2022-12-31-accounts - Tredegar Town Band Society

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

Period end date

Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 January 2022 To 31 December 2022

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Tredegar Town Band Society

Other names charity is known by Tredegar Band / Tredegar Town Band

Registered charity number (if any) 514731

Charity's principal address 8 Dolwyddelan Close

Grove Park, Blackwood Gwent Postcode NP12 1GG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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David Alwyn Treasurer
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Powell
2 David Carey -
3 Iwan Fox President
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2012

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Trust Deed

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Society

(eg. trust, association, company)

Election by members Trustee selection methods

(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

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

Provide tuition, instruments and music for members totalling 35 people in the Gwent Valleys. Take part in concerts, competitions, local processions, carnivals and other fund raising activities in the local community and more widely.

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The band has continued to provide free musical tuition and instruments to its members during the year in an area that is one of the most deprived in Wales. It has been involved in numerous concert and fund raising activities on behalf of other charitable organisations – in particular the Velindre Cancer Centre.

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The band recovered strongly post Covid 19 and the lockdown restrictions that hampered the operations of the band during 2020 and 2021. The band became Welsh Champions at the regional finals in Swansea in March 2022 and represented Wales at the European Championships in Birmingham in April 2022.

In the summer, the band become the first brass band to perform twice at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall – firstly with the National Orchestra of Wales in Gavin Higgins’ Concerto Grosso and also at our own ‘late night’ Prom.

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Section E Financial review

The band only has one unrestricted reserve for the activities of the charity

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No deficit on reserves

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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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) David Alwyn Powell

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date 4 December 2023

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Tredegar Town Band Year ended 31 December 2022 Receipts and payments account

Receipts Grants, donations and contributions Contest prizes Concerts and performances Income from recordings and merchandise sale Recoverable VAT Payments Musical director fees Hotel, transport and travel costs (net of contributions) Utilites and insurance Other costs (Deficit)/Surplus of receipts over trading payments Capital expenditure Instruments and uniforms Deficit for the year Opening cash Deficit for the year Closing cash	2022 £ 52,627 4,376 22,042 561 0 79,606 28,800 40,009 6,215 13,789 88,813 -9,207 1,165 10,372 - 36,952 10,372 - 26,580	2021 £ 34,669 2,036 5,220 1,800 2,412 46,137 21,000 12,791 2,385 7,273 43,449 2,688 2,875 187 - 37,139 187 - 36,952

All balances are attributable to unrestricted reserves

Signed on behalf of the Trustees on 4 December 2023

DA Powell

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Tredegar Town Band Society On accounts for the year 31 December 2022 Charity no 514731 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

March 2012

IER

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:	JD Bound Date:	4 December 2023

	Jonathan Bound

	FCA

	71 Burdons Close
	Wenvoe
	Cardiff, CF5 6FE

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

March 2012

IER

Give here brief details of No matters to report any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

March 2012

IER