**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 10 2022 30 09 2023
**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
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||Anita Burbridge|Secretary|||
||Angela Sharp|Treasurer|||
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||Bettina Reeves|Social Secretary|||
||Genet Bevan|Alto Rep|from 6.5.23||
||PhillipJohnson|Bass Rep|||
||Janet Miles|Soprano Rep|||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **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.
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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.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Main Works performed:
**November 2022 Concert** _Toward the Light_ A Celebration of the 150th Birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams
**Music Festival 2023** _Manifesto_ including:
- Mass in C, W A Mozart
- Dixit Dominus, G F Handel
Other concerts
- Music for MND
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## **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** 19 January 2024
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CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY **Number 1042098**
## **Financial Year ending 30/09/2023**
## **Receipts**
|Voluntary Sources
Subscriptions
Friends/Patrons
Choral Scholars’ Sponsors
Donations
Trading Activities
November Concert
Music Festival Concerts/Sponsors/Grants
Music for MND
Income from assets
Building Society Interest
Sub Total
Miscellaneous Receipts
HMRC Gift Aid Refund
Christmas Meal (receipts from members)
Prepayment Tickets for November Concert 2023
Total Receipts|7784
3307
500
343
1754
11164
630
159
25641
2600
1546
30
29817|
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CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY **Number 1042098**
## **Financial Year ending 30/09/2023**
## **Payments**
|Direct Charitable Expenditure
Fees and Bank Charges
Gifts and Donations
Other Expenditure
November Concert
Music Festival Concerts
Rehearsal Fees
Choral Scholars
Christmas Meal
New Website
Summer Social
Piano Tuning
Prepayments for November Concert 2023
T Jones (re May 2022 uncashed cheque)
Total Payments
Balances in hand
Bank Current Account as at 30/09/23
Monmouthshire Building Society|490
467
2237
17249
3600
700
1620
1054
391
205
544
120
28677
43261
26805
16456
43261|
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CHARITY (OMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to tho trust•es
CRICKHOIOELL CHOFiAL SOCIETY
On accounts for tho yoar
3 Swember 2023
Charlty no
(ff any)
1042098
Set out on pagos
I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢counts of the above
tharity (Ihe Tntst") for the year ended
Rosponsibilftios and
ba818 of f•POrt
As the charitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Acf).
I report in resped of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
und8r section 145(5){b) of the AL*.
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have ccwnpleted my examinaticfft. I confinn that no mateiial matters have
come to my attention in connection wtth the examination (other than that
disclosed below ") which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material
resFect.'
the accountirKJ records vRre not kept in accordance wllh section 130
of the Charihes Act; or
the accourrts did not accord wilh the accounting records.. or
the accounts did not comply wilh the applicable requirements
conceming 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 Inje and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have a)me across no other matters in connection
wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a woper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please d
te the in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Slgned:
8th November 2023
Name:
Gareth Liewhelin Williams
Relevant professlonal
qualification{s) or body
Retired Bank Manag
IER
Oct 2018
(If any):
Addr•M:
4 Lansdown Roay
Abergavenny
Gnt NP7 6AL
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charty a¢cowts.' direthons arKI
guidan for examiners).
Give hore brlef details of
any items that the
•xamin8r wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018