ciry OF 81RMINGHAM CHOIR
lA0)m￿Y limbled by
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
>J JUNE 2021
Company numbw. 020B1252
*ABOL(y)31t*
2e10312022
COMPANIES HOUSE
A14

CITY OF BIRmIN￿HA￿ CHOIR
(Acoyw bmited by 9Uaf¥rtee)
CONTENTS
Drfors. Tnjstees. Rok
Indepernlenl &am*Ws ReKxxi
Balance She•t

cl￿ OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A oynpany limited by guarantee)
DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES REPORT
Year ended 30 June 2021
Jung 2021.
Chavity
Cho
CharMyR¢gistrallo* lkn*•r
02011252
83111S8
P.KBL￿d8n
J.M.Ellis
A.A.Maciver {aPFK¥nt•J 14 Dec￿ber 2021}
AO.Parmll
T.SwJgir
J.Tayfor
S ￿br*s38 lapFran*d 28 Cttoi>er 20201
Tcrfjlan
S.J.Wwd
S.Whale I￿$￿)￿￿j 14 Dec8rnbw2021)
V.E.Wilthr{r8wJ 19 May 20211
H.Carslako ontyl
Company S•cr•tary
T.

crry OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A company lynit￿ by gLwrartee}
DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES REPORT
Year UKled 30 ￿ 2021
Independtnt exarnlt
sh￿ Bam
Lan•
30a HartKJm8 Road
8i(ffwgham
8153A4
B97 6QH
Gov•rnlng DocwneTrt
Tho ¢Mgantsath"on is a ¢tiariiabb8 c4ynpaDy limrttsd byw¥dn*e, h￿r￿j Th)Sha￿ IIT*8S in¢A)rwJrated on 5
D￿J?her 1986 ￿ regK4te￿fj as a thahty on 6 Odot*r 1995. Th• f**ilablè (rlmpanywas esiat4i%h8d under a
nl r￿t exceeding £1.
TNso•• kndu¢iion and TA¥thvJ
assss*l and train¥¥J or4ani*J
Rlsk manag¢mAt
invesknent rÈtvms and ¢xtst pTÈsyJ￿s rèsultry frt)m Ihe currènt 8XFendthre 8rMronment i￿reaSe Ihe risk
to th
Ofg•ni$alion•l Stru¢lur•

crry OF BIRIAINGHAM CHOIR
IA rAxnpany ￿mited by 9uararrteel
DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES REPORT
Year ￿led 30 June 2021
The Cityol Birmingham c￿1¥ tiyi5ts to W* and purformar￿ ol
¢hordl rnU5￿. In shapiThJ th& thanlable obpcti¥os forth• year and Is acts￿ ￿ T￿￿te
ha¥e Cons￿er￿j the Chanty Commiss•￿￿ on benefiL
thFJ year and had to cancd the fr￿r¢￿¢*￿5 wwJinaly &4ann8d forth8 ￿1￿mA ￿ntsf of2020 and F4an8 for
concerts in the sprirtrJ a￿1 of2021 put and subwu8nty ab￿￿n￿. Rehwsals took
r8u)rdÈd parts lo be c￿￿1￿ja18d 8rwJ ￿chri￿ You Tube channd. Tho tho¥ had been F4amiThJ to
dude Haythi's Ne[$￿ Mass in ¢Th ol th8 co￿*￿5 alwj a rnjmterof Irom were rectyded
d F4)Sted the tiUe"HaJth trom trbTh". The r*Kxr by mththrs Ihe WestftMnster Chw)bar
Ctrch8stra ea* 01￿¢JM similJty sutmthd tr*ir IrDm hoffle. Th8 chJir*3s dvlight•J Making
I￿SIC decided to indude orÈ ofthese rhjnjses in one of IhÈirotFhr* (x)￿rt%
A number ofcarols *r• srndarty athj F¢Jsbi wNJBr the ti08 Tarcls tsr a LockdrMTr Cfvi51ma5" aThJ. '
th8 spring of2021 rorxJrdift9s ofVavgh* Wqoms'"In W¥%Jsot For8sf a¢tiTrAlios ttsr the ygar. Bolh of
th8s8 ag&n indu¢knl play8rs Irom Westrwn¥ter Chamb8rOrcheslR arKI ts chow was #easèd to b6 atygto
Fin•ft¢i•l R•vi•w
£20,178. Dcnat•)ns 8rKI Legaries I￿1￿ded a ￿b￿rts81 twjacy Itwxn a knrmermemtm. t¢Jialled £129,851.
AJI reheaTrals ￿Te rx)nthJcled on41r￿. a8 a result ofwhth Il* Btsard agre*1 fm a 50% ￿dUC￿On pi Ihe
normal rale ol mwnbw wb5criptwJn. Ft ts to f￿￿L¥s1 how the pa￿Jerr￿C w4 al￿ frJbJr8 ct¥Kert
attgndarTh r8¥erwJ8s *knat. rfany. tsrrwtalh)ns may c(￿tirth. trtrt IhÈ bDard k8 cl￿fithnt that thè fvrrf
th8 18gacy receiv8d to pmrnote th• In￿MeNt of sch(wJ¢hiknn ￿ I1￿ apprec*•tion ot. and participa￿￿ in.
chor* gnging ar*J are F4anniThJ io L¥yarthsg separate scknrth rxoJ8¢ts in the comw y8ar. It is howl Ihat
ofthese ￿11 lead to sthwlch*Jren's invdvernBnt in a cO￿ert b take Flace exady 1CQ Yo￿ trom the choiffs
fir51 concertin1921.
concgrfs in th¥ yoar. thorn ha5 b88n no ticket in(oN*. A >Jbstsnlial Iw frcm a ftymor m8mb8rwas th8 main
sthJrt• ol this ￿r.
In¥eBlmenl poll¢y
The has ￿Mi0￿$ty t￿￿Je1¢d ts nYJst apprwiai• trinv85tiry an •amffwJ
bank Whilst Ihts *ill ¢onl¥ll* &8 a me￿% ofnwlty l*wnJity rn¢wirnmÈnts li ￿18th0n lo t￿cert and
p￿18Cl pTurwK)IKm. in th& I￿t Oft￿o￿￿alle1d offrJThts. the 8oard also e¥4ore optrfft tha of
adlJ￿on8I l)ryer term Investrnent.

crty OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A CoM￿Y Imited by guar*rtee)
DIRECTORS AFX) TRUSTEES REPORT
Year eThJ8d 30 j￿19 2021
adequat8 finan(* to SUPkXJrt Ihe pknnirwj ¢ydtraThJ 10 lo ethlt. Irtsm li* urThtsinties of
0￿5￿)n5 lknn tosuppxl that r•Jt cc6ts from offic¥ inL>Jn8, a5 ha8
partirAJlaty be8n Ihe ca&e thrs year. ￿ ojrrwrtgenwa reseNÈ ofE271.843 P020: £161.8991 is rxJn*dered to
b8 ad8qvate. txrt the Board oJntinu8S to ara b ty to grow iton a to ￿al basts.
activttr8& in partKxAar. Vfdy5 of Onc￿j￿ng youTrJ sw. lo d8veknp Ihe 5kts of m9ml￿r5. all part
of ts wntinuing Voic• Faclory I￿la￿V&. The Board ty¥1B￿ Ihi5 fv￿J M an annual basis kj a5strss ts appmpna
Imi u5ag8. The ffjslwrbj lund of £778 {2020: £778) ruwes￿l a frjnd bj surpxt tho tho1¢5 11XIth
or￿J￿￿2ry ITh 2021
for the Anrxjal R8P(xt and Ihe Financ￿ Statmnts in acLXxdan￿ wih apKlirth law Unthl
n9dom Accounting Slandards (Uni18d Krydom Gen8ralty Acc*ptal fv£crMJntirs Prxtir8k
faw viw4 ol the slate of alfa￿ olb)8 chanlat48 cfffipaTry of the irK¢rriThJ rvswrce5 and of
p￿pa(9 the finarnaal St*8fi￿nts on t￿ goir*J b8w it is inapproprAto b w8sun* that thè
and *xplained Ift ￿ fi￿181 siattftwts.
at any b"Th thè financial of the dwntatde company and Ihe and to enawo wtsvr• that th•
fina•Laal stat￿ents rxJnWy*ilh th8 CcfflpaTh￿ Act 2C#A. Th8y aT8 z150 respJn*ble for safeguarth'ng th8 as$8ts
othèr irrtylAarit￿.
on the tharrtth (￿panIS web fAI8. Le0￿alw￿l in the Unrted Kirvjlom govemThJ the w8pardtion aY•1
t*sswnination of Ihe fir￿¢￿1 staterrnnls rrw dilfer frcffi189￿IaItr)n ￿ other jurthbon5.
T.S¥Jgir

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A timited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT EK4MINEifs REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
OF crry OF 8IRkllNGHAM CHOIR
2021.
As the ¢hariE*s tru5tee5 ofts Compary laTrJ also its ¢thr￿ forthe wrrK•SeS ol company Lqw) you ar8
r*S￿$1b1• forth• wBpaTrbon ol lh• arc(wJnts In acr￿[￿￿ wilh tha rwu1r8m￿IS of Iha C•rrwani95 kl 2￿6
rih• 2CK$6 Prt).
Ha￿n9 satisfied ljwt thè attr*Jrts of tr* Compafty arè not reqLNred ID be audited ur#ltt Part 16 of Ihe
a¢￿Unts a5 faff¢edoul undwseLlw)n 145ofthe Charit*s 2011 2911 kri. In carryry t)ut my
e¥aminali￿ l DirT¢Iwm5 gr¥*n tytr* Chaiy Corn1￿ unrkn seLlb)n 14gSXb) oflhe 2011
or
Iho arx(wnts ijo not comply wlh the accJ)untiThJ wUlM￿r￿ ol secti¢¥$ 396 of tha 20C6 Act other Ihan
any require￿￿nt that ac￿nts give a fairw nota matttrrw)s￿er￿J as partof
an 1t¥Jepend￿t examination,. or
Recommended Practre loraco￿ntiThJ a)d (8wting by d*iiliÈs lapplKat4e to charil*s prvpariNJ th8w
IrEl•MI IFRS 10211.
I have no ¢¥)nC8rns aTrJ ho￿ coTh aL¥rss no other rnatt•r¥ in ¢y￿ne(IN￿ ￿ the eyaminatioD tr) *fiich allention
8￿Uld be drawn in this fOPDrt ￿ ordef to ehaile a propaf Ur¥Je￿￿TrjIr¥J of Ihe accounts lo be rnached.
Saty.Ann Re8ves FCCA
Shire Bam
H8w811 Lan8
Tardebv4g8
897 6Q

crty OF BIRMINGHAM CFKMR
IA ctsnp•y liThMted by guardntee)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVlnES
ended 30 June 2ff21
2021
Tots
Fund¥
2020
Totsl
Funds
3.851
126.orKJ
3.851
126.(KKJ
Legacy
Inv&slm8nl inc£*me-
Chaiilabl?
11
11.775
1S6
54.127
11.775
141.637
141.637
59.549
Resources•xpend•d
E￿ndi1vrts tYI.'
Chanlabl& arkntss
31.693
31,953
$3.381
Tolal
31.693
31.9&1
53.381
trt McOn￿{8Xp￿IitUt￿}f￿rth8 >*ar
1260)
109.9M
109.684
6,16B
Recon¢iliallon dlunds
Fund balanc85 at th8 oftr*
778
161.89
192.659
186.491
Fund bol•n¢e¥ atth¢ qnd alth•
ar
778
29.722
2TI.843
302.343
192.659
Th? nrA•s ￿ pages 8 to 12 fonn partofthes8 statem

crry OF 8IRkllNGHAM CFK)IR
{A c(rfnpany by guarartee)
BALANCE SHEET
s at 30 June 2021
DÈbtOfS
6.570
187.341
Ca$h at bank
278.921
J7.516
193.911
Credilorn.. an￿nts f811r¥J du>*ilhin one
15.173}
{1.252)
192,659
)2.343
192,659
General
271.843
161,899
29.982
08signated
301.$65
191,881
7T8
778
Tolal lunds
2.343
192,659
Th8 Oirectors Co￿81￿8r that chaTr￿e rs tr) exemplKth ftom Ihe ￿￿1￿Me￿ to ha* an
audii urthr pfovi5irn5 ofs•¢lw 477 0lth• Co￿￿ni￿ kl 2rx6 Clthe mernbef5 hav8 Thjt
req￿red the (om￿nY to rthin the a¢cordanc* v*ilh see￿)ft 476 ofthtr
re¢orts which COmF4y with sectwjn 386 ofthe Act and prgpariTrJ finwKial slatements which gi¥e a tru8 ar*J
fair Ihe slate of affays olthe charilatilÈ fa)mpany as at 30 ￿Tre 2021 iLs $urphts forthe yearthen
•nd8d in accordan￿ with the rBqUWeM￿ts ofsectiorts 394 ￿ 395 ofth8 PLt aThl C£¢rr￿1Y *glh lh8
company.
behalf by..
*KD.PAnwl
Lirector

ciry OF BIRMINGFLAM CHOIR
{A ￿npanY limrted by guar*e)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ￿ 30 June 2021
Aecounling pol
1.1 Ba8* of pr•parthi
been PTrP•Bd ￿ Ko)rda￿e ¥rilh the Charibes SORP IFRS 1021 Ar%￿ntry and ReFo￿g by Charities..
tho Finarwl Rem'ng SI￿dar￿ ak¥knilb in th• LIK a¥J Reput4c of I￿and IFRS 102110118th* 1
j&r￿ry 20191.. FUw￿la1 R8rthry Starthrd 102 Tr Fm*Kial R8Wrtir•J Slandard apPI￿at49 in Ihg UK
ar*J of lrnlar¥l and th8 CThwièsPd21Th. The firwKxal statemBnts havè b00n WBparod uThJar
12 Fund •¢¢¢wJrrth
R••tri¢t¢d fund•
Unr•strlct•d fvnd¥
13 InGomlng r•w
Voluntsry iro)m8 by way0fg￿nts, dOnab"C￿ aThJ gAls is ¥K*NJ8d in the st￿n￿l tslF5nanc&
the
1A •xpomkd
ffianage￿Tht dlha ￿￿￿tatIO C￿paThy.

crry OF BIRMINGHAM CFKXR
(A rxthpany by guardrlee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
wKJed 30 June 2021
costs are aHGvted bet*fen Ihe ¢aits20￿5 oflP* slat￿￿￿ of Fina￿181 A¢b￿tIeS c¥Tr a
basis dpyjned to refied ts u59 ofth& rn5ryJrre. Cc6ts relabr¥J to a parI￿lar athAy comyi5& tK&lh costs
1.5 VAT
1.6 C•*h at bank and ￿ I￿￿1
Cè5h at bank hand inc*Jd88 c*h ar*J short lemi hghty Iwpj in¥estrY*hts *gth s￿rt temi man*ity
1.8 GoiThJ Concwn
material urvrfaintss exist ￿ tryL$t￿ ho¥e corsKknd knvel offvnds aThJ tha wct8d1ovo1 of
inrAJme and eXpend[tU￿ kjr 12 auh)Th5iThJ these fjnarKial statem￿ts. The irKome
Net (oulgoingifMKoming r•8ow
475
475
2020
Tick￿ salès aThJ faes ¢amed
Mon*whip $ubsuwtityis
Chii5trnas Treats CD Sa
Gift a#1
10.277
15
2.595
1.115
875
11,775
54.127

crry OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A ciNnpany limled by guararlee)
NOTES TO THE F1m￿ClAL STATEMENTS
4 Analysis ol•*￿nditi￿•
Tolal
Exp8nd¢lum cti*itth athtr•s:
15.7$1
15.751
33.1
3.874
Matheting
10.676
3.165
10.676
3,165
Ac¢thipanistfees
2,315
3.120
PTinb'rvJ aThJ staiKJr
vol￿ Factory
InsuTrn
Legal WDIossi(¥MI
475
475
1,027
475
31.478
475
31.953
53,381
30 ￿ft• 2tr20.
As a chafits￿e ¢x)mpany. ljtyof BI￿r￿￿ Chc¥ is eywipt hom •bJ g•ns WlityJ wthin
88clron 478 of lh& TaxesAL* 2010 orsttiTh 256 0lth• Tatsts]nof Chèryèat48 Gawts A(a 1992 to th&
2020
Grfi awj redaimat48
Legacy
2,595
28,$95
6.570
2021
2020
Sunthy
5.173
1.252
P￿10

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR
(A r>)nwy Iwnited by 9￿*￿ee}
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year eThled 30 JLm8 2021
10 R•strithd Fwwjs
BalrtDs at
30 ￿ne 2021
1 2020
marking the 10(Mh ar￿￿*Sary.
Balance8 at
30 Jur* 2021
1 2020
G8nernl fiJr¥Js
161m9
141,&37
31.693
271.843
191.881
141.637
31.953
J1.565
Th8 d8yJn*d furbj is forth? r*trall¥*". to fund tr•"nin9, •)d
Tolal
Bank depos￿& ac£ounl
Other rAsh at bank and in harNJ
82.167
195.976
23.422
82.167
196,754
23.422
301.565
302.343
Py11

cTrY OF BIRMINGHAM CH(XR
IA company linwled by gLw¥tte)
NOTES TO THE FIfrithCIAL STATE•AENTS
Ye¥ eThJed 30 21r21
Balan(*s at
1 2019
778
1Cth anThvernary.
Balance5 at
30 Jun& 2020
1 j￿2019
Generat fvnds
153.
51.579
161.W39
08s#]nated funts
31.784
1.802
185.713
59.549
53,381
191.881
otshops aThl foroth8r wr¥8ds.
Total
Bank d•w¥sitaccount
Olhw cash al bank and in Iwj
N•1 thbIors￿d
82.T59
104.404
5.318
82.159
105.182
5.318
191.881
192.659
14 Truslam and R•kt•d Parti•¥
•Npofi$0$ thriNJ the yw. DurYKJ Ihe y8ar Ihe rec•¥ed a ¢knat*)n of£1.000 frc¥n tknbrxk Cha
•nd £2.(til GJW TtrnTrnst. L*)Ih of**Nch Carskke a tws*e.
P¥12