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FEsfivAL OF THE P8IeoRMINS ARTS INFORMATION PAGE REPORTS INDEPENI)ENT EXAIAINER'S REPORT ACCOUNTS: Statement of FIrd0[ Activities 8olance Sheet es to the accounts 10-12
KT0 UPON THAKS FESTIVAL OF THE PWORAIIMG ARTS TrUSTEES' ANMIAL k FCXI ThE YEAII ENDED 28th FEBRUARY 2025 Prlncipol addreu: Mr T D Brown 50 Th4 Ridirss Swbiton Swr¢y KT5 8HQ Peter K¢mpst¢r 57 Statlon Road Epsom Swrey KT19 9UD Lloyds TSB plc Claremont Road S(rbiton Swrey KT6 4QS Coop Bank (Ex Brltannia Bulldlrg Soclety) Brltamla House Leek staffordshire lknorlandi sn3 5RG
Klng•ton upon Tharn Fegtlval ot th• P•rfomilng Art ChalmianP8 Rovlow 2024-2025 Again l rnu8t expr888 rny very gr8t8ful thank3 to all the commlttee and our voluntary helpers for alL their work over the 18St year. I feel that W8 have had 8noth8r very 8ucce88ful Festival and continue to be hlghly r8g8rded by tsach8r8• performer8 and adjudicators. and still produce 8 product forwhlch there Is great demand and which we provide to a high levBI. l am 88peciaUygratefulto Jenny and Emm8 and all thelr helper8 In the Dance Sectlon for alltheir workto produce a very 8ucce88ful Festlval ag81n. Mythanks too to Peter and hi8 help8r8 at the Speech & Drama Sectlon In produclnga succe88ful Festlv8lth8t l am 8ure wlll grow again in the future. Thi8 year P8m. TIM and I were able to 80 to the BIFF conference a8 it waB sllghtty 88rll8r than usual. A useful tlme of reflectlon on 88pect8 of the Fe8tival and a time to meet other Festfval Reps. and 8dJudle8tors. At the Conference Dinner. Pam wa8 presented wlth her 50 ye8r long service award whlch took her by surpri88. On a more 8ombre nots. l am sorry to say that W8 16arned of the death of Derek Langrord. Hi8 chiLdren had played in the Festlval and he took ovar 8s Instrumentsi S8cretary for a number of year8 (1986-1992) befor8 movln8 awey. Although he dled In July 2024, we dld not hear of it urrtll thi8 year and weretherafore un8ble to attend the funeral or memorlal8ervice. Th8nkyou all agaln foryour support and we Lookforward to a 8uccesslulfuture. Davld Speed-Andr8WS 8th May 2025
Kingston upon Thames Festival of the PerformingArts Report on the Music Section8 2024 Piano. Saturday 91h & Sunday 10th November Frld8y & Saturday 15181h November Saturday 23° November Saturday8 30th November & f Decarnb8r Sunday 1yh November (Strlngs) Frlday 24° November (Wlnd etc) Saturday 14° December Saturday 18 J8nuary 2025 Vocal Instrum8ntsi Concert Young Mu8iclan' V•nu••: * Emmanuel Church. Gr8nd Avenue. Tolworth ** Viscorrti Studlo. Klng8ton Unerlty Adludloators TIMOTHY BARRATh- Plano (F8deratlon) 12 8e88ion8 (Third vl8lt) As 8Iw8ys. ha w89 very plaa8ant and e88yto work wlth. keepingwell to tlme. All hls comments (spoken &wrltt8n) were constructlve and helpful and were well r8celved. He made good use of the plano durlngadJudlc8tlon which 13 8Iw8yS 8ppreclated. The u88 of the new gradlng Sy8tsm worked well. BRYAN HUSBAND- Vocal (Federation) 5 8essions (Flrst vlslt) Bryan18 8 very experienced adjudicator and was easy to work wlth. He kept well to time. He made good use of h18 own sInngV01ce during adjudication and hls comment3 were generallywell r8C8iv8d. though generally his 8r8de8 V•pf8 fairly low. Unft>rtunately hls expense8 were felrly hlgh. NANCY LtrrEN - Strlng8 <Federatlon) 3 lonq $88slong' (Flrst vlslt) Nanrywa8 very good and very encour8qln8 wlth her comments. though I did feel she was a little over-generou3 with the grades. She keptwelltotlma. JAMES KIRBY- Wind. group8 8nd some strlngs (Federatlon) 3 8888ion8 (Second visit) James is excellent and vary constructlve In h18 adjudication. He kept well to tlme. He wag very happy to adJudlcat8 Strlng8 88well aswlnd etcwhlch w88 a great help a8 we had fewer 8ntrf88 In thewlnd and 8n8emble8 but a lot more *rlng8 ag81n. Entries and R•port: Pjano: Although th18 year the number of competitors was comparable to last year, we had 81ightly fewer entrles. W8 dld u88 all of the po88ible 12 sessions. We had 3418ntrl88 from 231 performer8, alm08t entlrely children. The 8ttend8nc8 wa8 good (86%) and the standard was generally very hlgh. ooaL: The number of junior entrles show8d a 8llght Inere888 on l88t y8ar, the 8enlor entries were stlll very low. A8 a re8uIt we only used 5 (out of the 6 pogslble) 888slon8. The attendance wa8 good {86%). The 8tsnd8rd w89 good. jnlttum. Tha number of entrles In the Strlng cla8888 wa8 very high, glvlng us a full day of competltlon wlth a hlgh standard throughouL The Concert08 and a full evening of recitsls were hald on what should have been th8 wlnd day. The number of entrle8 in the Wind cla88e8 was very small. wlth very few ensembl88 th18 year. We are gtlll 3eelng the contlnued effects of the lockdown periods. We only uged 2 sesslon8 for wlnd and 4 for 8trfng8. Attendance wa88ood and the stsndard of performance gener8llygood,wfth 80mevery8njoyable perfomiances. In th8 fUre we may need to have one adjudlcatorwho can do both week8 In orderto give us more flexibility.
Piano: Elizabeth Guo(88nlor) & Cellne Klm aunlor). Vocal: Amo8 Par8n(8enlor} & Tharunl Kal8V8nn8n tiunior) In8trum8ntsi: Fauv8 Corb8tt-M8cklnley ('C8llo} Acoompankn: Peter Bullett wa8 the Off Iclal Accompanist for the Vocel Clas888 agaln. Unfortunstelyth ho h88 declded to 8tep down after 10year8-we are verygratefulfor hls servlce8 durlngth8ttlm8. Marla Levandov8kaya &Jon Booth acted 88 Official Accompanists forthe Instrumentsi cl8Sg88. B[. These were provlded throughout the Fe3tfv8l 8t Emmanuel Church. Becau88 we could not sell home-made cakes, we made vary Ilttle profltwhlch dld not meet the catering 8xpen8e3 as in the pa8t, but none the less ware appreclated by many of the performer8 and th8ir families. Refreshments at the Concert & Youn8 Muslclan were Included In the tlcket prlce. We ar8 very grateful to Mavis Wilton and her team of helpars for all thalr hard worK and to Andrew Inne8 for cateringfor the workers. Thi8 took place on 14 Dacarnber. wlth p8rforrn8nce8 by repre8entatlV08 of the three Mu8ic Sections and Speech & Dram8. A vary successful evenln& Th8 aw8rd8 wer8 pr888nt8d by Councillor Yogan Yoganathan. The concert W88 well attended. youn&. We h8d nlne performers thl8ye8r as one fell1118tthe l88t minLrte. The 8tandard of performance, as always. wasvery hlgh. We were pleased to welcome Rlchard Deering a8th8 adjudicator. He gave qulte a fuLL 8clJudlc8tlon. concentratlng on general polnt8 rath8rthan 8P8clflG perforrnanceB. The winnerwas EIIz8beth Guo on plano. the runner-up w88 Lou18 Spadano on clarinet. As before, the expenses were covered bythe legacy In memoryofG8or8eSteven which will continueto 8pon8orthe competitlon for m8ny years to come. The Mayor. Counclllor Llz Green honour8d u8 With her presence and presented the aw8rds. . Thi8 yearwe nominatsd Ellzabeth Guo to repr88ent Klngston Festfval. l am dellghted to report that in a high standard competition of 14 players. she wa8 declared the wlnner. Our con8r8tulatlon8 to her. It. As aLway81 wi8h to expr888 myvery sincere thank8 to aUtho8e who have helped In arywayto make the f88tlv8lthe 8UCC888 that it 18. E8peclally I would liketo thank Mavls. P8m & He8therforth8lr hèlp In 8electlngthe 88t piece8, for all thelrworkbehind the 8cenes: to Pat Crltt8nden for help wlth cl8arlng up and to Heath8rfor her fLoral arrangements. Efiall1. the proposed dates are: Plano Vocal Instrumental Frldays, Saturday8 & Sund8y8 Ph.9lh & 14th.1V November S8turd8y8 22" & 29th November Sund8y8 23° & 301h Nov. at Vi8contl Studio, Kingston Universlty Concert Young Mu8ician Saturday V December Saturday 24° January 2026 D8vld Sp8edAndrew8 May 2025
Klnyton upon Tham•s Fo8tlval of tho PorlornilngArts Dance Soctlon Report The f88tivaltook place in half terrn agaln. from th8 29th Octobertothe 3rf November. we reduced the number of days from 9 to 6 days. 88 a result ol th18 belng a non-qualrfying AIL EngLand year. Whllst clashlnq wlth another local f88tival. th18 Option work8 well for us and we were well attended. We had the hlghly rasP8Cted adludlcator Jlll Baldock, who wa8 8UPP08ed to have 8dJudlcated for U8 l88t year, but had to cancel due to e family emergency. Many of our 8tt8ndees cornmented on Jill's kindness and fantsstlc feedback. everyon8 really enjoyed having Jill back th18 year. The f88tivalwa8wellattended, a8 normalwe dld h8ve a numberof drop outs dueto belng 80 early in the compatltlon 8ea80n. whlch r88ulted In u8 often running early. But thi8 was well communlcatsd and led to a very r8lax8d and frlendly atm08phere. We h8d vary few groupg attendin& but agaln this is very normal due to the tlmlng of our f8StIv8L we expect to have many more groups 8t n&r£y8ars quallfier. We notlced a l8rye uplift in revenue for group 88Ction8, With many more peopLe In the audience. We were very lucky to have a huge number of volunt8er8 from Kahll L8Wi8 Dance Company. we had mary of thelr Ucenced chaperone8 back8tage, whiGh meart all competitors were very well looked 8ft8r and Emma and I were verywell 8UPPOrted by the r83t ofthe te8m. On theflnal d8ywe had our bur88ry gectlon which we introduced in 2023, this isvery popularwlth the students and t8ach8r8 and the 8tand8rd wa8 incredlbly hlgh. W8 w8r8 very lucky that thls event wa8 sponsored by Bird College ag8ln. We are awera that there18 now 8 n8w principal at Blr(I Collage 8nd thls support may not contlnue In th8 future, however we would like to carry on wlth the bur8ary reg8rdl888. Urrfortunately the venue had mada Some s18nlflc8nt management change8 and our old contsct (who wa8 Incredlbly helpful), wa8 no longer at the 8chool. The new team were helpfuL and ev8rythln8 r8n 8moothly. We have Since received our quote from St Cath8rlne's School for next year ancl there ha8 been an excess of 8 500% Increase, whlch make8 th18 venue unaffordable for us golngior¥V8rd. Thls Is 8 real shame 88 th18w88 a fants8tic venue which wewiLL miss. We have booked our new venue; Weydon School. F8rnham. Our contsct ther8 ha8 been Incredlbly h8lpfuL 8nd whllst thls 18 8 8maller 8tag8 th8 faclUti88 are great and we have communlcated thi8 change to our returning School8. All Engnd Dance vl8lted the school wlth U8 and have approved this venu8 for 8n All England Danc8 festlval. Our 8djudicator has b88n conflrmed and we h8ve béen luckyto 8ecure Jodi8 Clark, anothervery popular and respected All En8land and BIFF adjudicator. We heve alre8dy b88n Inundated wlth enqulrl88 from 8chool8 regarding entries. 80 expect to b8 Incredlbly busy thls year when open for entrie8 In July. We heve booked the arlJudlc8tor and venue for 9 day8. Jen Tatner 8th May 2025
KlnDton upon Tham•8 Festlval ot the Perforrnin8Art8 Speoch and Drama Soctlon Roport In 2024, the Speech and Drama sectlon contlnued to hold thelr festlval at the United Reformed Church venue, which recelved p081tlve feedback In 2023. D88plts a Lower entryfrom 8tuderrt8 of C8roline Gupta. who h83 baen 8 8talw8rt of the ts8tlv8l, the entry number8 were only sUghtLy down from 2023. Atotal of 106 8ntrants 8cr088 th8 cla88 range competed. Two group antrlas were recelvad from drama schools who hed not pr8ViOU8ly competsd, and KinB* 08kSchool returned with a new set of pup118. We are encouraged that the fe8tival 18 now galning traction beyond the usual entrfes from prevlous y8ar8. There wer8 al80 80me entr188 from individual partlclpants. The Speech and Drama classes wer8 held over two consecutfve Saturday8 {11" and 1 November). The adjudlcator provlded feedbaek after 88ch cla88 and few Gl888es overran. He particularly enjoyed th8 choral 3pe8kln8 88 th1818 8 cla88 no longer Included in many festlv8ls. Again. 8everaL posltlve comments were recelved from pupi18 and tutors and the entrants were engaged and happy throughout th8 fe8tfval. On8 thing that will be tried In 2025 18 to have competitor stlckers for 8IL 8ntr8nt3. 80 th8t It18 not Ju8t me(lal winners who have a record of enterlngthe comp8tttlon. We thank the volunteer8 who 8UPPOrt us In runnlng the festlval and look forward continuing to rebuild th18 8ection and maintslnlng the cl839es offered In 2025. Pet8r SaU8bank8 8° May 2025
INDEPENI)Ehrr EXAMINER'S REPORT TO ThE TrUSTEES OP KIKWON FEsfIvAL OF THE PBIFORAIIN6 ARTS Thls report an the accounts of th6 charity for the y¢ar ended 28 February 2025. which are set out on the next five pages. Is In respect of an examirKtion carried out in accordance with sectim 145 of the Chartles Act 2011 (the Act) Respectlve repMlbllltl¢s of tnthe3 ard ¢xamlner Ag the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you consider that the audit requirem¢nt of section 144 th¢ Charities Act 2011 does not apply and that an Independent Examirntion is nuded. It is my rwonsibility to, examim th¢ accot$ und¢r section 145 of the Act on the basi$ of procedures speclfied In the fJen¢ral Directions 9iv¢n by the Charlty Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of th£ Act. to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of l*rdent examlmrfs roport My examination was carried out in accordance with the Gtneml Dlrectlons given by the Ch¢wlty Commissioners der section 14¥5)(b) of the Act An examination Includu a review of the acCotIng records kept by the charlty and a compri8on of the aCcOts presented with those records. It also includes conslderation of ary unus1 items or disclosures in the accounts. and SeekiThJ explarntiom from you os trustees concernirrfJ ony suth matters. Th¢ procedLres undertaken do not provide all the ¢videnc£ that would be required In an alit. and cMSequent I do not expr¢gs an audit oplnl¢n on th£ view given by the aCcOt9. Independent ¢xamlner'• 8tat•ffl•nt In connection wlth ry examinatlon, no Imtter has com¢ to my attenticn: (a) which gives me reasomble cause to lIeve that In ary material respect th£ requlrements: (i) to keep acco(ntiNJ records in accordance with section 130 of the Act. and (li) to pryre accounts which accord wlth the aCcotIng record¥ and comply with the accowrting requirements of the Act.. hove not been met: or (b) to which, in ry opinion, attention should be drawm In order to enable a proper (nderstandlrrfj of the accountg to be reached. Dated: 8th May 2025
PESTZVAL OF P8VORM AKf6 FOR THE veAA ENDED 28th FARy 2025 2024 Total Athilllu to fwth•r th• Chwlty'i obJ•ctlv 13.825 13.825 24.462 Actmtlej to fwKIi Bank Intvett 11.067 11.067 22.683 25.531 25.551 47,190 23.631 1.762 1.911 24.251 1.762 1.911 32.408 897 1,140 27.924 34.446 (1.753) (620) (2.373) 12.744 Fvdl8 a¥ at 18t Alar¢h 2024 7.C¢J2 55.610 42,866 as ot 28th F¢bnKry 2025 6.382 53.237 55*10
FEsfzvAL OF ThE PERFORIAZ Awrs BALANCE SHEET AS AT 28th FWUARY 2025 2025 Inv¢•tm¢nti Trophy Collectlon 6J08 Lloyth Current Account LId3 Deposlt Account Uoyds Flxed D¢po$it Cath in Hand (Banked post yw end) Pr¢pwients a¢crued Ineon LASS Creditors 1.451 7.702 20.220 25.415 976 331 (1,740) 2.191 (2.115) 46.n9 49J02 53,237 5510 BIFwd AlthTmont C/Fwd UTrY¥trl¢t•d 6enernl Fund Lf9a¢y l Youw Muiici¢m 39.108 (1.753) (620) (2.373) 37.355 6.302 46,110 Trophy alc Irance R¢serve alc Conti9¢w Rer¥e a/c 55.610 (2.373) 53.237 Troth Call¢¢ti•n The Feitival owrA a knr9e collectlon of Trophy'j that (we awth•ded on QrlI basls WJ returmd th¢ b*qUe1 ye4r. Thls hLwe all been domted o¥er the years by Patrons and Suppwttrs of the Festri1. No Kluatlon has ever been mde but a ruerve of £2,CKX) is led to cover ptsntlal repl¢um¢nt easts. Slwad gn behalf Of th l)avld Speed-Arnlrews Ckolrmon Dat•d . 8th May 2020 m Br Trea&Nrnr
FESTIVAL OF PWOAMINF ARTS RX yeAlI 1)ets 28th FARy 2025 1.1 knIA •f Tlxx accounts been yeptred on th¢ blS of hiitoric cogt in accord¢wKe wlth.. . Accountlrrfj R¢portlNJ by LIKritiu- Stat4ment of Recomffi¢nd¢d Practice (SORP 20051. ' and th the Chtritles Act 26. 1.2 ar8 In badl •f ageountthg Th¢r¢ been to the accountlry polldes (Klwtlon ruks and methgth of (Kcountiry) since108t w. No charyei ha been mad¢ to accountl for lIx ye4fS 2. AttIq9 p•llel•8 •cwftl•n of Irmlng Th¢f¢ ¢)r¢ Included Ih the Statemert of Financial Activitiu (SaFA) wKqib the charity becomes ¢ntltled to the reurcei: the 1nMte¢s or¢ vlrtwlty rta1Th will recei% th¢ r¢Murcu; the momtary u¢ can b¢ me(th with ffiCient roliability. 6rahts arnl domtlons fft only includEd in tho SOFA whwi the ¢harity kn* uthitional ¢ntitlement to r¢sre¢S. tsfflat•d and fa¢NItkn The88 are only Inchjled in incomlrg rer¢¢I {wlth an equi1¢ amount in OUrC expended) whem th¢ b¢nefit to Chvrity is reosombly quantlflable, Nrable aml Materlal. The value placed on tlxse r¢sourcu li the estimated ¥alu¢ to the charit Vdunt•w hlp The Klue of ary %vlUittY h¢lp rec•wd is Mt included In th nts but Is descrlbed In th¢ teel anrnial report. Ud¥lllty p•cwltlon Liabiliti¢s are recognixd an thve 18 a le5ml or Can8tnKFI obligation cornrnitting th¢ chIlty to pay rArt r¢sow¢e
FESTIVAL THE PERF¢m ARTS FCf4 THE YEAA EKDED 28th FEBWARV 2025 2025 2024 l Actsrftlei to fwther the awity'¥ ab¢11 Festival Entry Fees: Dance Speech d Dran Music 7.396 18,514 n5 5.233 6,024 13.825 24.462 Patrom Fees and DoThitlons 45 3 Aetmtles to g•Mrnt• fw Entry Fees a Pr¢gramrne gjles Dance Speech a Drama lknic Yowg Mwl¢an Dance - Olher Ihcome MIscellan 6.992 156 18,538 115 2.542 233 249 886 60 11.067 22h83
FESTIVAL OF THE PEAF¢*M ARTS FOR YEAR ENDED 28th FEBRUARY 2025 2025 2024 4 thvltable Actmtl 11 Hir& 5.760 8A70 Speech a Drnma MlC Al11¢ator Fees d Expemes: 3.262 2fi30 576 3hl8 Speech a Drama Al1C Accompinist Feel Printlr Dance Sectlon Expenses Medals Kinggton Yowg Musician Awards adJo¢at1On ' charged ag2ir4t dul9nated fund 431 2.701 755 234 3.677 4.782 620 * 557 * 24.251 32.408 Subscriptions and Copyrlghts Insuran Plano Costs Web Slte and Advertili 530 367 629 230 1.762 897 6 Manag•m•ntr and Admlnlthatl Spe¢th a Drama Expen8e8 Muslc Sectlon Expen Conferences - All Eryland and BIFF Sundry Expenses 315 1.546 1,110 1.911 1,140