## **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 298012** **Report of the Trustees and Financial Statement for Year Ended 31[st] March 2024** ## **for** ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** c/o Pound Arts Pound Pill Corsham Wiltshire SN13 9HX **1 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2023** ||**Page**| |---|---| |**Report of the Trustees**|**3-6**| |**Independent Report**|**7**| |**Statement of Financial AcMviMes**|**8**| |**Balance Sheet**|**8**| |**Notes to the Financial Statements**|**9 - 10**| **2 |** P a g e March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of accounIng and reporIng by ChariIes: Statement of Recommended PracIce applicable to chariIes preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial ReporIng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effecIve 1st January 2015). ## **ObjecMves and acMviMes** TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS IN WILTSHIRE BY HELPING TO TRAIN THEM IN THE PLAYING OF WINDBAND INSTRUMENTS BY MEANS OF CONCERTS AND EXHIBITIONS AT WHICH YOUNG PERSONS MAY PERFORM AS BANDS TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC. ## **Area of benefit:** WILTSHIRE ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2ND OCTOBER 1987 The charity is controlled by its governing document, and constitution as an unincorporated charity. ## **Reference and Administrative Details** REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 298012 ## **Principal Address** Pound Arts Pound Pill Corsham Wiltshire SN13 9HX **3 |** P a g e ## **Trustees** S Blandford Interim Chair from September 2022 T Coles-Burneb Secretary from October 2022 Resigned November 2023 T Prees Treasurer (up to March 2023) P Tuckeb Treasurer (from April 2023) A Harding Trustee P Bryan LogisIcs J Bryan I Coles-Burneb S Carr J Anstee P Feltham S Simon S Rogers Secretary from December 2023 Trustees are recruited from the AssociaIon's membership and formally appointed at the associaIon's annual general meeIng. There is no formal inducIon policy but new trustees are given support and training to enable them to undertake their work. plan future acIviIes and consider mabers relaIng to membership and finance. The charity is not formally part of a wider network and has no subsidiaries. It does cooperate with other organisaIons that have an interest in family and community arts acIviIes. **4 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** ## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2023** ## **ANNUAL REVIEW** Finances were improved with grants received from the Corsham Town Council, fundraising and increased membership. During this year there was a change to the board of trustees with an increase in the number of trustees and supporIng parents. At the end of the year there were 117 members. Online meeIngs of the trustee board became well abended and allowed the associaIon to manage In February 2024 Corsham Windband AssociaIon visited Orléans and Jargeau (Corsham’s Twin Town) in the Loire Region of France during the half term break. Two features of the trip were highlighted by our hosts from the Jargeau Twinning AssociaIon – the sharing in our joy of music making and the celebraIon of partnership between the people of Corsham and Jargeau. Whilst in the area the bands raised 1200 Euros for ‘Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque Enfants du Monde’ – a charity dedicated to funding surgery for children with heart problems. Local performances in Corsham increased the awareness of the community alongside an increase in the range of partnerships with schools and organisaIons in the Wiltshire area. The AssociaIon had no employees in 2023 – 2024 but relied on volunteers to support all acIviIes lessons and partnerships. ContribuIons to costs were made to Jack Anstee and Jo Knight. Membership conInues **to be open to all, with a number of families and past members joining throughout the year. Sponsored places are a feature of the inclusive nature of CWA.** ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** Income is now derived from four principal sources: membership subscripIons; fund raising through performances; donaIons including Just Giving; and grants. review of the property held by the AssociaIon has been carried out. This will result in an increase in the premium for the year 2024/25 ## **RESERVES POLICY** All of the funds held by the Corsham Wind Band AssociaIon are unrestricted funds. This funding is held to enable the associaIon to conInue with its acIviIes and to develop further music making locally and across Wiltshire. The AssociaIon has reserves held within the current account amounIng to £18131. Having considered its reserves and future income prospects the trustees agree that the associaIon is a going concern. **5 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** ## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2023** ## **RISKS** The associaIon reviews risks as part of its regular meeIngs and when considering new acIviIes. term reducIon in membership numbers or less successful events and fund raising. The work of the associaIon could be disrupted by external events (such as a pandemic) and, over a longer Ime scale, a shortage of volunteers to support all acIviIes. The CWA trustees will look at further future projects to enhance the resources available to CWA membership provided that there remains sufficient number of volunteers to deliver these projects. ## **BANK** The AssociaIon banks with Nat West Bank Limited The AssociaIon has 3 acIve signatories – Paul Tuckeb, Sonia Blandford and Samantha Rogers. The AssociaIon has had no disputes or late payments in the period There is a good working relaIonship between the Bank and the AssociaIon. ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER** E. Barreb 4 PORTERS MEAD CORSHAM WILTSHIRE SN13 9BA UNITED KINGDOM Approved by the board of trustees on 24 January 2024 and signed on its behalf by: Paul Tuckeb Treasurer **6 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** ## **Independent report to the trustees of the Corsham Wind Band AssociaMon.** I report to the charity trustees on my examinaIon of the accounts of the Corsham Wind Band AssociaIon (the Trust) for the year ended 31st March 2024. ## **ResponsibiliMes and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparaIon of the accounts in accordance with the quote requirements of the chariIes Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examinaIon of the trust account carried out under secIon 145 of the act and in carrying out my examinaIon I have followed all applicable direcIons given by the Charity Commission under the secIon 145 (5) (b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** connecIon with the examinaIon given me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. AccounIng records were not kept in respect of the trust as required by secIon 130 of the act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the chariIes (accounts and reports) regulaIons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a maber considered as part of an independent examinaIon understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## E. Barreb 4 PORTERS MEAD CORSHAM WILTSHIRE SN13 9BA UNITED KINGDOM Date: June 2024 **7 |** P a g e ## **CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity Commission Registration No: 298012** ## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2024** |**INCOME**|£| |---|---| |Donations|£14,500.96| |CTC Donations|£1,450.00| |Corsham 10K|£250.00| |Subscriptions|£3,835.00| |Jargeau|£9,787.00| |Just Giving|£13,965.78| |Cornwall|£525.00| |Other Income|£17.50| |**Total Receipts**|**£44,331.24**| |Less|| |**EXPENDITURE**|| |Webpage|£80.97| |Instrument repair|£1,038.20| |Insurance premium|£1,132.33| |Rent- Pound Arts|£4,089.40| |Other costs|£7,207.68| |Stationery|£454.40| |Jargeau|£18,913.99| |Music|£304.06| |Strasbourg|£150.00| |Cornwall|£1,021.60| |**Total Expenditure**|**£34,392.63**| |**Income over expenditure**|**£9,938.61**| ## **CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity Commission Registration No: 298012** ## **BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2024** |**FIXED ASSETS**|| |---|---| |Instruments|£109,170.00| |Property|£1,750.00| |Sheet Music|£15,000.00| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|| |Debtors|£0.00| |Cash at bank|£18,131.61| |Total Assets|**£18,131.61**| |**Less**|| |**LIABILITIES**|| |Total Liabilities|£0.00| |Total Assets Less Liabilities|£18,131.61| |REPRESENTED BY|| |Income over expenditure|£9,938.61| |Reserves brought forward|£8,193.00| ||**£18,131.61**| |Paul Tuckett|| |Treasurer - June 2024|| In connection with my examination, no matter had come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, accounting records were not kept in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act. ## Edward Barrett Independent Examiner - June 2024 **8 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** ## **1. AccounMng Policies** ## prepared in accordance with the chariIes SORP (FRS 102) ‘AccounIng and ReporIng by ChariIes: Statement of Recommended PracIce applicable to chariIes preparing the accounts in accordance with the Financial ReporIng Standard applicable in the UK and public Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) effecIve 1st January 2015, financial reporIng standard 102 ‘ The Financial ReporIng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the ChariIes Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convenIon. ## **Income** funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. ## **Expenditure** LiabiliIes are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or construcIve obligaIon commiong the charity to that extent expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in seblement and the amount of the obligaIon can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly abributed to parIcular headings they have been allocated to acIviIes on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **TaxaMon** The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable acIviIes. ## **Find accounMng** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objecIves at the discreIon of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for parIcular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. RestricIons arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for parIcular restricted purposes. Restricted funds relate to contribuIons to the Strasbourg tour in February 2023. ## **Key Judgments and AssumpMons** The AssociaIon has made judgements about the likelihood of members conInuing to take out membership and of conInuing events and fund raising. It has esImated outstanding creditors and debtors based on the latest informaIon available. It is formed a view about the adequacy of reserves in the context of plant a commibed expenditure. **9 |** P a g e ## **The Corsham Windband AssociaMon** ## ## **2. STOCK** The associaIon holds music, uniforms, musical instruments, programmes, stands, gazebos, and a trailer. The value of this stock is limited to resale value of £125,600. ## **3. CREDITORS** There were no creditors at the end of the year against unrestricted funds. ## **4. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** There were no related party strings acIons for the year ended 31st March 2023. ## **5. PUBLIC BENEFIT ENTITY** **10 |** P a g e