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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2024
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2024
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31 December 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 January 2024
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6 November 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
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In 2024 Drum and Brass continued to focussed on three strategic aims: to increase participation in music, increase the impact of our work and to increase revenue to support our work with low income participants. To this end we ran programmes of music tasters in Leicester and Cumbria, which involved recruiting and training new staff members. Drum and Brass increased participation in the Woodgate Music programme in Leicester, and expanded activities in Cumbria with 3 new brass learning groups, a brass festival and a youth brass band. The main costs have been time spent defining goals and collating data. The benefits are the forming of empowered musical communities, developing skills and agency and increasing diversity in music-making. This year D+B delivered 165 regular sessions with ave. attendance 13 20 community events with ave. audience 300 The approximate percentage of project participants facing barriers due to low income (postcode), ethnic background and/or social and emotional needs = 94% *Directors defined impact for D+B as - diversity and inclusion of participation (at one off events and regular attendance of our groups) - wellbeing of participants resulting from our work - skills attained
The companys stakeholders live in rurally isolated villages in Cumbria and in low-income postcodes of Leicester. They face barriers to engagement in the arts through geography or cultural exclusion , racially minoritised, disabled. The directors of the company have lived in Cumbria and Leicester for a number of years and we have developed the model for our music services based on our experience of working in our communities and talking to our participants. We ask everyone using Drum and Brass services for the first time to fill in a short questionnaire about themselves, their individual needs and preferences. This has helped us to build up a profile of our participants needs and what we can do to meet them more effectively. We also use our Sounds of podcasts to capture the voices and opinions of our participants and stakeholders. Feedback is that residents who feel socially or physically excluded value the provision of local activities which offer companionship, a feeling of belonging and a sense of purpose. We encourage suggestions for music that our participants want to play, performance ideas and venues and ways to increase inclusion, whether this be attending the Anti-Racist Cumbria conference or ensuring there are overlays for players with dyslexia. We share these contributions wherever we can, on our website, with partners and in our social media.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 August 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: J. Hoggarth
Status: Director