**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 10 2021 30 09 2022 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1042098 Crickhowell Choral Society **Charity's principal address** Merry Fields Barn Ffawyddog Crickhowell **Postcode** NP8 1PY ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Frank Williams|Chairperson|from 17.1.22|| ||Anita Burbridge|Secretary|from 16.1.23|| ||Angela Sharp|Treasurer||| ||Richard Livsey
Davies|Publicity|from 17.1.22|| ||Bettina Reeves|Social Secretary|from 17.1.22|| ||KatyTutt|Alto Rep|from 16.1.23|| ||PhillipJohnson|Bass Rep|from 17.1.22|| ||Janet Miles|Soprano Rep|from 17.1.22|| ||Peter Blood|Tenor Rep||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution dated 7.6.82 as amended 24.10.94, 6.9.2010, 5.1.2015 and Type of governing document 20.1.20. - (eg. trust deed, constitution) By Association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by choir members - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The object of the Society shall be to promote, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Society through its Committee shall determine from time to time. **TAR** March **2012** 2 In achieving its objectives, the choir continues to increase its repertoire, attracts excellent audience numbers and maintains a healthy balance sheet. In addition, it continues to offer choral scholarships to local young people to enable them to advance their musical education. In return they perform as part of the main choir including undertaking some solo work. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Main Works performed: **November 2021 Concert** _Gloria!_ A Celebratory 40th Anniversary Concert including: - Gloria RV 589, Vivaldi - Coronation Mass K317, Mozart - The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem), Handel ## **Music Festival 2022** _A Song for Mary_ including: - Magnificat in D, J S Bach - Regina Coeli, W A Mozart - Maria Theresa Mass, Joseph Haydn ## Other concerts - Summer concert: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration with the Free University of Amsterdam Chamber Choir **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** Crickhowell Choral Society continues to maintain a reserve to protect **Brief statement of the** itself should income fall in any one year. The policy is reviewed annually. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Main income is from membership fees, ticket sales and patrons. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Angela Sharp **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 25 January 2023 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY **Number 1042098** ## **Financial Year ending 30/09/2022** ## **Receipts** |Voluntary Sources
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Building Society Interest
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CO2 Monitor
SumUp Card Reader
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Bank Current Account as at 30/09/22
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42001| |---|---| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the trusteesl members of CRICKHOl4NELL CHORAL SOCIETY On accounts for the year end•d 30th September 2022 Charity no lrfany) 1042098 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wtlh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respecl of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have follow￿ all the applicable Direth"ons given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have axaminerfs statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination (other than that disclosed below") which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were nol kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act" or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿MIng the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts grve a knie and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ¢oncems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a pwper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please dele the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 9.11.2022 Name: Gareth Llewhelin Wlliams Relevant professional qualification(s) or body lif any): Retired Bank Manager Address: 4 Lansdown Road, IER Oct 2018 Abergavenny Gwent NP7 &4L Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32. Independent examination of chanty a¢xounts. diredions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examinerwishès to disclose. IER Oct 2018