2025-07-31-annual-report - Over The Hill Music Collective

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Company registered number: NI632636 Charity registered number: NIC103899

OVER THE HILL MUSIC COLLECTIVE (Private company limited by guarantee without share capital) TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Tony Clarke 53 Andersonstown Road Belfast QT11 SAG

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OVER THE HILL MUSIC COLLECTIVE

CONTENTS	PAGE
Reference and administrative detailsofthe charity, itstrustees
and advisers	1
Annual Report ofthe Trustees	2-5
Independent Examiner Report	6-7
Statement of Financial Activities	8
Balance Sheet	3
NotestotheFinancialStatements	10-15

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Trustees’ Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a Memorandum and Articles of Association, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. The company was incorporated on 24 July 2015 and registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on 4 November 2015.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number Ni632636

Registered Charity number	NIC103899
Registered office	84 Willowbank Gardens
	Belfast
	BT15 SAJ
CHAIRPERSON	Charlotte Dryden
DIRECTORS	Charlotte Dryden
	Bernard Jackson (Secretary)
	Sean McGaghan
	Alan Sydney Morgan
	Paul Kane
	Jon Moorehead
	Leif Erick Bodnarchuk	Resigned 3 May2025
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER	Tony Clarke FCPA
	53 Andersontown Road
	Belfast
	BT119AG

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OVER THE HILL MUSIC COLLECTIVE (Private company limited by guarantee without share capital) TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the company for the 01 August 2024 to 31 July 2025. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and financial statements of the company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practices (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) as amended by Update Bulletin 1 (effective 1 January 2015). Since the company qualifies as small under section 383, the strategic report required of medium and large companies under The Companies Act 2019 (Strategic Report and Director's Report) Regulations 2013 is not required.

Structure, Governance and Trustees Over The Hill Music Collective which is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in Northern Ireland, registration number NI632636, with the objective of undertaking charitable activities for the benefit of the inhabitants of Northern Ireland.

Over The Hill (OTH) provides a platform for older musicians to come together to perform, collaborate and learn about the music industry. We offer the opportunity to work together regardless of age race or religion and provide a safe and welcoming setting for people to express themselves creatively. This is done once per month at the Oh Yeah Music Centre. We also provide people the opportunity to record their music, tour and play external gigs throughout NI. OTH also works with people with Dementia and provides live music which enables people to enjoy music and to use this as a platform and vehicle to reminiscence. This work causes no harm to any of the people we work with, and has very positive outcomes noted above.

Activities and Achievements

We have maintained our stance on not to deliver face to face meetings in this financial year. Several meetings as well as ad hoc meetings were held informally with limited members of the collective meet up. An ambitious project brought together a group of women from across Belfast to write and record a song — in just one day. The song that was created, Eirigh (Rise Up) was released on 8 March, for International Women’s Day. It brings together a range of artists; experienced and new and with Katie Richardson, Dolores Vischer and many others. OTH was proud to have been part of this work. ; We continued with OTH Musicians/facilitators for commissioned work on several Arts and Older people’s projects with Oh Yeah Music Centre. These were working with people with dementia as ' well as Carers. This resulted in doing reminiscence work, providing live music and writing songs.

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OVER THE HILL MUSIC COLLECTIVE (Private company limited by guarantee without share capital) TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Trustees’ Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Activities and Achievements Continued...

OTH continued with its programme of ad hoc and Christmas workshops provided to day centres and within clinical settings for 20 groups. This was at no cost to any groups. OTH has been delivering live music as part of Oh Yeah Music Centres Acoustic Picnic, which is a family friendly event aimed at support families with small children. This has proved very popular particularly at time of the Childrens Festival and Sound of Belfast. This is a free event for attendees. We partnered with Belfast Central library to deliver some of our work there as well as in Oh Yeah.

OTH attended the launch of the Bealtaine Festival (creativity for older people programmes across Ireland) in Dublin with a potential to collaborate and incorporate our work in their programming.

We presented our work to 25 delegates of the Eurocities programme representing a range of different cities in the MAC Belfast as part of a Belfast City Council programme. Paul continues to be the main driver of operational work. We want to thank our Board and supporters of our work including Gordon Hewitt who has featured our work several times in the Community Arts Partnership Monthly newsletter.

A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement;

Over the Hill Music Collective strives to be open and transparent in all its work. It welcomes all to its monthly meetings and performances and hopes to provide a setting where older voices can be heard and be part of a musical community. We try and improve skills, reduce isolation and provide knowledge. Our work provides music workshops for people with dementia and feedback form these sessions from residential care centres, staff and family members has been very positive. The work Over the Hill does no harm to communities and allows people to develop themselves as creatives. Financial Position Over The Hill had been looking at several opportunities for new financial support. It has become increasingly difficult to secure funding. This has had an impact on the delivery of workshops.

We gratefully acknowledge the support from the Black Santa Sit Out Appeal which does enable to carry out these activities,

Although our fundraising was again reduced this year we were never in deficit. We continued to put on hold all of physical meeting activities, which has effectively frozen some of our finances (excluding core admin activities).

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Financial Review

The results for the year ended 31 July 2025 are set out on pages 8 and 9 of the financial statements.

The total income for the year ended 31 July 2025 amounted to £1,300 (2024:£880.) The total expenditure was £3,626 (2024: £627)

The Trustees consider that the unrestricted funds of the charity is sufficient and adequate to fulfil their obligations. The charity held £2,035 in reserves at the year end (2024: £4,361).

Reserves Policy

The income of the Company is considered adequate and the risks associated with any significant reduction in income is regarded as unlikely. The Trustees are satisfied with the current level of reserves at the present time. The Trustees are reviewing the Reserves Policy in the current year.

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Trustees' responsibilities statement

The Trustees (who are also directors of Over The Hill Music Collective for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standard (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the income resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently . observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; . make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; ° prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transaction and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and the enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2016. They are also responsible for safeguardingprevention the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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This report was approved by the Trustees, on 17/04/2026 and signed on behalf by:

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Charlotte Dryden Chair

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