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2023-12-31-accounts

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Receipts & payments account for the year ending 31 December 2023

Receipts & payments account
for thethe year endingending 31 December 2023
2023 2022
£ £
RECEIPTS:
Competitions 9,178.58 0.00
Own concerts 6,967.98 6,416.00
Subscriptions incl gift aid tax reclaims 5,440.38 4,778.88
Donations 3,920.27 30,169.16
Charity fundraising receipts 1,912.01 1,245.14
Performance fees 1,050.00 1,750.00
Social events 642.00 463.50
Merchandise sales 605.39 53.76
Bank interest 540.28 9.87
CD sales 86.50 158.06
Total receipts 30,343.39 45,044.37
PAYMENTS:
Professional fees (10,851.00) (10,142.00)
Competitions (5,640.00) 0.00
Uniforms & accessories (4,725.95) (656.75)
Own concerts (4,659.97) (4,494.28)
Charity fundraising payments (2,033.56) (1,248.52)
Alford Hall etc (1,268.00) (20.00)
General admin (736.60) (703.44)
Merchandise payments
Music		 (699.28)
(623.23)		 0.00
(436.65)
Telephone/ internet (541.20) (539.87)
Publicity & advertising (443.29) (520.20)
Gifts (392.62) (145.89)
Social events (37.86) (32.50)
Keyboard / piano 0.00 (758.96)
Total payments (32,652.56) (19,699.06)
GRAND TOTALSURPLUS /(DEFICIT) (2,309.17) 25,345.31
Cash funds lastyear-end 38,041.07 12,695.76
Transferfrom investments 0.00 0.00
Cashfundsthisyear-end 35,731.90 38,041.07

Movements in & gains / losses on investments for the year ending 31 December 2023

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2023 2022
£ £
Investments made 0.00 0.00
Investments realised 0.00 0.00
Change in value of investments 2,130.14 (2,027.98)
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REGISTERED OFFICE: 28 ELAINE STREET, WARRINGTON, WA1 3PX TEL: 01925 815095. EMAIL: SECRETARYWMVC@HOTMAIL.CO.UK WEB: WWW.WARRINGTONCHOIR.ORG.UK. FIND US ON FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/WARRINGTONMALEVOICECHOIR TWITTER: @WARRINGTONCHOIR

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1015320 . PATRON: SIR TERRY WAITE KCMG, CBE . PRESIDENT: THE MAYOR OF WARRINGTON . CHAIRMAN: CRAIG BUNTING

Statement of assets & liabilities

as at 31 December 2023

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2023|2022| |£|£| |CASH|FUNDS:| |Deposit|accounts|33,679.38|36,391.19| |Current|account|1,970.40|1,610.15| |Cash|82.12|39.73| |Total|cash|funds|35,731.90|38,041.07| |INVESTMENT|ASSETS:| |At|1st|January|24,982.74|27,010.72| |Investments|made|0.00|0.00| |Investments|realised|0.00|0.00| |Change|in|value|of|investments|2,130.14|(2,027.98)| |Total|investment|assets|at|31st|December|27,112.88|24,982.74| |TOTAL ASSETS|62,844.78|63,023.81|

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K ‘ CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

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Report to the trustees! |
members of WJWARRINGTON MALE VOICE CHOIR
On accounts for the year | 31/4 2/2023 Charity no | 4 015320
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2023.

| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement | come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

| 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.

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Name: |STUART TITCHARD
qualification(s)Relevant professionalor body MCIPCIPS
(if any):
Address: |47 ELIZABETH DRIVE
PADGATE, WARRINGTON
CHESHIRE WA1 4JQ
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IER

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October 2018

Section B

Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of anyexamineritems wishesthattheto _ disclose.

IER

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October 2018

@y| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023

Charity name: Warrington Male Voice Choir

Charity registration number: 1015320

Objectives and Activities

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reference| |---|---|---| |Summary ofthe purposes of | P@'@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) To assist and support such charitable| |||institutions or purposes as the Committee shall| |||from time to time determine.| |Summary ofthe main
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activities in relation tothose |7°”||Most ofourconcerts serve to raisefunds for
charity, and in total our activities benefited| |purposes for the public||charitable causes by at least £2,000 in 2023.| |benefit, in particular, the||This included £1,431 for our local hospice from a| |activities, projects or||concert in April and from our Christmasjumper| |services identified in the||day, and £500 from our Christmas concert bucket| |accounts.||collection fora local charitywhich provides work,| |||training and learning opportunities for adults and| |||young people with learning disabilities. Other| |||local community events atwhich we sang without| |||charge comprised DisabilityAwareness Day, the| |||annual Battle of Britain anniversary service, the| |||annual Remembrance weekend Festival of| |||Remembrance and Cenotaph ceremony, carol| |||singing in the town centre, and a concert to| |||celebrate a church’s diamond anniversary.| |Statement confirming|Para 1.18 |The Committee continually keeps in mind that as|| |whether the trustees have||a charity we are required to act for the wider| |had regard to the guidance||public benefit, as per the guidance on public| |issued by the Charity||benefit issued by the Charity Commission.| |Commission on public||| |benefit|||

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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: peeSORP | Policy on social investment | Para 1.38 | N/A including program related investment

|Contribution|made|by|Para|1.38||2023|2023 choristernumbers amounted to an average| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |volunteers||||||of 40, all volunteers.
In addition, there were| |||||||several non-singing volunteers, notably the choir| |||||||secretarywhose contribution is vital to the| |||||||operation ofthe charity. The time commitment| |||||||from the singers is up to 4 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,| |||||||amountstomanymorehourspermonth.|

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Achievements and Performance

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Para 1.20 |2023 continued the bounce-back from Covid, with|pis|
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Para 1.20 |2023 continued the bounce-back from Covid, with| |---|---| |achievements ofthe charity,|a wider variety ofengagements. These included| |identifying the difference the|concerts at five different local churches, plus one| |charity's work has made to|at a stately home (Tabley House), and our| |the circumstances of its|traditional major Christmas concert in| |beneficiaries and any wider|Warrington's Parr Hall. Also we sang at other| |benefits to society as a|local community events comprising Disability| |whole.|Awareness Day, the annual Battle of Britain| ||anniversary service, the annual Remembrance| ||weekend Festival of Remembrance and| ||Cenotaph ceremony, and carol singing in the| ||town centre.| ||Altogetherour activities benefited charitable| ||causes by at least £2,000 in 2023.| ||2023was the choir’s 125" anniversary, and this| ||was celebrated primarily at a concert in| ||Warrington Parish Church, which was attended by| ||our President, the Mayor ofWarrington.
Itwas| ||also marked at our Parr Hall Christmas concert,| ||where we were joined in celebration by our| ||Patron, Sir Terry Waite KCMG, CBE. The| ||Christmas concert also celebrated 30 years of| ||RussellPatersonbeingourMusicalDirector.|

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set activities against objectives set fcntesagastabeenes| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives a

Financial Review

|Review ofthe charity’s|Para 1.21 |After receiving a£30k legacy in 2022 and £3.5kof| |---|---| |financial position at the end|exceptional donations in 2023, our total financial| |ofthe period|assets at the year-end were £63k. Deducting the| ||£15k minimum reserve (see below), this left| ||enough to subsidise a planned trip to Cornwall in| ||2024 for a choral festival, and to cover our current| ||annual deficits forabout 4 more years.| |Statement explaining the|Para 1.22 |The charity benefited from sponsorship byBNFL| |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 to focus on fundraising for| ||other charities rather than for ourown running| ||costs. Thus we are running annual deficits, and| ||allowing our reserve to slowly decrease. We| ||have a reserves policy thatwe should not allow| ||our reserve to fall below £15kwhich equates to| ||one year’s running costs.| |Amount ofreserves held|Para 1.22 |After receiving a £30k legacy in 2022 and £3.5k of| ||exceptional donations in 2023, £42kwas being| ||held in reserve at the end of2023, partly in| ||investments and partly in a fixed term deposit| ||bank account.| |reservesse
deficit
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Para 1.23 | None.| |charity continuing as a going|| |concern||

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You may
choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal Para 1.47
sources offunds (including forward these are expected to be funded mainly
any fundraising) by£5k from chorister annual subscriptions and
£3k from performance fees or ticket sales from
concerts, leaving a £7k annual deficit to be
funded from our financial balances over and
above the £15k agreed reserve.
Investment policy and Para 1.46
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
A description ofthe principal Para 1-46 The biggest risks comprise (1) loss of choir
risks facing the charity members, reducing the size ofthe choir or any
one ofthe four sections of the choir to an unviable
size; (2) loss of musical staff (musical director and
accompanist), necessitating less satisfactory
alternatives.

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Structure, Governance and Management

Structure, Governance and Management Structure, Governance and Management
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Type ofgoverning document		 Pa 1-25
(trust deed, royal charter) 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
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, ClO
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25
including details ofany Committee officers and Committee members) are
constitutional provisions e.g. elected annually by the choir members at the
election to post orname 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 may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational | Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works eerelated parties a

Reference and Administrative details

|Othernamethecharityuses| Charity’s principal address Registered office: 28 Elaine Street Warrington Cheshire WA1 3PX

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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

|CraigBunting|Trusteename|BobWiliams |||actedifnotforwholeyear|| From20z23,«DatesTo 2002/23 | |GeoffHopper | GO a

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description ofthe assets N/A
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe
charityon whose behalfthe
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

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Full name(s)| Craig Bunting Geoff Hopper Chair, etc) Chairman Treasurer Date 1 OS/102F-— 7