CHESS VALLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR Registered ChaTity Number. 1049289 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023 Contents Pag• Llst of Trustee8 Trustees Report Balance Sheet Statsment of Funds Stat•ment of Flnanclaf Actlvlties Independent Examlnerfs Report
Chess Valle Male Voice Choir Re istered Chari No. 1049289 List of Trustees For the Year ended 31 December 2023 Mr R F J Smith (Chairman) Mr E A Price-Davies (Secretary) Mr M E A Read (Treasurer) Mr B G Kilshaw Mr D Watson Mr C J Shelton MrDHHeam Mr A M Hogarth Mr D Tippins Page 1
Chess Valle Male Voice Choir Financial Statements For the Year ended 31 December 2023 The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 sl Dember 2023. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (Unite(l Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable trust and of the incoming resources and application of reSoUrs, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable trust for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. prepare the financial statements on the going concem basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the chaiitable trust will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable trust They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable trust and hen for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. RFJSmith Chairman Chess Valley Male vol Choir .2024 Page 2
Chess Valle Male Voice Choir Re istered Chari No. 1049289 Balance Sheet at 31 December 2023 2023 2022 CURRENT ASSETS Bank Accounts 30,355.12 8,060.43 CURRENT LIABILITIES Sundry CrlitOr Creditors 35.00 2,981.50 Total 879.46 Current A880ts minus Currenl Liabilities Total 27.373.62 7.180.97 Re resented b ACCUMULATED SURPLU Balance brought fOrard Surplusl(Deficit) for the year 7,180.97 20,192.65 27 373.62 7,188.99 6.02 7 180.97 Total Page 3
Chess Valle Male Voice Choir istered Chari No. 1049289 Statement of Funds For the Year ended 31 December 2023 NET CURRENT ASSETS £27,373.62 FUNDS Unrestricted £27,373.62 The Trustees consider that the charity is entit1 to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of the Charities Act, The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with the Charities Act 2011, and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity as at the end of the Year and of its income and expenditure for the Year Approved on . ..2024 and signed on its behalf RFJSmith ) Trustees E A Price-Davies.......... MEARead Page 4
Chess Valle Male Voice Choir istered Chari No. 1049289 Statement of Financial Activities For the Year ended 31st December 2023 2023 022 Income Subscriptions Gift Aid Tax Refunds Concert Income Surplusl(Deficit) on Visits and Tour Surplus on Social Events Uniform Sales Donations Joseph Kerrigan Legacy Amazon Income Bank Intet received 6,096.00 1.451.75 3.403.73 418.00 69.50 225.00 1.654.00 24.000.(X) 26.42 439.31 37,783.71 4,947.00 1,201.75 4,179.08 90.00 23.75 20.00 1,231.77 30.38 5.39 11,729.12 Totsl endlture Musical Director and Accompanist Concert Expenses Purchase of Music Hire of Halls PurGhase of UnrfO$ Insurance Affiliation Fees Donations Legacy Purchases Bursaries Sundries Marketing 7.705.00 1.517.82 388.62 1,482.10 0.00 236.10 7,460.00 1,370.19 65.88 1.440.00 0.00 226.24 53.00 859.77 0.00 125.00 40.29 94.77 1,309.00 4.438.74 250.00 16.28 194.40 Total FOR THE YEAR 17 $91.06 20,192.65 11735.14 16.02) RPLUSI DEFICI Page 5
Chess Vall Male Voice Choir Financial Statements Forthey ar ended 31¥1 December 2023 Independent examinerfs report to the Trustees of tha Chess Valley Male Voic• Choir I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Chess Valley Male Voice Choir for the year ended 31 St December 2023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have follcwed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Twst as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Richard Skepper ..2024 8 The Braid Chesham Bucks HP5 3LU Page 6