2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1[st] 04 2022 31 03 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Anchormen Drum & Bugle Corps

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 516209

Charity's principal address

23 Kew Hill

Lindley Huddersfield Postcode HD3 3SY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Michael Moss	Corps Director		President
	Malcolm Wragg	President		Corps Director
	PhilipHowe	Vice President		President
	Michael Bailey	Trustee		President
	Tony Lees	Acting Corps Director		President

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Malcolm Wragg Phillip Howe Peter Kemp Tony Lees

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(e.g. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

(e.g. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected

(e.g. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

The organisation is a member of Winter Guard United Kingdom. UK registered charity number 328541.

The Anchormen has its own Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Policy.

• 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.

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Section C Objectives and activities

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

The objective of the organisation is to give dance and musical education to children and adults within the local community. By training them in the playing of musical instruments. Also by teaching the in the art of movement, dance both for competition and public display.

The main activities of the organisation in 2022/23 were to provide dance classes to children aged between 6 and 17 years old.

To learn to work as a team to gain a higher level of skill and learn what it’s like to be in competition. Members learn how to win with pride and to lose with dignity

The organisation competes in National and European competitions, and regularly performs in local gala’s parades and displays.

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)

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

The organisation is funded by member’s subscriptions. Also by fundraising and receiving grants.

All staff and trustees are volunteers and do not take any financial reward, salary or expenses.

• policy on grant making;

• policy programme related investment;

Our volunteers have the various skills and experience to teach the required activities. All are volunteers and do not take and financial rewards, salary or expenses.

• 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 organisation had three teams; a Kids class, Cadet class and a Junior class. They all competed in the national winter competitions run by Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK).

We hosted our own competition in York. Which was a great success raising money towards the running of the dance teams and our building.

The dance teams attended local gala’s and events to promote and recruit new members.

We had a lot of costs spent on our building. Mainly replacing old and broken single pained windows with new double glazed windows. Removing dry rot in an area in the main hall.

We fundraised and received grants to have a disabled toilet fitted out. And to purchase new fire exits. As well as making the building more wheelchair friendly.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We endeavour to always have reserves for any emergency by having effective budgeting and controlled spending.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Funding comes from; You may choose to include additional information, where Member subscriptions relevant about: Hire of premises • the charity’s principal Grants sources of funds (including Donations any fundraising); • how expenditure has Improvements to premises by grants and donations. supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Ongoing repairs and refurbishing of our premises. Increase membership and create new projects to offer to the local community.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Julie Milton Signature(s) Tony Lees Julie Milton Full name(s) Tony Lees Position (e.g. Secretary, Acting Corps Director Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 29/11/2023

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	ANCHORMEN DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INCOME & EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023	ANCHORMEN DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INCOME & EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023	ANCHORMEN DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INCOME & EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023	ANCHORMEN DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INCOME & EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023	ANCHORMEN DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INCOME & EXPENDITURE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2023
	INCOME				EXPENDITURE
	Cash in Bank	£34,879.05
	Building	£0.00		Building	£20,535.74
	Electric	£1,080.00		Electric	£1,693.68
	Fund Raising	£15,899.32		Fund Raising	£2,732.49
	Gas	£1,440.00		Gas	£2,667.71
	Water	£210.00		Water	£333.63
	Insurance	£475.00		Insurance	£4,119.30
	AJO Subscriptions	£600.00		AJO Subscriptions	£0.00
	Rent	£7,699.92		Rent	£0.00
	Member Income	£16,927.05		Member Expenses	£422.00
	Transport	£0.00		Transport	£1,950.00
	Winterguard	£1,809.14		Winterguard	£20,426.00
	Yorkshire Bank	£691.90		Yorkshire Bank	£0.00
		£46,832.33			£54,880.55
				Cash in Bank	£26,776.83
	TOTALS	£81,657.38		TOTALS	£81,657.38
	STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31ST MARCH 2019
	Assets
	Building at costs			£15,000.00
	Yorkshire Bank Current Account
	Liabilities
	Creditors

AMCHORMEN DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 516209 CONTE Pa8e Independent Examlner's Report ReceSpts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 st March 2023 Statement of A55ets and Llabllltles at 31 st March 2023

INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS. REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ANCHORAEN DRUM AND BUGLE CLWS I report to the tnb5tees on my examlna¢lon of the accounts ol AnCh￿rne￿ Drum and Buiie Corp5 Ilhe Trust) for the year ended 31st March 21713, whlch are set out on pa8e 2. Res nslbllltles and bas15 of re A5 the charlty trustees of the Trust ycu are re5pon5IE￿e for the rxeparatlon of the accounts In accordance with the requlrements of the Choritivs Act 2011 1.the Act'l. I repDrt in respect of my examlnallon of the Trustee's accounts cathed out und2r sectlon 145 of the 2011 Acl and In Car￿n8 ¢xt rny examlnallon I have followed all the appllcable Lmrectlons gfven by the Charlty Commlsslon un￿r 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. endent Examtners. Statemfrnt I hjve completed ry examination. I confirm that no materlal matters have comè to my attentlon In connectlon wlth the èxamination 8i¥in8 me cause to beileve that In any materfal respect: 111 accwntln8 rtcords ￿re not kept in respect of the Trust as requlred ty sectlon 130 of the Acl,. or 121 the accounts ¢$) not i¢¢ord ￿th those re(￿d5. 131 the )¢¢ounts do noi comply wlth the awjllcable requlrements concemlng form and wntent of ac¢ount5 set out in the Charl¢les IAccount5 and Reports) Regulatlons 20Ckl other than any requlrernent that the accounts qlvé ¥'true and falr vlevl whlch 15 1¥)t a matter consldered as pari of an Independent exarnlnatlon. I have no ¢oKÈrns and havè ¢on* across no other matters In connectlon wlth th• examlnatlon to whlch attentk)n should be (kawn In th15 reFQrt In order to enatle a woper understandinR of the accounts to be re￿hed. Walter Daw50n & Son Chartered AcC￿n￿ntS 1si Floor. Unli A4 Old Power Way Lowfield5 Business Park Eliand West Y￿kShIre HX5 9DE 18 December 2023 P•3e 1

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