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|Trustees'|responsibilities<br>statement|||15|
|Independent<br>auditor's||report||16-19|
|Statement|offinancial|activities||20|
|Balance sheet||||21|
|Statement|ofcash flows|||22|
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|Income from:||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||||258,934|304,612|563,546|518,550|
|Charitable<br>activities||||958,470||958,470|871,418|
|Investments||||5,338||5,338|318|
|Total income||||1,222,742|304,612|1,527,354|1,390,286|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||||
|Raising funds|||5|115,108||115,108|94,727|
|Charitable<br>activities|||6|1,269,105|304,612|1,573,717|1,353,195|
|Total expenditure||||1,384,213|304,612|1,688,825|1,447,922|
|Net expenditure|before net|||||||
|gains/(losses)|on investments|||(161,471)||(161,471)|(57,636)|
|Net gains/(losses)||on investments||16,941||16,941|(12,556)|
|Net movement<br>in||funds||(144,530)||(144,530)|(70,192)|
|Reconciliation<br>of||funds:||||||
|Total funds brought||forward||575,685|106,749|682,434|752,626|
|Net movement<br>in|funds|||(144,530)||(144,530)|(70,192)|
|Total funds carried forward||||431,155|106,749|537,904|682,434|





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|Fixed assets|||||||
|Intangible assets||9||||15,836|
|Tangible assets||10||||883|
|Investments||11||406,027||389,086|
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|Current assets|||||||
|Debtors||12|65,812||48,938||
|Cash at bank and|in hand||274,975||379,080||
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|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one||||||
|year||13|(208,910)||(151,389)||
|Net current assets||||131,877||276,629|
|Total net assets||||537,904||682,434|
|Charity funds|||||||
|Restricted funds||14||106,749||106,749|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||14||431,155||575,685|
|Total funds||||537,904||682,434|





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|Cash flows from operating||activities||||||
|Net cash used in operating|activities||||16|(109,443)|(98,691)|
|Cash flows from investing||activities||||||
|Purchase ofinvestments|||||||(150,000)|
|Dividends,<br>interests<br>and rents from investments||||||5,338||
|Net cash provided<br>by/(used||in) investing|activities|||5,338|(150,000)|
|Change<br>in cash and cash|equivalents<br>in||the year|||(104,105)|(248,691)|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at the beginning||ofthe year|||379,080|627,771|
|Cash and cash equivalents||at the end of|the year||17|274,975|379,080|
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|Donations||120,836|27,964|148,800|
|Grants||118,000|276,648|394,648|
|Membership|fees|20,098||20,098|
|||258,934|304,612|563,546|



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|Donations||101,667|31,351|133,018|
|Grants||97,125|265,165|362,290|
|Membership|fees|23,242||23,242|
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|Course fees|||851,070|851,070|
|Audition fees|||9,846|9,846|
|Sales of merchandise|||1,853|1,853|
|Concert and performing|fees||34,726|34,726|
|Ticket sales and contributions||-concerts|46,415|46,415|
|Other income|||14,560|14,560|
|Total 2023|||958,470|958,470|



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|Course fees|||776,724|776,724|
|Audition fees|||10,980|10,980|
|Sales ofmerchandise|||5,471|5,471|
|Concert and performing|fees||42,619|42,619|
|Ticket sales and contributions||-concerts|17,146|17,146|
|Other income|||18,478|18,478|
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|Wages|and|salaries|78,707|78,707|
|National|Insurance||9,260|9,260|
|Pension|costs||2,050|2,050|
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|Fundraising||-other costs|10,081|10,081|
|Wages|and|salaries|73,650|73,650|
|National|insurance||8,946|8,946|
|Pension|costs||2,050|2,050|
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|Staff costs|||||361,701|361,701|
|Courses accomodation,|||music||888,022|888,022|
|Insurance|||||6,094|6,094|
|Travelling|expenses||||42,554|42,554|
|Advertising,|website,|promotion||and printing|35,432|35,432|
|I egal and|professional||||3,000|3,000|
|Consulting|and training||||17,660|17,660|
|Office costs|||||55,206|55,206|
|Bank charges|||||13,693|13,693|
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|Staff costs|||||267,377|267,377|
|Courses accomodation,|||music||781,068|781,068|
|Insurance|||||8,982|8,982|
|Travelling|expenses||||28,142|28,142|
|Advertising,|website,|promotion||and printing|26,519|26,519|
|Consulting|and training||||16,847|16,847|
|Office costs|||||62,902|62,902|
|Bank charges|||||12,432|12,432|
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|Legal and professional||fees|13,791|13,791|
|Rent and rates|||21,791|21,791|
|Governance|costs||335|335|
|Amortisation|&depreciation||16,719|16,719|
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|Staff costs|||||94,203|94,203|
|Legal and professional||fees|||11,402|11,402|
|Rent and rates|||||23,712|23,712|
|Amortisation|&depreciation||||19,609|19,609|
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|Auditor's<br>remuneration|||||||
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|Fees payable|to the company's||auditor|for the audit ofthe company's|||
|annual accounts|||||9,220|7,750|
|Fees payable|to the company's||auditor|in respect of:|||
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|Social security costs|46,232|26,966|
|Other pension costs|11,898|15,912|
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|The average headcount|expressed as full-time|equivalents|was:|||
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|At 1 October 2022|92,496|
|At 30September 2023|92,496|
|Amortisation||
|At 1 October 2022|76,660|
|Charge for the year|15,836|
|At 30September 2023|92,496|
|Net book value||
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||At 30September 2023|15,119|
||Depreciation||
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||Charge for the year|883|
||At 30September 2023|15,119|
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||At 1 October 2022|389,086|
||Revaluations|16,941|
||At 30September 2023|406,027|
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|Other debtors||||||1,920|1,920|
|Prepayments|and accrued income|||||48,415|39,176|
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|Creditors: amounts||||falling due|within one year|||
|||||||2023|2022|
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|Other creditors||||||30,694|22,418|
|Accruals and deferred||||income||115,000|119,230|
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|Deferred income at|||1|October 2022||86,746|125,459|
|Resources deferred|||during the year|||98,383|44,371|
|Amounts<br>released||from previous|||periods|(86,746)|(83,084)|
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|||2022|Income|Expenditure|(Losses)|2023|
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|Designated<br>funds|||||||
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|CRM / API project||15,836||(15,836)|||
|Access and inclusion|initiative|30,000||(23,000)||7,000|
|40th Anniversary<br>initiative||40,000||(40,000)|||
|Organisational<br>development<br>initiative||42,857||(28,702)||14,155|
|Brand review initiative||4,400||(4,400)|||
|||543,093||(111,938)||431,155|
|General funds|||||||
|General Funds||32,592|1,222,742|(1,272,275)|16,941||
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|Arts Council England||||108,020|(108,020)|||
|Gillian Dickinson|Trust|||9,375|(9,375)|||
|The Leverhulme|Foundation|||63,800|(63,800)|||
|Emeley Foundation||||3,500|(3,500)|||
|Offenheim||||13,000|(13,000)|||
|Other small grants and||||||||
|donations||||106,917|(106,917)|||
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||project||34,329||(18,493)|||15,836|
||Access and||||||||
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||initiative||30,000|||||30,000|
||40th Anniversary||||||||
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||Organisation|al|||||||
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||initiative||70,000|||(27,143)||42,857|
||Brand review||||||||
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||||604,329||(18,493)|(42,743)||543,093|
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|Scholarship||||||
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|Arts Council||||||
|England||122,158|(122,158)|||
|Gillian Dickinson||||||
|Trust||1,964|(1,964)|||
|The<br>I everhulme||||||
|Foundation||36,040|(36,040)|||
|Garfield Weston||||||
|Foundation||25,000|(25,000)|||
|PRS Foundation||14,000|(14,000)|||
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|donations||97,354|(97,354)|||
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|Fixed asset investments|299,278|106,749|406,027|
|Current assets|410,219|(69,432)|340,787|
|Creditors due within one year|(278,342)|69,432|(208,910)|
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|Intangible|fixed assets|15,836||15,836|
|Fixed asset investments||282,337|106,749|389,086|
|Current assets||380,518|47,500|428,018|
|Creditors|due within one year|(103,889)|(47,500)|(151,389)|
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|Adjustments|for:||||||
|Depreciation|charges||||883|1,116|
|Amortisation|charges||||15,836|18,493|
|Gains/(losses)|on investments||||(16,941)|12,556|
|Dividends,<br>interests||and rents from investments|||(5,338)||
|Decrease/(increase)|||in debtors||(16,874)|30,588|
|(Decrease) /|increase||in creditors||57,521|(91,252)|
|Net cash used in operating<br>activities|||||(109,443)|(98,691)|
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