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## Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period 1st September 2024 to 315 August 2025
## Charity name: Settle Orchestral Society
Charity registration number: 1025554
## Objectives and Activities
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|Summary ofthe purposes of| Para 1.17||The object ofthe charity is to advance,|
|the charity as set out in its||improve, develop and maintain public|
|governing document||education in, and appreciation of, the art|
|||and science of music in all its aspects.|
|Summary ofthe main
activities in relation to those|5 1.17and|The charity seeks to achieve this bythe
preparation and presentation of live|
|purposes for the public||orchestral concerts and other activities.|
|benefit, in particular, the|||
|activities, projects or|||
|services identified in the|||
|accounts|||
|Statement confirming|Para 1.18|In planning the activities for the year, the|
|whether the trustees have||trustees keep in mind the Charity|
|had regard to the guidance||Commission's guidance on providing|
|issued by the Charity||benefit forthe public.|
|Commission on public|||
|benefit|||
## Achievements and Performance
|Summary ofthe main|Para 1.20|We gave six concerts this year, one in|
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|achievements ofthe charity,||Settle and one in Skipton foreach ofour|
|identifying the difference the||autumn, spring and summer programmes.|
|charity’s work has made to||In the autumn we were joined by a young|
|the circumstances of its||soloist (whowas a former juniormember of|
|beneficiaries and any wider||the orchestra) for a performance of|
|benefits to society as a||Reinecke’s Flute Concerto.
In the spring|
|whole.||we performed works by Sibelius, Dvorak|
|||and Tchaikovsky.
Finally, in the summer|
|||we played works by Mendelssohn and|
|||Schubert and one of our young horn|
|||players performed the Weber Horn|
|||Concertino with us.|
|||The summer concert was free admission,|
|||having been funded by a legacy from a|
|||former member, but we collected £1,600 in|
|||donations which were split between the|
|||orchestraandJessie’sFund,acharit|
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|which|helps|children|with|serious|illness|
|and|disabilities|through|the|therapeutic|use|
|of|music.|
|We|increased|our|average|audience|size|
|from|89|in|our|2023-24|season|to|105|this|
|season.|
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## Financial Review
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|Review|of the|charity’s|Para|1.21|We|finished|the|year|with|a|surplus|of|
|financial|position|at|the|end|£7,966|but|this|was|largely|due|to|receiving|
|of the|period|a|sizeable|legacy|from|a|former|member.|
|Ticket|sales|increased|by|18%.|
|Statement|explaining|the|Para|1.22|Reserves|are|held|to|fund|any|unexpected|
|policy|for|holding|reserves|or|unplanned|expenditure,|to|provide|
|stating|why|they|are|held|support|in|the|event|of future|income|
|streams|being|uncertain,|and|to|absorb|any|
|shortfall|in|a|year when|expenditure|is|not|
|covered|by|income|from|subscriptions,|
|activities|or|other|sources.|
|They|may|also|be|used|to|purchase|major|
|items|of|equipment,|to|fund|new|projects|or|
|activities,|and|to|make|payments|which|
|further|the|objects|of the|charity|and|which|
|are|for|public|benefit.|
|Amount|of|reserves|held|£18,663|as|at|31° August|2025|
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## Structure, Governance and Management
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|Type|of governing|document ||Para|1.25|Constitution;|revised|version|adopted|27"|
|October|2023|
|How|is|the|charity|Para|1.25|Unincorporated|association|
|constituted?|
|Trustee|selection|methods|Para|1.25|The|members|elect|the|trustees|at|the|
|including|details|of any|annual|general|meeting|and|may|elect|the|
|constitutional|provisions|e.g.|officers.|Trustees|may|co-opt|new|trustees|
|election|to|post|or name|of|in|the|event|of a|vacancy|during|the|year,|
|any|person|or|body|entitled|or|if|additional|expertise|or|experience|is|
|to|appoint|one|or|more|required.|
|trustees|
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## Reference and Administrative Details
|Charity name|Settle Orchestral Society|
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|Other name the charity uses | Settle Orchestra||
|Registered charity number|1025554|
|Charity’s principal address|5 Neville Road|
||Gargrave|
||Skipton|
||BD233RE|
## List of Trustees
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6 | Lucy Martin ee
7 | Paul Middleton P| 119/24 to 18/10/24
8 | Judith Sumnall ee
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## Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
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## **Settle Orchestral Society**
|**Income & Expenditure Account for 12 months to 31 August 2025**
**Income**
**Voluntary Income**
Donations, bequests, sponsorship
Gift Aid recovered
Rehearsal collection pot
**Society Activities**
Concert takings & progs
Player subs
Friends subscriptions, sponsorships
**Activities for Generating Funds**
Concert raffles, draw, refreshments
200 Club subscriptions
**Investment Income**
Interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Society Activities**
Concert hall hire
Rehearsal hall hire
Music hire/PRS/LMS
Principal musicians
Soloists
Other musicians
Making Music Subs & Ins, LMS Subs
Charitable donations
**Expenditure on Raising Funds**
Printing, SumUp, Online Fees, Misc
Adverts & Website
200 Club prizes & licence
**Total Expenditure**
**Net Surplus/(- Deficit)**
**Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
Prepayments
Virgin Money Bank Account
Skipton Building Society Reserves Account
TOTAL Current Assets
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Accruals & Deferred Income
TOTAL Current Liabilities
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**RESERVES**
Balance brought forward
Net surplus/(- deficit) for the year
Balance carried forward|**2025**
**2024**
DW concert LS Brahms
11,969
435
1,281
1,426
810
767
6,139
5,378
6,848
6,995
1,122
976
855
532
536
444
489
213|
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||30,049
17,165
1,690
1,100
1,461
1,270
545
291
10,025
8,444
600
1,101
5,389
2,884
383
503
800
-
486
198
564
453
140
140|
||22,083
16,383|
||7,966
782|
||1,281
-
162
1,543
1,560
1,089
15,979
8,108|
||18,982
10,740
319
42|
||319
42|
||18,663
10,698|
||10,698
9,916
7,966
782|
||18,663
10,698|
## Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Settle Orchestral Society
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Settle Orchestral Society (the Society) for the year ended 31° August 2025,
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Society, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). | report in respect of my examination of the Society’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## Independent examiner’s statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Society as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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