ALDEBURGH MUSICCLUB Reglstered charfty number: 1000990 Trustees, Report for the year ended 31 July 2024 Presldent.. Slr Humphrey Burton CBE Vlce•Presldents: Robin Leggate and Dame Ann Murray. Prlndpal address: The Hon Treasurer, Brick Klln Farm Westleton Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3EF Strutture• governance and rnanagement The charity trustees who served durlng the year were: Christopher Wheeler - Chalr Helen Mower- Vlce Chair Jane Thomson - Hon Treasurer Wendy Marshall - Hon Secretary Davld Edwards Carollne Gill Peter Howard-Dobson Helen Tye (reslgned 31 July 2024) The trustees Ilsted above form the Commlttee of the Aldeburgh Music Club (the Club). but the following persons may be Invited to attend meetings of the Comrnittee, In an advisory capacity only and wlth no rlght to vote: Tom Appleton- Director of Muslc Maria Chapman-Beer Tlna Morhall Elizabeth Page- Orchestra Manager The trustees forthe year are elected from the Club's members at the Annual General Meetin8 (AGM). They hold office for one year or untll the succeedln8 season's AGM and are ellgible for re-electlon. The trustees constltute the Commlttee of the Club, whlch Is responslble for the proper conduct of the Club's affalrs In accordance wlth the Charlty Commlsslon's guideline5. The Club Is an unlncorporated charltable organlsatlon 8overned by Its Documents of Constltutlon, approved by the Charlty Commlsslon and dated 20 September 1990. the latest update belng 22 November 2022.
Objectlves, membershlp and actlvltles The maln objectlve of the Club as deflned In Its Constltutlon Is to promote, Improve, develop and malntaln publlc educatlon In and appreclatlon of the art and sclence of muslc In all Its aspects by the presentatlon of publlc concerts and recltals, by commlsslonlng new choral works and by such other ways as the Club through Its Commlttee decldes. Thls Is prlnclpally achleved through the actlvitles of the cholr whlch Is open to any actlve slnger In and around Aldeburgh, without audltlon. An annual subscrlptlon Is charged for membershlp of the Club and to cover the costs of weekly rehearsals and to contrlbute towards the perlodlc losses incurred in performlng publlc concerts. The Club arranges and performs concerts each year In Aldeburgh and the surrounding distrlct. The programmes Include many of the great classlcal choral works and a wlde varlety of less well-known works together wlth concertos and other orchestral works. Wherever approprlate, the Club wlll employ local orchestras, young professlonal soloists and Instrumentalists from East Anglla. Publlc beneflt ststement The trustees have complled wlth thelr statutory duty to have due regard to the Charity Commisslon's guidance on publlc benefit when exerclslng thelr powers or dutles. Revlew of the year A full programme of actlvltles was undertaken In the year. In November, at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, the Club along wlth the Suffolk Baroque Players put on a concert of baroque muslc whlch Included Vlvaldl's Glorla and Handel's Dlxlt Oomlnus. The sololsts were all based in Suffolk and Norfolk In keeplng with the Club's objectlves. For the first time In recent years, a Chrlstmas concert was added to the programme and Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols, was performed at St BartholoMeS Church, Orford on a Saturday afternoon In December. A further innovation in the cholrfs schedule was a Jolnt concert with local school, Alde Valley Academy, held In the school hall In March. The programme included songs connected wlth Shakespeare Interspersed with readings by the students. The trustees hope to contlnue to bulld on thls relatlonship with the school in order to support muslc studies In the currlculum and to foster the students, interest in classlcal music. In June, back at Orford, the cholrfs flnal performance of the year was Brahms. German Requiem accompanled by two planos. In addition to the programme of concerts, the now tradltlonal carol slnglng on Aldeburgh beach was ralned off at the last mlnute, but the cholr was pleased to move undercoverto sing at the Aldeburgh Jubllee Hall's Chrlstmas Craft Falr. Flnandal revlew The accounts of the club are prepared on a recelpts and payments basls. The Recelpts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 July 2024 shows a deflclt for the year of £73212023
£8,925). Whlle total recelpts of £45,816 have only fallen sllghtly slnce the prevlous year (£47,055), total payments have reduced slgnlflcantly reflectlng the trustees, declslon to control concert costs whlle concert audlences remaln stubbornly slow to return to pre- pandemic levels. Concert revenues were £20,210 (2023 - £20,888) compared wlth concert expenditure of £27,654 (2023 - £36,297) resultlng In an overall loss on concerts of £7,444 (2022 - £15,409). The outcome for 2024 Includes the results for four concerts compared with only three In the previous year. A major part of concert expenditure relates to the hlre of muslclans and soloists and the hire of venues, In particular Snape Maltlngs Concert Hall. For this reason, the choir performs only one concert annually atsnape Instead of two, which was the custom prior to the pandemic. Membershlp subscrlptlons totalled £14,880 (2023 - £13,235) reflecting a small increase In memebershlp and an Increase in the subscrlptlon of 7%. Patrons contrlbuted £8,200 (2023 - £8,313). No gift ald was claimed durlng the year but glft ald In respert of subscriptions and donatlons received In the year clalms are In progress. These subscriptions and glfts cover the cost of the cholr's rehearsals and overheads and also help to underwrlte any concert losses. Cash at the year end was £49,468 (2023 - £50,200). All the expenses relate to charltable actlvltles. The Club has sufflclent reserves to enable It to contlnue Its actlvlties although the trustees have planned to control the costs of future concerts and other actlvltles whlle the fall In audience numbers and consequently tlcket revenues contlnues. Statement of pollry on reserves Concert revenues are subject to many factors outslde the control of the trustees. The Club plans the concert schedule up to three years In advance and may enter Into financial commitments In relatlon tothose concerts. To enable the Club to do thls wlth confldence, the trustees have a pollcy to malntaln sufflclent reserves to cover the anticlpated costs of these actlvltles after taklng Into account expected revenues from other sources. Reserves at the year end were £49,468 (2023- £50,200). All the reserves were unrestrlcted. Independent Examlner The Club's flnanclal affalrs for the year have been examlned for no fee by Paul Shore. On behalf of the Trustees: .... Chrlstopher Wheeler {Chalr) Date: ............. IA..
ALDEBURGH MUSIC CLUB (Reglstered charlty number 10009901 Recelpts and Payments Account for the year endln8 31 July 2024 Unrestrkted Restrlrted funds funds Total 2024 Total 2023 Recelpts Concert revenues Members, subscrlptlons Patrons, donatlon5 Other donations & sponsorshlp Interest Other Income Totsi recelpts 19,760 14,880 8,200 127 497 1,905 45,369 4SO 20,210 14,880 8,200 127 497 1,905 45,819 20,888 13,235 8,313 203 354 4,062 47,055 450 Payments Orthestra and sololst hlre Concert venue hlre Other concert expenses Totsl concert expenditure Music director's fees for rehearsals Other rehearsal and educational Administratlon Other Totsi Payments Deficlt for the year 9,025 6,689 11,490 27,204 10,499 6,070 1.503 825 46,101 (732) 450 9,475 18,080 6,689 5,524 11,490 12,693 27,654 36,297 10,499 10,ois 6,070 6,605 1,503 2,014 825 1.049 46.551 55,980 1732) 18,925) 450 450 Cash balances at prevlous year end Cash balances as at 31 July 2024 50,200 49,468 50,200 49.468 59,125 50.21X) Statement of Assets and Uabllltles as at 31 Juty 2024 HSBC current account 17,326 CAF Bank current account CAF Bank deposit account Shawbrook Bank Cash Totsl assets (all unrestricted) 17,326 9,008 4,075 11,199 25,688 230 50,200 3.156 25.869 277 49,468 3.156 25,869 277 49,468 Signed on behalf of the trustees Chair . Date.... Chrlstopher Wheeler Honorary Treasurer Jane Thomson .2.&].Ii/ aap
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Report to the trustees of AldeburBh Muslc aub on the accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024 (Charlty no. 1000990) I report to the trustees on my examlnatlon of the accounts of The Aldeburgh Muslc Club (the Charlty> for the year endlng 31 July 2024. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the Charltvs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In accordance wlth the requlrements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report In respect of my examlnation of the Charity's accounts carried out under settion 145 of the Act and In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under settion 145(5)(b} of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with settion 130 of the Art; or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Z4 11.Z+. Signed............... ............................................... Date........................ . Paul Shore 3 Clematis Close, Westleton, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 3BN