## |||2022|2021| |---|---|---|---| |||R|| |RECEIPTS:|||| |Donations||30,169.16|2,620,27| |Own concerts||6,416.00|1,608.00| |Subscriptions
incl|gift aid tax reclaims|4,778.88|2,405.06| |Performance
fees||1,750.00|760.00| |Charity fundraising|receipts|1,245.14|675.00| |Social events||463.50|0.00| |CD receipts||158.06|202.23| |Christmas
card / pen / torch sales||53.76|60.05| |Bank interest||9.87|0.52| |Total receipts||45,044.37|8,331.13| |PAYMENTS:|||| |Professional fees||(10,142.00)|(7,993.80)| |Own concerts||(4,494.28)|(3,276.62)| |Charity fundraising|payments|(1,248.52)|(2,075.00)| |Keyboard
/ piano||(758.96)|(24.99)| |General
admin||(703.44)|(576.92)| |Uniforms
&accessodies||(656.75)|(25.00)| |Telephone
/ fax / internet||(539.87)|(327.22)| |Publicity &advertising||(520.20)|(284.33)| |Music||(436.65)|(576.28)| |Gifts||(145.89)|(141.84)| |Social events||(32.50)|0.00| |Alford
Hall etc||(20.00)|(79.49)| |Total payments||(19,899.06)|(15,381.49)| |GRAND TOTAL SURPLUS / (DEFICIT)||25,345.31|(7,050.38)| |Cash funds last year-end||12,695.76|7,483.27| |Transfer from investments||0.00|12,262.85| |Cash funds this yearwnd||38,041.07|12,895.78| ## |for the|year ending 31 December 20|22|| |---|---|---|---| |||2022
R|2021f| |Investments|made|0.00|0.00| |Investments|realised|0.00|(12,262.85)| |Change
in|value of investments|(2,027.98)|3,508.43| ## |as at, 31 Dece|mber 2022||| |---|---|---|---| |||2022|2021| |||R|| |CASH FUNDS:|||| |Deposit accounts||36,391.19|11,743.44| |Current account||1,610.15|654.11| |Gash||39.73|298.21| |Total cash funds||38,041.07|12,895.78| |INVESTMENT ASSETS:|||| |At 1stJanuary||27,010.72|35,765.14| |Investments
made||0.00|0.00| |Investments
realised||0.00|(12,262.85)| |Change
in value of investments||(2,027.98)|3,508.43| |Total investment|assets at 31stDecember|24,982.74|27,010.72| |TOTAL ASSETS||63,023.81|39,708.48| ## ## ## |Objectiv|es and|Activ|itie|s|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP|| |||||reference|| |Summary|ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|a)To promote,
improve,
develop and maintain| |the charity|as set out|in its|||public education
in the appreciation
ofthe art and| |governing|document||||science of music, and in particular
male choral| ||||||music, by the presentation
of public concerts.| ||||||b)Toassist and support such charitable| ||||||institutions
or purposes as the Committee
shall| ||||||from time to time determine.| |Summary
of the main
activities
in relation to those||||Para 1.17
and 1.19|Most ofour concerts serve to raise funds for
charity, and in total our activities benefited| |purposes|for the public||||charitable causes by at least P2,000 in 2022.| |benefit,
in|particular,|the|||This included f809for our local hospice from our| |activities,|projects or||||Christmas
jumper day and Christmas
concert| |services identified
in||the|||bucket collection, and F437for the DEC Ukraine| |accounts.|||||appeal from two concerts
in local churches.| ||||||Other local community
events to which we| ||||||contributed
without charge comprised a ceremony| ||||||forthe proclamation
of King Charles, and on| ||||||Remembrance
weekend a Festival of| ||||||Remembrance
plus the annual
service at the| ||||||Cenotaph.| |Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|The Committee
continually
keeps in mind that as| |whether the trustees||have|||a charity we are required to act forthe wider| |had regard to the guidance|||||public benefit, as per the guidance
on public| |issued
by|the Chaiity||||benefit issued by the Charity Commission.| |Commission
on public|||||| |benefit|||||| ||||SORP|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||reference|| |Policy on|grant making||Para 1.38|N/P,| |Policy on|social investment||Para 1.38|N/P,| |including|program|related||| |investment||||| |Contribution|made|by|Para|1.38|2022 chorister numbers
amounted
to an average| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |volunteers|||||of37, all volunteers.
In addition, there were| ||||||several non-singing
volunteers,
notably the choir| ||||||chairman
and secretary whose contribution
is vital| ||||||to the operation
ofthe charity.
The time| ||||||commitment
from the singers is up to4 hours a| ||||||week of rehearsal
time, plus concerts or other| ||||||events normally
about once a month
on average.| ||||||The time given by trustees,
in particular the| ||||||officers, amounts
to many more hours per month.| |Other|||||| ## |chieve|men|ts|and Per|formanc|e| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORp|| |||||reference|| |Summary|ofthe main|||Para 1.20|2022 was quite a quiet year, with the number of| |achievements||ofthe charity,|||engagements
still below pre-Covid
levels,| |identifying|the|difference the|||probably
due to concerns about Covid and the| |charity's|work|has made to|||cost of living.
We staged seven concerts at seven| |the circumstances|||of its||different churches,
ofwhich six were local but one| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider||was in Workington
in West Cumbria.
In addition,| |benefits to society as a|||||our traditional
major Christmas
concert in| |whole.|||||Warrington's
Parr Hall raised over F700for the| ||||||local hospice.| ||||||Other local community
events at which we sang| ||||||without charge comprised a ceremony for the| ||||||proclamation
of King Charles, and on| ||||||Remembrance
weekend a Festival of| ||||||Remembrance
plus the annual
service at the| ||||||Cenotaph.| ||||||Altogether
our activities benefited
charitable| ||||||causes by at least F2,000 in 2022.| ||||||Perhaps the biggest
highlight
of2022 was that,| ||||||after gaining 8 new choristers
in 2021,we gained| ||||||another 5 in 2022 giving us the most sustained| ||||||period ofgrowth for several decades.| |Additional
information|(optional)|(optional)|| |---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:| |Achievements
against||Para 1.41|| |objectives set|||| |Performance
offundraising||Para 1.41|| |activities against objectives|||| |set|||| |Investment
performance||Para 1.41|| |against objectives|||| |Other|||| ## |Financ|ial
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Review||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review|ofthe charity's|||||||||Para 1.21|After receiving a830k legacy in 2022, our total| |financial||position|||at||the|end|||financial assets at the year-end
were E63k.| |ofthe period|||||||||||Deducting
the 815k minimum
reserve (see| ||||||||||||below), this leaves enough to subsidise a planned| ||||||||||||trip to Cornwall
in 2024 fora choral festival, and| ||||||||||||to cover our annual
deficits for about 5years.| |Statement|||explaining||||the|||Para 1.22|The charity benefited
from sponsorship
by BNFL| |policy for holding|||||reserves||||||in the 1990's, which
built up a significant
reserve.| |stating|why|||they|are||held||||This reserve was invested to deliver capital| ||||||||||||growth and a medium to long term total return| ||||||||||||greater than that offered by cash deposits, and is| ||||||||||||being steadily used to subsidise
choir tours and to| ||||||||||||enable our concerts tofocus on fundraising
for| ||||||||||||other charities rather than for our own running| ||||||||||||costs. Thus we are running
annual
deficits, and| ||||||||||||allowing
our reserve to slowly decrease.
We| ||||||||||||have a reserves
policy that we should
not allow| ||||||||||||our reserve to fall below 215kwhich equates to| ||||||||||||one year's running costs.| |Amount||of|reserves||||held||||After receiving a830k legacy
in 2022, F45k is| ||||||||||||now being held in reserve,
partly
in investments| ||||||||||||and partly
in a fixed term deposit bank account.| |Reasons||for holding|||||zero|||Para 1.22|| |reserves|||||||||||| |Details|offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|NOne.| |deficit|||||||||||| |Explanation||||ofany|||||||None.| |uncertainties||||about the|||||||| |charity|continuing|||||as a going|||||| |concern|||||||||||| |Additional|||information|||||(optional)|||| |You ma||choose|||to|include|||further statements
where relevant about||| |The charity's||||principal||||||Para 1.4?|Our annual
running costs are about E15k. Going| |sources||of|funds||(including||||||forward these are expected to be funded
mainly| |any fundraising)|||||||||||by 85k from chorister annual
subscriptions
and| ||||||||||||73kfrom performance
fees or ticket sales from| ||||||||||||concerts, leaving aE7k annual
deficit to be| ||||||||||||funded
from our financial balances over and| ||||||||||||above the 215kagreed reserve.| |Investment||||policy||and||||Para 1.46|| |objectives|||including||||any||||| |social investment||||||policy|||||| |ado ted|||||||||||| |A description||||of|the||principal|||Para 1.46|The biggest risks comprise (1)loss ofchoir| |risks facing||||the charity|||||||members,
reducing
the size ofthe choir or any| ||||||||||||one ofthe four sections ofthe choir to an unviable| ||||||||||||size; (2)loss of musical staff (musical director and| ||||||||||||accompanist),
necessitating
less satisfactory| ||||||||||||alternatives.| |Other|||||||||||| ## |Oescnption
ofcharity's|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||||| |Type of governing
document||Para 1.25|Constitution||adopted 22/10/92 and||amended| ||||25/10/04, 25/02/13, 20/03/14, 29/02/16, 26/02/18||||| ||||and|28/03/22.|||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated|||association.|| |constituted?|||||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|The|trustees who manage the charity (ie the|||| |including
details ofany|||Committee||officers and Committee||members) are| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.||elected annually|||by the choir members
at the|| |election to post or name|of||AGM; the trustees
in whose name||||charity assets| |any person or body entitled|||are|vested|are|appointed
by the Committee.|| |to appoint one or more|||||||| |trustees|||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)||||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements||||where|relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures||Para 1.51|||||| |adopted for the induction|||||||| |and trainin
oftrustees|||||||| |The charity's
organisational||Para 1.51|||||| |structure
and any wider|||||||| |network
with which the|||||||| |charit
works|||||||| |Relationship
with any||Para 1.51|||||| |related
arties|||||||| |Other|||||||| ## |Charit|name|||Warrin
ton|Male Voice Choir| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses||| |Re istered chant||number||1015320|| |Charity's|principal|address||Registered|office:| |||||28 Elaine Street|| |||||Warrington|| |||||Cheshire|| |||||WA1 3PX|| |mes|ofthe|charity tru|stees who ma|nage the|charity|charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee|name|Office (ifany)||Dates acted ifnot
forwhole
ear||Name
to a|ofperson (orbody) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|| ||Bob Williams||Chairman||||Choir|members|| ||Amanda|Davies|Secretary||||Choir|members|| ||Geoff Hopper||Treasurer||||Choir|members|| ||Craig Bunting||Committee|member|From 28/03/22||Choir|members|| ||Warren|Davies|Committee|member|||Choir|members|| ||Stuart Sykes||Committee|member|||Choir|members|| ||Phil Turner||Committee|member|||Choir|members|| |8|||||||||| |9|||||||||| |10|||||||||| |11|||||||||| |12|||||||||| |13|||||||||| |14|||||||||| |15|||||||||| |16|||||||||| |1?|||||||||| |18|||||||||| |19|||||||||| |20|||||||||| |Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||N/A| |held in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details ofarrangements|for|| |safe custody and||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||| |from the charity's
own||| |assets||| ## ## |Names an|d addresses ofadv|isers
(Optional
information)||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Type of|Name|Address||| |adviser||||| |Name of|chief executive or names ofsenior staff members||(Optional|information)| ## ## ## |Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's|trustees|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Signature(s)|||| ||Full name(s)|Amanda|Oavies|Geoff Hopper| |Position|(eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)|Secretary||Treasurer| |||||LP/ax/2z|