**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 10 2023 30 09 2024
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Crickhowell Choral Society
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1042098 **Charity's principal address** Merry Fields Barn Ffawyddog Crickhowell **Postcode** NP8 1PY ~~ee~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Frank Williams Chairperson 2 Anita Burbridge Secretary 3 Angela Sharp Treasurer Publicity 4[Richard Livsey ] Davies 5 Bettina Reeves Social Secretary 6 Genet Bevan Alto Rep 7 Phillip Johnson Bass Rep 8 Janet Miles Soprano Rep 9 Peter Blood Tenor Rep 10
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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 2023 Concert**
A German Requiem, Johannes Brahms
## **Music Festival 2024**
_Heaven Calling_ including:
- Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Henry Purcell
- Missa Vide Domine Laborem Meum, Antonio Lotti
- Magnificat, CPE Bach
Other concerts
- Community Christmas Concert
- Opera Gala Night
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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)** Main income is from membership fees, ticket sales and patrons. You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: • 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. ~~_L~~ **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** 1 January 2025
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CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY **Number 1042098**
## **Financial Year ending 30/09/2024**
## **Receipts**
|Voluntary Sources
Subscriptions
Friends/Patrons
Choral Scholars’ Sponsors
Donations
Trading Activities
November Concert
Music Festival Concerts/Sponsors/Grants
Summer Concert
Christmas Concert
Income from assets
Building Society Interest
Sub Total
Miscellaneous Receipts
HMRC Gift Aid Refund
Christmas Meal (receipts from members)
Summer Social (receipts from members)
Insurance Claim Payment for Stolen Trailer & Staging
Total Receipts|8031
3140
1550
2
3562
14709
1246
264
424
32928
2413
1848
858
15433
53480|
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CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY **Number 1042098**
## **Financial Year ending 30/09/2024**
## **Payments**
|Direct Charitable Expenditure||
|---|---|
|Fees and Bank Charges|485|
|Gifts and Donations|1390|
|Other Expenditure||
|November Concert|4064|
|Christmas Concert|348|
|Music Festival Concerts
|21225|
|Summer Concert|1209|
|Rehearsal Fees|5370|
|Choral Scholars|2850|
|Christmas Meal|1972|
|Website Hosting|131|
|Summer Social|867|
|Piano Maintenance|87|
|Printed Choir Folders|580|
|Postage/stationery|24|
|Prepayments for November Concert 2024 & Festival 2025 602||
|Trailer Storage|480|
|Replacement Staging & Trailer|16551|
|Total Payments|58235|
|Balances in hand|38506|
|Bank Current Account as at 30/09/24|21625|
|Monmouthshire Building Society|16881|
||38506|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to the trust••sl
membern of
CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY
On accounts for th• y•ar
•nd•d
3 September 2024
Charlty no
(ff any
1042098
S•t out on pag
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Tnmf) for the year ended
RMpon•lbllhI and A8 the charity trustee8 of the Tnmt, you are r88pon8ible for tha preparation
ba•1• of rnport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 fthe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrled out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Direth'ons given by the Charity Commission
under seclion 145(5)(b) of the AL*.
Independent
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matter8 have
•xamlnerf• 8tstsment come to my attention (xxxxXx) in connec*ion with the examination
which gNes me cause to believe that in, any material re8P8Ct:
accounting records not kept in acCdanCe with section 130 of
the Act or
with the examinats.on to which attention should be drawn in order to enabl8
proper understanding of the accounts to be reach8d.
' Please de
te the words in the brackets rf they (k) not apply.
sn•d.
15110r2024
Gareth L1n Wlliams
Rolevant prof•sslonal
quallflcatlonls) or body
(If any):
Relired Bank Manager
Addr••s:
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs to hhlIght matters of concern (see CC32,
Independerrt examination of charity accounts: directions and guKlance for
examiner5).
IER
October 2018