
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 April 2022 Period start date   to 31 March 2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: The Suffolk Organists Association** 

## **Charity registration number:299408** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote the tuition and performance**<br>**of organ music**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**To support tutors, trainees, students,**<br>**practicing organists**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have regard to the guidance**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

||<br>SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**To provide tuition to students of all ages**<br>**by way of professional teaching by**<br>**accredited tutors, to assist with**<br>**purchase of music, and provision of**<br>**advice on learning programs**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Providing meeting venues, tuning**<br>**organs, arranging concerts, stewarding**<br>**events, arranging committee meetings,**<br>**managing website, publishing**<br>**newsletters and journals**|
|Other||**Not applicable**|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Students have progressed through**<br>**Associated Board exams to and beyond**<br>**university organ and choral**<br>**scholarships.   Promotion of church and**<br>**organ music through concerts, lectures,**<br>**and demonstrations.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Surplus donations invested i9n building**<br>**society account**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Income for providing masterclasses,**<br>**and tuition derived from interest on**<br>**savings**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Approx £130k**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Affiliated to Incorporated Association**<br>**of Organists (IAO).**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Voluntary proposals for election by**<br>**general membership to governing**<br>**Council for defined periods.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Suffolk Organists Association|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Suffolk Organists Association|
|Registered charity number|299408|
|Charity’s principal address|Ridgeways, The Street,<br>Charsfield,<br>Woodbridge<br>Suffolk IP13 7PU|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Charles Roger<br>Pulham|Treasurer|2014 to present||
||Paul Austen|Membership<br>secretary|2018 to present||
||Stepehen Hogger|Secretary|2016 topresent||
||Alan Loader|President|2023 topresent||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** C.R.Pulham 

**Full name(s)** Charles Roger Pulham 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

18 January 2024 



Treasurees Report Aprll 2022- March 2023
Figures in italics show p￿ViouS year
Headllne flgures
Members, 5ubscription5. mlclass fees & donations
Operating cost5
Excess income over expenditure
Income and other Inputs 202212023
Transfer of interest from investment a¢count
Gift Aid tax rebate
Members, subscriptions, donations. masterclass fees
Interest on investment account
Legacies (Hazell Trust)
Total
Income tsnd other Inputs 2021/2022
Tronsfer on interestfrom investment account
GiftAid tux rebote
Members. subscriptions and donations
Legacy (D.HatcherJ
Interest on investment account
Totul
Expendlture 202212023
Admin, sponsorin& IAO cap, IAA sub, webslte, insurance, room hire
Journal
1,749.00
1,467.73
251.27
608.03
1,794.00
974.27
55,OCKJ.00
58,376.30
I,OCQ.t)O
nil
933.00
11,896.99
410.23
14.240.22
1,004.13
463.00
Tuition mlclass exes
Ilnc unpresented St. M le T. sponsorf5 cheque 3C(I.C4)1
Totsl
Expenditure 2021/2022
Admin, IAO ct7p, expenses, IAA sub, website. insurance
Tuitton, Suffolk Music Festivol. bursaries
Journt71 printing and exes
Total
1,467.73
1,673.09
nil
1,458.43
3,131.52
Tronsftr o"legocy to Investment occount
11,896.99
Sarst3nder cheque account opening balance l April 2022
Santander cheque account closing balance 31 Marcb 2023
Ipswich I Suffolk Building Society investment actount 7102123
Ipswich I Suffolk Building society No. l account
Collertion made at Corn exchange held on behalf of Ipswich Arts Association
1,615.03
7,474.33
131,114.03
29.39
414.80
C.R.Pu',ham 20 April 2023

Treasurees Report Aprll 2022- March 2023
Figures in italics show p￿ViouS year
Headllne flgures
Members, 5ubscription5. mlclass fees & donations
Operating cost5
Excess income over expenditure
Income and other Inputs 202212023
Transfer of interest from investment a¢count
Gift Aid tax rebate
Members, subscriptions, donations. masterclass fees
Interest on investment account
Legacies (Hazell Trust)
Total
Income tsnd other Inputs 2021/2022
Tronsfer on interestfrom investment account
GiftAid tux rebote
Members. subscriptions and donations
Legacy (D.HatcherJ
Interest on investment account
Totul
Expendlture 202212023
Admin, sponsorin& IAO cap, IAA sub, webslte, insurance, room hire
Journal
1,749.00
1,467.73
251.27
608.03
1,794.00
974.27
55,OCKJ.00
58,376.30
I,OCQ.t)O
nil
933.00
11,896.99
410.23
14.240.22
1,004.13
463.00
Tuition mlclass exes
Ilnc unpresented St. M le T. sponsorf5 cheque 3C(I.C4)1
Totsl
Expenditure 2021/2022
Admin, IAO ct7p, expenses, IAA sub, website. insurance
Tuitton, Suffolk Music Festivol. bursaries
Journt71 printing and exes
Total
1,467.73
1,673.09
nil
1,458.43
3,131.52
Tronsftr o"legocy to Investment occount
11,896.99
Sarst3nder cheque account opening balance l April 2022
Santander cheque account closing balance 31 Marcb 2023
Ipswich I Suffolk Building Society investment actount 7102123
Ipswich I Suffolk Building society No. l account
Collertion made at Corn exchange held on behalf of Ipswich Arts Association
1,615.03
7,474.33
131,114.03
29.39
414.80
C.R.Pu',ham 20 April 2023