welcome** (Chair) GfW welcomed all to the meeting and extended particular thanks to Dr Mary Stakelum (RCM) Conference Director and Professor Evangelos Himonides for timetabling this meeting to take place during the 13[th] International Conference for Research in Music Education Conference, 11-14 April 2023. ## **2. Apologies** Margaret Barrett, Kate Blackstone, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, David Hargreaves, Melissa Kirby, Alex Lamont, Kathy Marsh, Adam Ockelford, Ioulia Papageorgi ## **Present** Jon Baggaley, Julie Ballantyne, Valentin Begel, Josephine Borradaile, Ian Cross, Winn Ge, Jane Ginsborg, Evangelos Himonides, Gigi Lam, Elizabeth MacGregor, Marie McNally, John Sloboda, Mary Stakelum, Pattera Sutan, Eunice Tang, Graham Welch, Karen Wise, Luna Zheng **3. Minutes of the previous AGM held on Wednesday 7 April 2022 during the** SEMPRE 2022 MET-TMOHE Conference **.** **Agreed.** ## **4. Matters arising** _Elections for Committee Members:_ GfW reported that the following members have been re-elected in 2023: _Treasurer:_ Karen Burland-Clark _Secretary:_ Adam Ockelford 1 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES _Joint Conference Secretaries:_ Helen Prior Mary Stakelum _Lay Members:_ Ian Cross Karen Wise **5. Chair’s Report** (Professor Graham Welch) ## **5.1. Special thanks** - 5.1.1. _Committee_ My thanks again as Chair to everyone on the SEMPRE Committee, Officers and Trustees for their positive contributions to the work of the Society over the past twelve months and more. Despite the challenges of the pandemic and the need for extensive virtual communication, we continue to have a successful global presence in the worlds of music education and music psychology through our charitable work that embraces our portfolio of publications (three journals, web presence and book series), support for international conferences and small grants award schemes. - 5.1.2. _Administrator_ (Josephine Borradaile) Our part-time Administrator, Josephine has continued to be central to our organisational success and we are very grateful for her persistent care, positivity and attention to detail. Her work is invaluable. - 5.1.3. _Editors and Assistants_ (Journals): My sincere thanks to the respective teams who take such professional care and pride in leading our three SAGE journals: - [Psychology of Music] GfW was keen to extend special thanks to Professor Andrea Creech for her major contribution to the journal as Editor over the past five years, to Dr Paolo Ammirante for agreeing to increase his role whilst a new Editor was being sought and to Professor Alex Lamont for acting as Interim Editor. As Chair GfW was happy to announce that following Professor Alex Lamont’s application for Editor in Chief of PoM, the committee are able to confirm her appointment. As a result of discussions with both Professor Creech and Dr Ammirante and the changes in the structure of the journal, two Assistant Editors have been appointed with effect from 1 April 2023, Dr Karen Wise and Dr Katerina Drakoulaki, to support Professor Alex Lamont as Editor; - [Research Studies in Music Education] thanks to Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne and Dr Elizabeth MacGregor; - [Music and Science] Professor Ian Cross, Dr Emily Payne and the newly appointed Dr Scott Bannister who has now taken over from Dr Emily Payne. 2 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES - 5.1.4. GfW also extended thanks to other SEMPRE colleagues, supporters and organisations who each make a singular contribution to the success of SEMPRE as an international learned society. - _Book Reviews Editor_ (Professor Evangelos Himonides) – looking for a replacement. - _Conference organisers_ (Dr Helen Prior & Dr Mary Stakelum) – in particular for their help with the international community. - _Publishers_ (Sage and Routledge [formerly Ashgate]) - _All Our Authors_ - _All Our Reviewers_ of the article submissions to our journals and book series for their time, professionalism, expertise and commitment to the rigorous advance of knowledge in the various sciences (social, physical, clinical) associated with music. - **5.2. Journals** – We note the ongoing success for our two established journals and our newer online journal, each produced by Sage: Psychology of Music (now in its 51[st] year of publication), Research Studies in Music Education and Music and Science. Our special thanks to Miriam Hodge and her colleagues at SAGE for their continued support for all our journals and mission: See Annex for the highlights of 2022 from SAGE. - **5.3. SAGE Income over the past decade (January to December)** _Income 2010_ = £61,312.15 _Income 2011_ = £59,673.18 _Income 2012_ = £102,480.50 _Income 2013_ = £111,310.33 _Income 2014_ = £112,944.58 _Income 2015 =_ £128,134 _Income 2016 =_ £134,482.90 _Income 2017_ = £150,593.98 _Income 2018_ = £146,684.04 _Income 2019 =_ £159,460.48 _Income 2020 =_ £161,221.50 _Income 2021 =_ £133,354.13 _Income 2022 =_ £162,479.25 **Thanks to editors for this success.** 3 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## **5.4. Routledge (formerly Ashgate SEMPRE Book Series)** ## **2022** https://www.routledge.com/SEMPRE-Studies-in-The-Psychology-ofMusic/book-series/SEMPRE N=43 books to date. GfW noted that the series continues to be extremely popular and it has been pleasing to see the numbers of publications increase by five in the last six months of 2022. ## **5.5 SEMPRE Awards** ## **2022** - As at December 2022 SEMPRE’s total awards since 2004/5 total £1,018,437. This figure includes monies set aside to fund SEMPRE’s 50[th] Anniversary research awards that have been awarded an extension to summer 2023 to report on their final outcomes. ## **5.6 Miller Investments** ## **2022** - These stand at £177,510 as at December 2022. Volatility of markets at the moment means that the interest fluctuates but this is a safe longterm investment. - **5.7 SEMPRE International Projects:** Recent projects have involved initiatives in cultural education in India and Nepal; special needs projects in Pakistan, Haiti and Brazil; music for young children in Afghanistan; and several projects on music for inclusion and literacy in Kenya; plus music education in Uganda and family support through music in Gambia. We have also supported a new Christmas music programme in an underserved community in NE Brazil. We also have a new ‘in principle’ commitment to supporting ISME in its new regional initiative to enrich and promote music education in under-served communities in various parts of the world, launched in 2021. Recipients are from Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa and US (focused on native Americans). See https://www.isme.org/news/isme-sempre-music-education-researchgrant-recipients-announced **6. Treasurer’s Report overview for 2022** (Professor Karen Burland) - (See Annex for the official accounts as reported to the Charity Commissioners for 2021/22.) - SEMPRE’s finances continue to look extremely healthy and during 2022 we have promised around £37,339 of awards with an overall total of £1,018,437 made since 2004/05. On 27 April 2022 we received SAGE royalties for 2021 of - £133,354.13, a sharp dip compared with recent years (£161,221.50), however, 4 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES SAGE royalties for 2022, despite initially forecasting a lower figure, have bounced back to pre-COVID levels to £162,479.25. An overview of our financial position is shown in the Financial Summary in the Annex attached. Finances are very healthy across all the accounts and with a total of £110,871 of funds committed overall I would suggest that our spending is appropriate with perhaps room to consider making additional investments. Just to note that the accounts for 2021-2022 were signed off by the Chair of Trustees and our Independent Auditors and submitted to the Charity Commission submission on 31 January 2023. Finally, I would like to thank Josephine Borradaile once again for her continued efforts in supporting the Society – she is vital to its smooth operation. ## **7. Membership Report** (Josephine Borradaile) See Annex for report. **8. Editors’ Reports** (see Annex for editors’ reports) - **8.1.** _Psychology of Music_ (Professor Alex Lamont and Dr Paolo Ammirante) GfW invited comment on the issues relating to the publication of multiple articles using the same data set, this is an issue that has arisen in the last year and there is a need to ensure that authors are clear what they need to do and that references are explicit. John Sloboda suggested that there was no problem in using a large data set, in fact this was to be encouraged just important that the authors are clear that this data set has other articles relating to other topics. IC referenced the Open Science Framework badges system which is something the Music & Science editorial team are considering. In fact, all data should be available in a public repository although this is more straightforward process for Music & Science more complicated for print journals such as PoM and RSME. Music & Science have also been asking authors to confirm ethical approval and provide a reference number and this is likely to become a requirement. JB agreed that the Open Science Framework is much more straightforward to implement with M&S and is an often more complex process for RSME. RSME does publish a lot of qualitative articles and the ethical approvals in Australia require that data source is anonymised and destroyed and not made public. A suggestion was made that for Music & Science an ethical review should be part of the research process and for authors to add a note to make clear that there were no ethical issues that needed to be considered. JB noted that RSME had a similar process. EH suggested that it was probably necessary for the journals to produce guidelines. GfW asked if all three editors might meet to discuss these issues further. IC very happy to meet to discuss this but would strongly argue against ‘ethics creep’. 5 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES - **8.2.** _Research Studies in Music Education_ (Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne and Dr Elizabeth MacGregor) - JB extended many thanks to Alexis Kallio for her support in covering JB’s extended study leave. RSME is steadily growing and is attracting papers from across the world. Last year there were none from US and UK which was an interesting omission. JB was pleased to announce that RSME have started doing podcasts with papers so automatically authors get sent an email inviting them to do a podcast providing authors with an interesting way to share their work and encourage interest in the journal and their work. - JB also extended special thanks to EMacG for making things run so smoothly. - **8.3** _Music & Science_ (Professor Ian Cross and Dr Emily Payne) IC noted that the journal was stable with a good number of submissions and several special collections with another 20-30 papers to be published this year. The journal is still having difficulty in finding reviewers, so are needing to expand and be creative in searching out reviewers. IC was very grateful to the huge efforts by EP and now SB as Assistant Editors. IC also noted the team were waiting for an outcome/resolution from SAGE re: the Impact Factor for Music & Science. ## **9. Conference Secretary and Conference Liaison Officer** (report by Dr Helen Prior and Dr Mary Stakelum) See Annex for report. HP and MS had nothing to note from their report but both are delighted to continue in post for another five years. ## **10. Webmaster’s Report** (Professor Evangelos Himonides) See Annex for report. No additional notes to make. Website has been running well and following Google’s revamp SEMPRE is still scoring no 1 in a billion plus pages. Continue to be vigilant and do not handle people’s personal data, individuals are asked to use PayPal. Continuing discussion re: news item feed. Keen to publish whatever is sent through need to be a little more proactive in that domain. In terms of attacks, with tens of thousands of attacks really hard to discern who is attacking OART but because of the rotating virtual servers we will never be down. IC noted that this would produce an interesting article. EH did speak on behalf of SEMPRE for the launch of Nicolas Magriel’s book (including a performance by Nicolas) to a packed amphitheatre at SOAS and was received very positively. Many of those present were interested in the process of obtaining SEMPRE’s support. ## **11. Any Other Business** GFW noted that SEMPRE remains committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in all activities, as illustrated by the range of awards globally in each of the world’s 6 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES regions. Dr Mary Stakelum continues to lead on SEMPRE’s policy development related to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, working with music colleagues across the higher education sector in the UK. MS is endeavouring to make these links as visible as possible and invited all present to come to a discussion panel she will hosting on Thursday 13 April at RIME2023 between 3.00-4.00pm. ## **12. DONM** GfW thanked everyone for their contributions and confirmed that the next SEMPRE AGM will take place at the spring conference in April 2024. Details to be confirmed. 7 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## **Annex 1: AGM 2023 Reports** ## **SEMPRE Journals headlines:** - All three SEMPRE journals continue to successfully publish research with hundreds of manuscripts submitted each year. SAGE is grateful for the excellent journals’ Editors for continuing rigorous peer review, publishing impactful content, and expanding to new communities despite the continuing impact on the industry of the COVID-19 pandemic. - SEMPRE Journals now attract over 600,000 article downloads per year and can be accessed at thousands of institutions across the world. - _Psychology of Music_ is indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index with an Impact Factor of 1.904. _Psychology of Music_ and _Research Studies in Music Education_ and _Music & Science_ were all indexed in Scopus in 2022, and feature in the top ten journals for Music Citescore ranking. ## **SAGE Publishing 2021-2022 news:** - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is something that we care deeply about at SAGE. We are aware that the publishing industry, including SAGE, has much more work to do in order to better reflect the diversity of the world we seek to educate and inform. In 2021-2022 SAGE invested in several Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives to improve both our own organization and our publication programs. For more information, please visit our DEI hub. - SAGE Publishing founder and owner Sara Miller McCune signed over her voting shares and control of the company to the independent SAGE-SMM Trust. The move takes an irrevocable step towards her long-standing goal of ensuring SAGE remains an independent company focused on its mission to build bridges to knowledge through educational and research publishing. 8 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## _**Psychology of Music**_ **Editorial Report – Alexandra Lamont and Paolo Ammirante** Since Andrea Creech’s last report in summer 2022 and her stepping down from the journal a number of changes have been made. Firstly, after a period of interim arrangements with many thanks to Graham Welch, Adam Ockelford and Evangelos Himonides as well as enhanced support from Paolo Ammirante as assistant editor, Alexandra Lamont has stepped in as acting Editor in Chief from October. Secondly, we are moving towards a new system of action editors – Associate Editors in SAGE’s terminology – to try to distribute the hefty workload of the single Editor and ensure the Journal operates efficiently. Of the existing Editorial Board and Team, 21 have agreed to take on this new role, while we have updated the list to remove three colleagues who are no longer able to contribute to the editorial team. We have added 6 new members to the Associate Editor team and will continue to grow this group. Meanwhile we are working with SAGE to implement the new system technically, which has been a little protracted. Alexandra has submitted an application to continue as Editor in Chief for another term which will be considered by the committee at this meeting. Sadly, after many years of excellent service Paolo will be leaving us soon as Editorial Assistant. An advertisement has been drafted and will be circulated shortly, but enormous thanks are due to Paolo for his expertise and efficiency and for additional work keeping the journal afloat over the summer and through this transition phase. The journal continues to receive a large number of submissions, the majority of which are original research papers. ## **Types of submission received** ||_Nov. 24,2020-Nov. 23,_|_Nov. 24,2020-Nov. 23,_|_Nov. 24,2020-Nov. 23,_|_Nov. 24,2021-Nov. 23,_|_Nov. 24,2021-Nov. 23,_|_Nov. 24,2021-Nov. 23,_| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||_2021_|||_2022_|| |_Manuscript Type_|_Original_|_Revised Total_||_Original_|_Revised Total_|| |Original Empirical||||||| |Investigations|226|
199|425|
236|
169|405| |Short Research Reports|24|
16|40|
20|
10|30| |Theoretical Critical Papers|16|
16|32|
12|
4|16| |Total|266|
231|497|
268|
183|451| As well as healthy numbers of submissions from the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany and Spain, we have seen a spike in submissions from China, although the majority of these were rejected. ## **Submissions and decisions by major country** |||_2021_|||_2022_|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||_Accep_|_Rejec_|_Tota_|_Accep_|_Rejec_|_Tota_| |_Country/Region_|_t_|_t_|_l_|_t_|_t_|_l_| |Australia|10|
1|
11|
4|
6|
10| |Brazil|2|
5|
7|
6|
7|
13| 9 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES |Canada|6|3|9|6|2|8| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |China|4|14|18|7|52|59| |Germany|10|0|10|9|3|12| |India|1|10|11|0|7|7| |Spain|7|8|15|6|14|20| |Turkey|0|4|4|3|5|8| |United Kingdom of Great Britain and||||||| |Northern Ireland|11|6|17|7|5|12| |United States|21|8|29|22|12|34| Several issues have emerged over the past few years that require wider consideration and the Committee’s views would be useful here: - 1) Publishing multiple articles from the same dataset. The journal has no official policy on this but it seems clear that if allowed, this must be clearly signalled. Due to the pressure on space it is worth considering whether we should be more rigid about this and make a policy statement. - 2) Open science. Psychology in particular has made a dramatic shift towards open science and the availability of data and materials can be extremely useful to future researchers (especially during Covid when original data was harder to obtain, and for those conducting meta-analyses and systematic reviews). Should we be offering the Open Science Framework badges for submissions that are eligible? - https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/1.%20View%20the%20Badges/ And should we be insisting on open materials and data where possible and giving support to authors in so doing? (What do other SAGE journals do in this respect?) - 3) Ethical approval. We currently only ask authors to confirm that their research has been submitted for ethical scrutiny where applicable. Should we be requiring formal confirmation of this in the form of an ethical review panel decision letter or similar? Other journals do this. Reviewers are not always aware of the ethical consent given to a paper as it is only in the submission checklist (if the authors do not mention this in the paper itself). ## **Professor Alexandra Lamont (Acting Editor) and Dr Paolo Ammirante (Editorial Assistant)** 10 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES _**Research Studies in Music Education**_ **Editor’s Report for SEMPRE Committee Meeting - Julie Ballantyne and Elizabeth MacGregor** ## **Submissions, 1 December 2021—1 December 2022** The number of submissions to _Research Studies in Music Education_ has steadily grown over the past year. We have just received our 87th original submission for the year 2022, and the journal has published 34 papers over the year. There are currently 32 articles sitting in the online first space. Manuscripts accepted between 1 December 2021 and 1 December 2022 have included submissions from Australia (6), Austria (1), Canada (3), Finland (4), Hong Kong (3), Hungary (1), Israel (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), and Norway (4). Conspicuous by their absence are submissions from the United States and the United Kingdom, although manuscripts from these countries are currently being processed. ## **Volume 44, Issues 2 – 3** Volume 44, Issue 2 (July 2022) opened with a new perspectives article contributed by Heidi Westerlund and colleagues. Their subject, ‘Visions for intercultural music teacher education in complex societies’, acted as a fitting prologue to an issue exploring the topics of teacher education, professional identity development, and cultural competence and responsivity. Volume 44, Issue 3 (October 2022) was guest edited by Alexis Kallio, who acted as Editor-in-Chief while Julie Ballantyne was absent on long service leave. The issue offered a thought-provoking collection of original research articles concerning vocal and singing education. Topics included community singing events, experiences of female adolescent voice change, conductor gesture in choral ensembles, imagery in vocal performance, somatic approaches to vocal education, vocal tastes and behaviours in musical theatre, and boys’ participation in daily singing. The Editorial Team for _Research Studies in Music Education_ are very grateful to Alexis for her hard work during her time as Acting Editor-in-Chief, and for the fresh and creative perspectives she brought to the editorial process. This week saw the first VodCast published on the SAGE website, and hopefully this becomes a more popular option as authors can ‘advertise’ their papers in a new way. **Julie Ballantyne and Elizabeth MacGregor, December 2022** 11 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## _**Music & Science**_ **Assistant Editor’s progress report – Emily Payne** ## **Published articles** ||Vol. 1
(2018)|Vol. 2
(2019)|Vol. 3
(2020)|Vol. 4
(2021)|Vol. 5
(2022)|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Research
articles|30|21|30|38|18 (with 8
more in
production)|137| |Book reviews|2|1|0|3|3 (with 1
more in
production)|9| |Conference
reports|3|0|3|0|1|7| |Total|35|22|33|41|22|153| Of the 163 papers accepted for publication, the following countries are represented: |Country|2017/18*|2019|2020|2021|2022|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Argentina|1|||||1| |Australia|4|4|6|2|1|17| |Austria||1||3|2|6| |Belgium||||2|1|3| |Canada|6|2|1|3|1|13| |Colombia|||||1|1| |Denmark|1|||||1| |Finland|3|2|3|1|1|10| |France||||1|1|2| |Germany|6|2|1|3|6|18| |Greece||||1||1| |HongKong||||1||1| |Israel|1||1||1|3| |Japan|1|||1||2| |Netherlands|1||1|1||3| |Norway|||1||2|3| |Poland||||1||1| |Portugal||||1|1|2| |Sweden|2|1|1|1|1|6| |Switzerland|1||1|2|1|5| |UK|8|3|10|12|7|40| |USA|5|4|7|5|3|24| |Total|40|19|33|41|30|163| *Date = decision date (not publication date) At present, there are 44 submissions or revisions where we await reviewer scores; 5 submissions await a decision by the Action Editor; 6 papers are awaiting revisions (1 minor; 1 major). 12 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## **Statistics** Manuscripts received by year (original submissions): |Month|2017|2018|2019|2020|2021|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Jan||2|3|6|4|10| |Feb||2|2|2|9|3| |Mar||7|7|3|8|7| |Apr||4|4|7|5|4| |May||2|5|6|1|4| |June|10|6|2|3|4|4| |July|11|6|3|4|2|5| |Aug|16|4|5|8|8|16| |Sep|4|2|2|1|4|12| |Oct|8|10|5|6|5|21| |Nov|2|5|3|6|9|7| |Dec|3|5|16|9|3|| ||54|55|57|61|62|93| Time until first decision (original submissions since June 2017): Average days: 73 (N=338) Time to Accept (since June 2017): Research articles (N=145): _M_ =267 days (SD=170 days); range: 1–980 days. Book reviews/conference reports (N=17): _M_ =19 days (SD=45 days); range: 0–182 days. Rejection/acceptance rate: |**Year**|**Reject**|**Accept **| |---|---|---| |2017|42.9%(N=12)|57.1%(N=16)| |2018|42.9%(N=18)|57.1%(N=24)| |2019|52.4%(N=22)|47.6%(N=20)| |2020|41.7%(N=25)|58.3%(N=35)| |2021|42.2%(N=27)|57.8%(N=37)| |2022|50%(N=26)|50%(N=26)| Total: 44.9% (N=132) / 55.1% (N=162) ## **Special Collections in progress** ## _1) Musics, Selves and Societies_ (N=10) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Published|8| |Major Revisions|2| ## _2) Music Psychology Research in a Complex World_ (N=7) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Published|6| |Major revisions|1| 13 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## _3) Explaining Music with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence_ (N=16) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Select reviewers|2| |Assign reviewers|4| |Awaitingreviewer scores|4| |Make decision|3| |Reject|2| |Withdrawn|1| ## _4) Music and Mental Imagery_ (N=17) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Select reviewers|2| |Invite reviewers|1| |Assign reviewers|2| |Awaitingreviewer scores|4| |Accept|1| |Reject|2| |Major revision|3| |Minor revision|2| ## _5) Music Lab Copenhagen feat. The Danish String Quartet_ (N=1) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Assign reviewers|1| ## _6) Contemporary Auditory Ecosystems and Innovative Musical Contexts: Insights into the Aesthetics and Perception of Sonorous Objects_ (N=1) |**Status**|**N**| |---|---| |Awaitingreviewer socres|1| See https://journals.sagepub.com/page/mns/special-collections for further information. ## **Updates to the Editorial Board** Catherine Carr has taken temporary leave from the Editorial Board; Jörg Fachner and Markus Neuwirth have been appointed as new members. ## **New Assistant Editor** Scott Bannister has recently been appointed as Assistant Editor of _Music & Science_ and will take on the role fully from January 2023. I am confident that the role is in very safe hands and I wish Scott all the best for the future. I would like to thank Ian Cross in particular for his leadership and mentorship throughout my time as Assistant Editor, and Adam Ockelford and Graham Welch as Editors. I also wish to thank Josephine Borradaile for her time and efforts in dealing with my many SEMPRE-related queries. Finally, thanks are due to Miriam Hodge, Hollie Evans, and the team at SAGE for their continued support and guidance. I have enjoyed my time on the journal immensely and have found it to be an incredibly rewarding experience. I look forward to continuing my involvement as a member of the Editorial Board. **Emily Payne, December 2022** 14 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## **SEMPRE Conference Update, December 2022** ## **Recent events:** ## **ISME22** 17–22 July 2022, Virtual https://ismeworldconference.org/ ## **SYSMUS22** 7–9 September 2022 Ghent University https://www.sysmus22.ugent.be/ ## **SEMPRE 50[th] Anniversary Conference, 2[nd] –3[rd] September 2022, UCL and remotely.** - THANK YOU to everyone involved – Evangelos, Mary, Josephine, Graham and many others! - Presentations from - Hickman Award winner (Xi Zhang) - Anniversary Award Holders () - Lifetime Achievement Award holders (Desmond Sergent, Göran Folkestad, Gary McPherson, Dianna Kenny, Sandra Trehub) - Many other presentations too, from newer and more experienced researchers. - https://www.sempre.org.uk/50th ## **Forthcoming events:** SEMPRE spring conference??? **Events in association with SEMPRE** RIME 2023: https://www.sempre.org.uk/conferences/forthcoming-associated 11–14 April 2023 Online conference ICMPC – Japan August 24–28, 2023 at Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan. (Some online access) It will be hosted by the JSMPC (Japanese Society on Music Perception and Cognition) and APSCOM (The Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music) http://icmpc.org/ ## **Future-proofing forthcoming (online/hybrid) conferences.** After assisting with the organisation of numerous online and hybrid conferences recently, Evangelos will be taking a step back after the RIME conference for the foreseeable future. We are extremely grateful for his expertise and assistance! We have asked him if he would be willing to produce some guidance for people organising online and hybrid events in the near future, so that others can still benefit from his expertise. Thank you, Evangelos! ## **Helen Prior (and Mary Stakelum), December 2022** 15 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES **Extract from SEMPRE’s Independently examined accounts for 2021-22** 16 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES SEMPRE BALANCE SHE AS AT 31 MARCH 2022 2022 2021 Note Investments 13 198,027 191.982 198,027 191,982 Current assets Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 14 138,772 266,858 154,131 255,027 405,630 409,158 Credllors- amounts falling due within one year 15 (36,946) {137,998) Net current as$el$ 368.684 271,160 Total a$$ot$ le$$ current liabilities 566,711 463,142 Total ntrt a$$•ts 566,711 463,142 Char5ty funds Restricled funds Unrestricted funds 17 17 1,236 565,475 463.142 Total funds 566,711 463,142 The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and slgned on their behalf by: Professor Graham F Welch Date.. 13 January 2023 The notes on pages 11 to 21 fomi part of these financial ststements. 17 SEMPRE AGM 12, April 2023 MINUTES **Financial Summary** 18 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## **Membership Report** (Josephine Borradaile) 19 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES **Webmaster’s Report Professor Evangelos Himonides** 20 SEMPRE AGM 12[th] April 2023 MINUTES ## Devices Nearly a third of unique users interacted with the website using mobile phones, without recorded errors or compatibility issues. This is positive evidence about the interoperability of the site and its fluid, responsive design. 2 Countries 8.509 8,509 I IB Unir¢dKm9 2 YI Unlt•d*4t44 1.495 1736 3. • Chi I12￿47 S Gvrm•iy 228 •265% 222 7 14 C4Md• 111 èlai Ind 179 m20 17SW20 Top Channels Top Channels Users "rect • Usefs Organic Search Refeffal Soci 1h2% 47_9 31416 lty ¥J22 S•pI￿*r2022 Acquisltion Behaviour &509 Izrn $3.07% 2.13 00'.01.'20 4274 $9.19% 2 • Oryanlc Sear¢h 1777 $3.42% 3 I Refwral 1.477 31.65% 4 w Social 495 62.85% Pages (from Google) What pages do your users visit? Page Page Views Page Value 9.100 £0.00 150th 3.899 £0.00 12022-mel-Imohe 1.985 £0.00 /confere￿eS1fOth0MInll 1.864 £0.00 /I￿rnal8 1.036 £0.00 /conferenees 668 £0.00 Imembershlp S81 £0.00 labout 552 £0.00 lawards 516 £0.00 Ipeople 435 £0.00 ## Article popularity Our contact page continues to be the most visited, by far (nb. The reported numbers are cumulative for the lifetime of the site). ## Membership information We are ready to update the membership products on the website for 2023, past today’s meeting. ## Paypal Between 01 January 2022 and 28 November 2022, the Sempre website performed c.249 online transactions (cumulative payments = £9,123). ## Oart Sempre supported the redevelopment of the Online Afghan Rubab tutor (oart.eu). The site is up and running and has been receiving a very large number of visits and material streaming. We had to move Oart to a separate VPS due to the continual attacks and attempts to bring the site down (8x the average number of attacks that the main site is receiving on average). 6 ## Inspire Music Sempre has agreed to support the redevelopment of the Inspire-Music Portal, co-supported by the Rainbow-Dickinson Trust. The new site has been up and running since December 2021. It would be perhaps interesting to discuss whether new case studies can be added, and also whether the scope could be augmented (later years?) ## Music and Science on Jisc The music and science listserv list on Jisc currently has 551 subscribers. Twenty seven (N=27) individuals subscribed during 2022. In greater details, the following table offers a summary of commands executed. ## Twitter (@sempreorguk) Number of followers: 1950 7 Your Tweets earned 5.2K impressions over this ￿ day period Tw6et8 4EMPFIE Sop is CIP AIME 2023 | The 13th 1nt8matj0￿ Confe1￿¢*fOr R•e•er¢h In Educ4tirffi, 11-14 Aw"120fJ.' nn 6.1% l*knLJ¥U...L 8EMPAE T acancy.. P8ychology ol Edttcf 8empreA¥v.￿jr￿A> 1189-psych... 4.8% Charity number: 295670 SEMPRE UNAUDITED TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 RPGCC Chartered Accotjntanls & Slalulory Auditor 40 Grac&¢hurch Street London EC3V OBT SEMPRE CONTENTS Page Reference and administralive delails of the charity, it5 Trustees and advisers Trustees, report Trustees, responsibilities stalemenl Independent examiner's report Statement of financial activities Balance sheet 10 Notes to the financial statemenls SEMPRE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETPJLS OF THE CHARITY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Trustees Professor lan Cross Professor Adam Ockelford Professor Graham F Welch, Chair Dr Mary Slakelum DrAlex Lamont Charity registered number 295670 Principal office Collage Artspace 2 4 Coburg Road London N22 6UI Secretary Professor Adam Ockelford Treasurer Dr Karen Buriand-clark Accountants RPGCC Chartered Accountsnts 40 Gracechurch Street London EC3V OBT Financial Advisers SCM Private LLP Waverley Court Wilteil Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9ET Independent Examiner Jeremy Tyrrell RPGCC 40 Gracechurch Street London EC3V OBT Page 1 SEMPRE TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The Trustees present Iheir annual report together with the financial stalements for Ihe year ended 31 March 2023. The financial statements comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 1021 (effective from 1 January 2019) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102} and Charities Act 2011. Objects and Activities The object of the Society is the advancement of education and research conceming the Psychology of Music and Music Education for the benefit of people throughout the wodd. In furtherance of the above object. but not further or othemise, the Society Ihrough its Trustees, has the following powers: To bring together, through the medium of regular regional, national and international conferences and associated publications (in print and electronic forms), researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field of music education and music psychology and contingent fields arts and sciences who may be working in comparative isolation, and to foster a positive relationship between practising music teachers, music psychologists, music iherapists, community musicians, other practitioners, policy makers and researchers and their respective fields of activity.. To support, in any appropriate way. research undertaken in the psychology of music and music education by members of the Society and others working in the field. This may include financial support at the discretion of the Tru51ee5. should funds be available (for example, for the SEMPRE Awards programme)., To enable individuals involved in research to infom olhers about their work and obtain comment and criticism- To publish periodicaSly journals. including the Society's current journals as at the date of adoption of Ihis Constitution (being the following. Psychology of Music.. 'Research Studies in Music Education, and 'Music and Science,), either acting alone or with an appropriate intemationally recognised publisher., To publish book series, including as at the dale of adoption of this Constitution 'SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music.; To make grants. awards or loans of money and to give guaranlees.. To co-operate with other bodies-. To raise funds (but not by means of taxable trading); To borrow money and give security for loans (but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the Charities Act 2011 (as amended or re-enacted from time to timell. To acquire or hire property of any kind., Page 2 SEMPRE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 To let or dispose of property of any kind (but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the Charities Act 2011 (as amended or re*nacted from lime lo timell. To sel aside funds for special purposes or as reserves against future expenditure., To deposit or invest in funds in any manner {but lo invest only after obtaining such advice from a financial expert as the Trustees consider necessary and having regard lo the suitability of investments and the need for dlversificationl.. To delegate the management of investments to a financial expert, bul only on terms that: the investment policy is recorded in wrsting for the financial expert by the Trustees. every transaction is reported promptly to the Trustees. iii) the performance of the investments Is reviewed regularly with the Trustees. iv) the Trustees are entitled lo can￿1 the delegation arrangement al any lime the investment policy and the delegation arrangement are reviewed al leasl once a year., all payments due to the financial expert are on a scale or at a level which is agreed in advance and are reported promptly to the Truslees on receipt., vill the financial expert must not do anything outside the powers of the Trustees., To insure the propety of the Society against any foreseeable risk and take out other insurance policies to protect the Society when required., To employ paid or unpaid agents. staff or advisers.. To enter into contracts lo provide seNices lo or on behalf of other bodies., To establish or acquire subsidiary companies to assist or act as agents for the Society-, To do all such other things as shall further the object of the Society. Public beneflt SEMPRE is achieving public benefit by assisting in the advancement and promotion of education and research concerning the Psychology of Music and Music Education for kne benefit of people throughout the world. Achievements and Performance The year 2023 followed SEMPRE'S 50th anniversary wilh a continuing sense of achievement. In addition to our three successful journals. published commercially by Sage - Psychology of Music, Research Studies in Music Education. and Music and Science- our Routledge SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music now has 45 titles in the series, with more books in press and under review. Our publishers report a continued healthy lake-up by international audiences, and the SEMPRE titles are seen as central to their music offerings. We have also supported a range of national and intemational cOnferen￿s. both by our own members and also by associated organisations in the music education and music psychology ffelds. Our portfolio of charitable awards has continued, now totalling over £1 m since ils inception in 200415, with support for major global conferences in the planning phase for 2024. Page 3 SEMPRE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The awards continue to be mainly as prime funding for small-sca18 research as well as for individual students and unwaged researchers to attend national and international events in the Psychology of Music and Music Education, in line wilh SEMPRE'S distinct mission. Also, in line with our ethical travel policy, we are encouraging organisations to use electronic media lo allow more remote participation in their conferences, with SEMPRE supporting the online costs. such as website development and the employment of specialist IT slaffing. Overall, 2023 was another very Su￿ssful year. Investmgnt Policy and Performance In accordance with the trust's constitution, the trustees have the power to deposit or invest funds, employ a professional fund-manager and arrange for the investment or other property of the trust to be held in the name of a nominee subject to the Trustee Act 2000. The bulk of the trust's free reserves are currently held in a common investment fund managed by SCM Private LLP. Financial Revigw The Trust had total net income, as defined in the Statement of Recommended Practice. for the year of£28,188 {2022.' £103,569}- This is after taking into account the effects of net losses on investments of £8,805 {2022- net gains of £2,304). Net income before investment gains was a £36,993 {2022'. £101,265). Reserves Policy Funds which are not ￿qUired for immediate use (including those which will be required for use at a future date} must be placed on deposit or invested until needed. The charity maintains sufficient. but not excessive, reserves in order lo continue its charitable objectives in the foreseeable future. Structure. Governance and Management The Society is constituted under a Constitution originally agreed at the AGM on 13th April 2002 and subsequently revised on 29th July 2016. The Society consists of the members, Ihe Trustees, and the Committee. which includes the Officers of the Society. The Truslees The Trustees that served during the year were as follows., Profe550r lan Cross Dr Alex Lamont Professor Adam Ockleford Dr Mary Stakelum Professor Graham F Welch, Chair The Trustees have responsibility for the general management and administration of the Society. P8ge 4 SEMPRE TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED} FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The Trustees may delegate any of their powers or functions to committees consisting of I￿0 or more individuals appointed by them (but at least two members of every committee must be a Trustee) and all proceedings of committees musl be recorded in the minute book and reviewed regularly by the Trustees. They may impose conditions when delegating and may revoke or alter a delegation at any time. There shall be al least three, but not more than five, Trustees. Trustees are appointed by the Committee from among its number. Each Trustee holds office until the fifth anniversary of his or her appointment, when he or she must retire but shall be eligible for reappointment. Every Trustee, after appointment or re-appointment, must sign a declaration of willingness to act as a charity trustee of the Society. A retiring Trustee or member of the Committee is entitled on written request to an indemnity from the Society in respect of any liabilities properly incurred while he or she held office. The Chair ofTrustees is appointed by the Trustees from their number, and may be removed from that office by the Trustees al any time. A person can serve at the same time as both the Chair of Trustees and the Chair of the Committee. The Chair of Trustees does not automatically cease to be a Trustee as a result of ceasing to be the Chair of Trustees. The Committee The Committee, as established by the Trustees, has responsibility for supporting the Trustees in their management and administration of the Society. The Trustees delegate such powers to the Committee in relation to management and administralion of the Society as the Trustees deem fit from lime lo time. Such delegation includes the following powers.. To appoint, from among its number, the Trustees. To make standing orders consistent with this Constitution to govem proceedings at General Meetings. To make rules consistent with this Constitution to govem its proceedings and proceedings of committees (including itseln. To make regulations consislent with this Constitution to govern the administration of the Society including the operation of bank accoullts and the commitment of funds. To resolve, or establish procedures to assist the resolution of, disputes within thesociety. The Committee consists of the Chair of the Commiltee as elected by the members, the other Honorary Officers of the Society as elected by the members.. the Lay Officers, who are lay members elected by members with specific designated roles.. up to Doctoral Student Represenlalives, nominated by members and appointed by the Committee., and any individuals co- opted by the Committee to fill any vacancies arising. The Committee comprises not fewer than thirteen and normally not more than eighteen members. Page 5 SEMPRE TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The Honorary and Lay Officers of the Society have such roles and duties as may be determined from time to time by the Trustees {or the Committee, where it has been given due delegated authority by the Trustees). The Honorary Officers of the Society {all of whom serve on the Commitleel comprise the Chair of the Committee, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Editors of the Society's Journals, and such other persons to fulfil such honorary positions as may be approved by the members at General Meeting from time to time (whether following a proposal of the Trusle8S, the Committee or of the members). In the event of any casual vacancy on the Committee, the Committee has the power to co-opl a member to fill the vacancy., such a co-opled member shall exercise the full rights of a member of the Comrrittee and serve until Ihe next Annual General Meeting, at the end of which he or she must retire but sha51 become eligible for election by the rnembers. The Trustees have considered the rlsks lo which SEMPRE is exposed. The Major risk concerns the continued demand for the charity's publications and the Trustees consider that the risk of a fall in subscriptions is mitigaled by: A Board of Trustees with the ne¢essary experience and competence to ensure continued research and the subsequent publishing of findings and opinions in the publications that are relevant to practitioners and researchers in the fields of music education and music psychology, both individually and combined. Regular Trustees, meetings with effective reporting lo ensure proper review of Operations. Achievement and Perfo￿nance. Regular and positive engagement with our intemational commercial publishing partners lo ensure the fitness of our publication portffolio. Going Concern With solid levels of reserves, a firm conlrol over expenditure. and in the absen￿ of any material uncertainties over the Charity's ability lo continue, it is considered by the Trustees lo be a going concem for the forthcoming year and the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concem basis in preparing the accounts. The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial stalemenls for the year ended 31 March 2023. Approved by order of Ihe members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by.. 61 Pr sor Graham F Wèl¢h Date.. 25th January 2024 Page 6 SEMPRE STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees, report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable lo charities in England & Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and applicatlon of resources. including ils income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP IFRS 1021. make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent., slate whether applicable UK Accounting Standards IFRS 1021 have been followed. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The Truslees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records thal are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable a¢¢uracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements Comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by order of the members of the board of Tnjstees and signed on its behalf by= Profe550r Graham F Welch Date.. 25th January 2024 Page 7 SEMPRE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of SEMPRE I'the charity'l I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. Responsibilities and Basis of Report As the Trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirernents of the Charities Act 20111'the 2011 Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51{b} of the 2011 Act. Independent Examinerfs Statement Your attenlSon Is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the accounls In accordance wlth Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has been withdrawn. understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act., or the accounts do not accord with those records.. or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts 8nd Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independenl examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection wth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Jeremy Tyrrell IFCAI 40 Gracechurch Street London EC3V OBT Page 8 SEMPRE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Unrestricled funds 2023 Restricted fvnds 2023 Total funds 2023 Tolal funds 2022 Note In¢ome from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Investments Other income 1,284 163.939 4,698 166,455 5,365 166.455 5.365 Total income 171,825 171,825 169.921 Expendlture on: Charitable activities 134,832 134,832 68,656 Total gxpendlturg 134,832 134.832 68,656 Net income before net Ilossesvgains on investments 36,993 {8,805} 36,993 18,8051 101,265 2,304 Nel Ilosses)Igains on investments Net movement In funds 28.188 28.188 103,569 Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds 565.475 28.188 1.236 566,711 28,188 463,142 103,569 Total funds Ca￿led forward 593.663 1.236 594,899 566.711 The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. The notes on pages 11 to 22 form part of these financial statements. Page 9 SEMPRE BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2023 2023 2022 Note Investments 13 193,481 198,027 193.481 198,027 Current assets Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 14 167,507 307,839 138,772 266,858 475,346 405.630 Credilors: amounts falling due within one year 15 173,928} 136.946) Net current assets 401,418 368,684 Total assets less current Ilabilities 594.899 566,711 Total net assets 594.899 566.711 Charity funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds 17 1,236 593,663 1,236 565.475 Total funds 594.899 566.711 The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by.. Professor Graham F Welch Date.. 25th January 2024 The notes on pages 11 to 22 form part of these financial statements. Page 10 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 General information SEMPRE is a registered charity. charity number 295670. Its princip81 office is Collage Artspace 2, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UI. The objective of the charity remained the advancement of education and research conceming the Psychology of Music and Music Education for the benefit of people throughout the wodd. Accounting policies 2.1 Basis of re aration of financial statements The financial statements have been prepared in accordance wilh the Charities SORP IFRS 1021 Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Stalement of Recommended Practice applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in ac￿rdan￿ w51h the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102} (effective 1 January 20191, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 1021 and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared lo give a 'true and fair, wew and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a 'true and fail view. This departure has involved following the Charities SORP (FRS 1021 published in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn. SEMPRE meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. 2.2 Income All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable th8t the income will be received and Ihe amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the lime the investment income is receivable. 2.3 Ex enditure Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation lo transfer economic benefit lo a third paty, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation ¢an be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs. including support costs involved in undertaking each activily. Direct ¢osls attributable to a single activity are allocaled directly to that activity- Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable lo a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset's usg. Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on direclly undertaking the activities which further the charitvs objectives, as well as any associated support costs. Page11 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Accounting policies (continued) 2.3 Ex enditure continued All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. 2.4 Interest receivable Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by Ihe charity,. this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the institution with whom the funds are deposited. 2.5 Investments Fixed asset investments are a form of financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction cost and subsequently measured at fair value al the Balance Sheet date. unless the value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and presented as 'GainsllLosses} on investments, in the Stalement of financial adivities. 2.6 Debtors Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. 2.7 Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-lerm highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. 2.8 Liabilities and rovisions Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet dale as a result of 8 past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement. and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charity anticipates il will pay lo settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it musl provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts requlred to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the lime value of money is material, Ihe provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific lo the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost. 2.9 Financial instruments The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured al amortised cost using the effective interest method. Page 12 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Accounting policies {continued} 2.10Fund accountin The charity only has gener81 funds. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. Restricted funds are funds which are lo be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The Costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fLAnd. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set oul in the notes to the financial slatemenls. Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund. 2.11Cash Flow Exem tion The financial statements do not include a cash flow statement because the Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgment Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Critical accounting estimates and assumption5- The chariiy makes estimates and assumptions concerning Ihe future. The resulting accounting estimates and assumptions will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The trustees include in the accounts an estimate for the value of the final quarter's royallies receivable on the charity's SAGE portfolio as these figures are not usually available yet at the time of the accounts preparation. This estimate is based on 114th of the figure SAGE estimates as due for the next year. Page 13 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Income from donations and legacies Restricted funds 2023 Total funds 2023 Donations Restricted funds 2022 Total funds 2022 Donations 1.284 1,284 Income from charitable acttvities restricted funds 2023 Total funds 2023 Royalties Individual memberships Conference contributions 162,107 1,968 2,380 162,107 1,968 2,380 Total 2023 166,455 166.455 Un- restricted funds 2022 Total funds 2022 Royalties Individual memberships conferen￿ contributions 146,085 2,034 15,820 146,085 2,034 15.820 Total 2022 163,939 163,939 Page 14 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Investment incorne restricted funds 2023 Total funds 2023 Dividends Interest 5.317 48 5,317 48 5,365 5.365 Un- restricted funds 2022 Total funds 2022 Dividends Interest 4.698 4,698 4,698 4,698 Other incoming resources restricted funds 2023 Total funds 2023 Total funds 2022 Olher incoming resources Page 15 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities Summa b fundt restricted funds 2023 Total 2023 Promotion of Musical Educallon 134,832 134.832 Un- restricted Restricted funds funds 2022 2022 Total 2022 Promotion of Musical Education 68,608 48 68,656 Analysis of expenditure by activities Activities undertaken directly 2023 Support costs Total funds 2023 2023 Promotion of Musical Education 112,062 22,770 134,832 Activities undertaken directly 2022 Support costs Total funds 2022 2022 Promotion of Musical Education 46,536 22,120 68.656 Page 16 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Analysis of expenditure by activities {continued) Analysis of direct costs Total funds 2023 Total funds 2022 Awards Bank interest and charges Conference costs Editorial and website Investment management Sundry Travel and Subsistence 62,942 1,145 27,516 19,187 989 1,291 11,008} 23,065 718 7,529 13.549 1,123 552 112,062 46,536 Analysis of support costs Total funds 2023 Total funds 2022 Administration Independent Exarnination Rent 10,921 2.912 6,660 1,235 719 323 10,486 3,474 6,540 Insurance Trustees expenses 680 22,770 22,120 Page 17 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 10. Govemance costs Un- restricted funds 2023 Total funds 2023 Accountanoy fees & Independent examination 2.912 2,912 restricted funds 2022 Total funds 2022 Accountancy fees & Independent examination 3,474 3.474 11. Staff cosls The average number of persons employed by the charity during the year was as follows.. 2023 2022 No. Tnjslees No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year. Key management comprises the Trustees. who did not receive any remuneration during the year12022.' none). 12. Trustees, remuneration and expenses During the year, no Truslees received any remuneration or other benefits (2022 - £NILI. During the year ended 31 March 2023, expenses totalling £323 were reimbursed or paid directly to 1 Trustee {2022- £NIL to no Trusteel. Page 18 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 13. Fixed asset investments Lisled investm8nls Cost or valuation At 1 April 2022 Additions Disposals Revaluations 198,027 63.537 {59,2781 18.8051 Al 31 March 2023 193,481 Net book value At 31 March 2023 193,481 At 31 March 2022 198.027 14. Debtors 2023 2022 Due within one Other debtors Prepaymenis and accrued income ear 167,058 449 138.305 467 167,507 138,772 15. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 2023 2022 Accruals and deferred income 73,928 36,946 Page 19 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 16. Financial instruments 2023 2022 Financial assets Financial assets measured at fair value through income and expenditure 193,481 198.027 Financi81 assets measured at fair value through income and expenditure comprise the charity's investment portrolio. Page 20 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 17. statement of funds Statement of fijnds - current year Balance at Gainsl 31 March (Losses} 2023 Balance at 1 April 2022 Income Expenditure Unrestricled funds General Funds - all funds 565.475 171,825 {134,832} {8.8051 593,663 Restricted funds Support for Afghanistan 1,236 1,236 Total of funds 566,711 171,825 1134.832) {8,8051 594,899 Restricted funds represent donations ￿llected to support communities in Afghanistsn. The amounts are currently still held in full by the charity and the trustees intend to transfer them to a charity supporting Afghanistan shortly. ststement of funds - prior year Balance at Gainsl 31 March (Losses) 2022 Balance at 1 April 2021 Income Expenditure Unrestricted funds General Funds 463,142 168,637 {68.6081 2,304 565,475 Restricted funds Support for Afghanistan 1,284 {48) 1.236 Total of funds 463,142 169.921 168,656) 2,304 566,711 Page 21 SEMPRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 18. Analysis of net assets be￿een fund5 Analysis of nel assets bebNeen funds - current year stricled Restricted funds funds 2023 2023 Total funds 2023 Fixed asset investments Current assets Creditors due within one year 193.481 474,110 {73.9281 193,481 475,346 173,928) 1,236 Total 593,663 1,236 594,899 Analysis of nel assets between funds - prior year restricted Restricted funds funds 2022 2022 Total fvnds 2022 Fixed asset investments Current assets Creditors due within one year 198,027 404,394 136.946) 198,027 405.630 (36,9461 1,236 Total 565,475 1,236 566,711 19. Relaled party transactions There were no related party transactions during the year other than the one disclused in Note 12 {2022.' none}. Page 22