## ## |Statement|confirming|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that,|in exercising|their| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |whether the trustees have|||powers or duties, they have complied||with| |had regard|tothe guidance||their duty to have due regard to the guidance||| |issued by|the Charity||on public benefit published|by the Charity|| |Commission
on public|||commission.||| |benefit|||||| ## |You ma
|ch|oose t|o include f|urther statements|where relevan|t about:||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference||||| ||||||The charity does not normally||make grants|| |||||Para 1.38|to individuals|or other bodies;|but may|make| |Policy on|grant making||||exceptional|grants
ifto do so|would further|| ||||||its objectives.|||| |||||Para 1.38||||| |Policy on|social investment|||||||| |including|program||related|||||| |investment||||||||| ||||||The charity depends
heavily||on the work of|| |||||Para 1.38|its members|(75singers and|12string|| |Contribution||made|by||players) and|ofseveral
non-performing||| |volunteers|||||supporters.|Members and supporters||do all| ||||||the preparation,
organisation||and|| ||||||management|of all the concert and any other||| ||||||activit
arran|emerlts.||| |Other||||||||| ## |Achiev|eme|nts|and Pe|rformance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference|| ||||||The main achievements
ofthe Charity were:| ||||||1. the presentation
ofconcerts on 6| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,||||Para 1.20|evenings
during the year. The
December 21 concert was attended| |identifying|the|difference the|||by an audience ofapproximately
290,| |charity's|work|has made to|||with 280 at April 2022 and 187at| |the circumstances|||ofits||July 2022; and| |beneficiades
and|||any wider||2. The Chamber choir trip to Normandy,| |benefits to society as a|||||France to participate
in afree tothe| |whole.|||||public concert with 3French vocal| ||||||groups. This speaks directly tothe| ||||||charity*s purpose as well as being| ||||||beneficial to international
relations,| ||||||understanding
and cooperation.| |Achievements
against|Para 1.41| |---|---| |objectives set|| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|Para 1.41| |set|| |Investment
performance|Para 1.41| |against objectives|| |Other|| ## |Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review|Financial Review|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the end||||||Para 1.21|At the end ofthe Financial Year (31"August||| |ofthe period|||||||2023)the Society had total reserves of||| ||||||||F16,022 and no significant
liabilities.||| ||||||||The Trustees consider this position to|be|| ||||||||satisfactory.||| |Statement||explaining|the|||Para 1.22|The Trustee's
policy isto maintain
minimum||| |policy for|holding reserves||||||reserves ofE11,000for two purposes.|Firstly|| |stating
why||they are|held||||to take account of depreciation
ofassets,||so| ||||||||that funds
will be available as and when||| ||||||||capital items such as raked staging need to||| ||||||||be replaced. Secondly to maintain
an||| ||||||||emergency
fund,
in case ofa financial||| ||||||||setback such as a large unforeseen
deficit||| ||||||||on a concert, orthe enforced cancellation||of| ||||||||aconcert.||| |Amount of||reserves|held|||Para 1.22|As at31"August 2023 reserves were||| ||||||||216,022 (2021 - R9,955)||| |Reasons|for holding||zero|||Para 1.22|Not applicable.||| |reserves|||||||||| |Details of|fund materially|||in||Para 1.24|Not applicable.||| |deficit|||||||||| |Explanation||ofany||||Para 1.23|Not applicable.||| |uncertainties
about|||the||||||| |charity continuing
as a going|||||||||| |concern|||||||||| |Additional||information||(optional)|||||| |You ma|choose to||include||further statements||where relevant about:||| ||||||||The Charity has three principal sources of||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (induding||||||Para 1.47|funding —annual
subacriptions
from
members,
donations
from patrons and|box|| |any fundraising)|||||||office receipts.||| ||||||||Occasionally
financial
support
may be||| ||||||||received from a public or private grant||| ||||||||awarding
body. The last such occasion was||| ||||||||in 2019when a grant was received from the||| ||||||||Elgar Society to support the performance||of| ||||||||a lesser-known
work- The Light of Life.||| |Investment
objectives||policy and
including
any||||Para 1.46|||| |social investment
policy|||||||||| |adopted|||||||||| ||||||||The trustees
review risks from time to|time.|| ||||||||Financial
risks are minimised
through|annual|| |Adescd|tion ofthe||rinci||al|Para 1.46|insurance
arran
ed throu
h Makin
Music-||| |risks|facing|the|charity|formerly the National
Federation
of Music|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Societies) and a review offinances at each|| |||||committee
meeting.|| |||||Safeguarding
risk has been managed
by|the| |||||appointment
ofa safeguarding
officer to|| |||||review risks to children
and vulnerable
adults|| |||||and the Charity has adopted a safeguarding|| |||||policy.|| |||||Risk assessments
have been undertaken|| |||||around
key activities surrounding
concerts,|| |||||in particular the erection and dismantling|of| |||||sta
in
b
volunteers.|| |Other|||||| ## |Description
ofcharity's|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||| |Type of governing
document||Constitution,|adopted||in 1975and amended| |||on 29January||2004,|12October 2017, 11| |||Nov 2021, 10March|||2022, 10Nov 2022 and| |||15June 2023.|||| |How isthe charity|Para 1.25||||| |constituted?||Unincorporated||association.|| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25||||| |induding
details ofany||Elected by,|and from||among, the members| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||at an Annual|General||Meeting.| |election to post or name of|||||| |any person or body entitled|||||| |to appoint one or more|||||| |trustees|||||| |You ma|cho|ose to inclu|de fur|ther statemen|ts
where relevant about:|ts
where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||New trustees are advised oftheir|| |Policies
adopted|and procedures
for the induction||and|Para 1.51|responsibilities
under the laws
regulations
governing
charities|and| |training|oftrustees|||||| ||||||The committee consists offour officers who|| |The charity's
structure
and||organisational
any wider||Para 1.51|are ex-officio trustees and six other elected
trustees. They meet at least three times a|| |network|with|which the|||year to organise the Charity's|activities.| |charity works||||||| |Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51||| |parties||||||| |Other||||||| ## ## |Chari|name|||Woodstock|Music Societ| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the chari|||uses|Woodstock|Chamber Orchestra| |R
istered charit||number||1035897|| |Charity's|principal|address|||| |||||Manor Barn|House, Church Lane, Lower Heyford, Bicester| |||||OX25 5NZ|| |||||||||Dates acted if|Name ofperson|Name ofperson|(or| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|||||Office (ifany)||not for whole|body) entitled to||| |||||||||r|a|oint trustee|ifan| |1|Philip Stephen||Boxall|||Treasurer|||||| |2|William
Hugh Momington||||Clark|Chairman|||||| |3|Evelyn Hendy|||||Secretary|||||| |4|Douglas|Fawcett||Mason||Publicity Rep.|||||| |5|Elizabeth|Ann|Mason||||||||| |6|John Frederick||Morris|||-Orchestra Rep.|||||| |7|Gilliane|Christine||Sills|||||||| |8|Richard|Colin Sills|||||||||| |9|Ruth McDonald|||Sutherland||Making|Music Rep.||||| |10|Suzie Tomlin|||||Health|&Safety Rep.||||| |11|||||||||||| |12|||||||||||| |13|||||||||||| |14|||||||||||| |15|||||||||||| |16|||||||||||| |17|||||||||||| |18|||||||||||| |19|||||||||||| |20|||||||||||| |Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||Not applicable.| |held in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||Not applicable.| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details ofarrangements|for|Not applicable.| |safe custody and||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||| |from the charity's
own assets||| ## ## ## ## |Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's trust|ees||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Signature(s)||||||| ||Full name(s)|Philip Stephen|Boxall|William|Hugh|Mornington|Clark| |Position|(eg Secretary,|Treasurer||Chairman|||| ||Chair, etc)||||||| ||Date|22»'. wb.|2ozif.||||| ## ## ## |Assets at the|Period Ended|||||||||||||31/08/2023|31/08/2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||||9|| |Balances on accounts:|||||||||||||||| ||Current account|||||||||||||14,20867|8,447.84| ||Trips accouiit|||||||||||||1,81389|1,50767| ||||||||||||||9||| |Cash at bank:|||||||||||||||| ||Current account|||||||||||||14,228 67|8,557 84| ||Tnps account|||||||||||||1,813.89|1,50767| |Other Fixed Assets Already||Written||Off|as Expenditure||||||||||| ||WMS share of staging|||equipment,|||shared||on 50/50 basis wdh KAOS|||||7,522|7,522| ||Staging equipment||wholly||owned||by WMS,|||at cost||||1,838|1,838| ||Hydraulic
lift|||||||||||||358|358| ||Stage lights,|al cos't||||||||||||387|387| ||Music hbrary,|at estimated|||replacement|||value|||(2022 at estimated|value)||1'5,000|3,000| ||Piano, at estimated||value|||||||||||1,650|1,650| ||Piano covers|and wheels,|||at cost|||||||||274|274| ||Piano stool|||||||||||||155|155| ||Wine glasses, at cost|||||||||||||168|168| ||Music stand,|at cost||||||||||||106|106| ||WMS share oftrailer,|||shared||on|a 50/50l||basis||wrth KAOS|||1,745|1,745| ||||||||||||||||17,203| |Other assets|||||||||||||||| ||Gift Aid for|2021-22||expected|||from HMRC||||||||| ||||||||||||||||1,802| |Liabilities|||||||||||||||| ||T
stees at their||meeting|||held on.||||I|ik~w-||2ow3||| ||,, t('||||||||||||||| |Chairman|||||||||||||||| ## |Receipts|||||||||||Payments|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Nots||Budget||||2023|2022|||Non|Budget|2023|| ||||||||||r.|5|||||5|| |Concerts:||||I|||||||Concerts:||I|||| |Prer years||||||||||98|Pnor years||||164|| |Autumn||||||I|fte||4$7II|3,714|Autumn|||3803|3,(MS|3,570| |Spnng||||||',|,50||5,0$2|3,904|Spring|||0513|4,333|4,003| |SIllvfu!f||||||2|S0||3,78$|2,997|Summer|||3802|3,769|2,816| |Sub-tatal|||||||||13,649|10,713|Sub-total|||f I 019|12,221|10,391| |General:|||||||||||Genera:|||||| ||||||'0,||595||13,113|8.302|Hanorana|||8 820|7,893|7,959| |Patrons
Donat'ens|||||||||2,200
470|1,905
5|Rehswssl
rooms
Omc
&admn|||:" '81
' 100|2,398
2,35S
1,8161,215|| |Bank «nerest|||||||||||Bank charges|||||| |Muse ters|&sake|||6|||50|f|tfete|674|Muse hfre|(Lpurchase|6|952|584' .|647| |Calle arid|Salg|||7||||||505|Came snd|Sing|7|||| |Nkscellsnsoue||||10|||I00||316|1,209|Mecstsnsous||10|100|492|1,291| |Sub-total|||||I1||Ifl||17,69'7|12,600|Sub-total||||13,165|13,470| |Treasurer'0|account||total:||22||roe||31,147|23.393|Treasureds|account total:||23 252|25,36023,881|| |Surplus (deficit)|||||||||||Sufplus (desalt)||||5,781|| |Trips:|||||||||||Trips:|||||| |Caen|||||||||||Caen|||||| |Hometrip|||||||||||Home tnp|||||| |Sub.total|||||||||34,5$5|2,909|Sub-total||||342I5$|1,400| |Surplus (delicrt)||||||||||||||||1,591| |Total befofe clrpuel fecslpls|||||||||66,712|26,392|7otal bsiars capital efpendkum|||||| |Capital receipts|||||||||||Capital expenditure|||||| |Total receipts|||||||||6$,712|26,302|Total expenditure|||||| |Opening
balance|||||||||9,9508,832||Closing balance||||18,023|9,950| ||||||||||75,867|35,224|||||7$,0$7|35.224| |||||||||||||||||E| |Excess ofReoaipts||over||Payments||||before Capital||Receipts and|Expenditure||||6,007|1,124| |Capitat Receipts less|||Expenditure|||||||||||||| |increassldecrease||in|Account||balances||||||||||6,067|1 124| ## |||||||~Prior|ar|Auhtmn|'22|Qgnnn||'23|Summer '23|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||r.|||6|||5| ||R~ecei ts:|||||||||||||| ||Ticket sales|||||||4,237|||4,656||3,222|12,115| ||Refreshments|8 programmes|||||||443|||426|567|1,435| ||Advert
in programme|||||||||||||| |||||||||~467|||5|082|3789|13549| ||~n|||||||||||||| ||Performers(induding||Musie Director)||||75|2,449|||2,749||2,286|7,559| ||Venue (inrfi. drinks ficence)||||||||645|||660|554|1,859| ||Refreshmenls,|programmes,||posters, etc.|||||871|||924|929|2,724| ||Boxoffice refunds|||||||||||||| ||Performing
right||||||79|||||||79| ||||||||154|3,965|||4,333||~3/69|~12
1| ||||||||||714|||749|19|1 329| |2|Subseriptions|||||||||||||| ||Resowed from|members||||||||||||9,492| ||Income lax recovered||2021-22|||||||||||1,712| ||Income tax recovered||2022-23|||||||||||1,909| |||||||||||||||~13113| |3|Patrons|||||||||||||| ||Received from|patrons||||||||||||1.980| ||Income tax recovered||2021-22|||||||||||90| ||Income tax recovered||2022-23|||||||||||130| |||||||||||||||8| ||Donation
from|trip srxplus||||||||||||430| ||Donafions|||||||||||||40| ||Income tax recovered|||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||470| ||Archive storage|||||||||||||1,068| ||General concert costs (staging storage)|||||||||||||204| ||Making
Music|annual|subscription||&insurance|(net ofKAQS|share)|||||||418| ||Postage, stationery 8||office supplies|||||||||||128| |||||||||||||||~1916| |6|Igusic Hite 8|Sales||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||8| ||Receipts from|music|hire and|resales to members||||||||||1,499| ||Expenditure|||||||||||||564| ||Net income|||||||||||||935| ## |Trips|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||~caen|tri||Total| |||6|||6| |Receipts (less refunds|of62,560to non-attendees)|32,005|||32,005| |Expenditure||29,209|||29,209| |Refunds to attendees||2.060|||2,060| |Donation to WMS|||430||430| |Surplus on 2023Trip|||306||306| |Balance on trips account BIF||1,508|||1,508| |Balance on trips account C/F||1,814|||~1614| |Bank reconciliation|ie 31August 2023||||| |Balance at bank on 31 August 2022||||10,066|| |Less unpaid cheques|on 31 August 2022|||110|| |||||9,956|| |Plus receipts
in 2022-23||||65,712|| |||||75,668|| |Less payments
in 2022-23||||59,645|| |||||' 16,023|| |Plus unpaid cheques|on 31August 2023|||20|| |Balance at bank on 31 August 2023||||16,043|| |Miscellaneous|||||| |||||6|| |CD Sales||||310|| |HMRC Interest on gift aid||||6|| |Income||||316|| |Staging trailer repairs and servicing||||291|| |Sundry||||201|| |Expenditure||||492|| ## ## ## ## ##