## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/08/24 Period start date To Period end date** ## **31/07/25** ## **Charity name: Knaresborough Choral Society** ## **Charity registration number: 1057498** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF**
**THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CHORAL**
**MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF**
**PUBLIC CONCERTS AND BY SUCH**
**OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY,**
**THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE, SHALL**
**DETERMINE. TO PROMOTE SUCH**
**OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS**
**THE COMMITTEE SHALL, FROM TIME**
**TO TIME, DETERMINE.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Regular opportunities at a local level to**
**sing under direction of a professional**
**director and with a professional**
**accompanist, whether at concerts,**
**community events or simply at weekly**
**rehearsals.**
**Recent projects have provided enhanced**
**facilities - new staging.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**As Chair I confirm that we adhere to the**
**processes and requirements of the**
**Charity Commission by holding formal**
**minuted meetings and an AGM with**
**notice to all members where trustees are**
**appointed. We have appropriate policies**
**eg safeguarding and display our charity**
**number wherever appropriate.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A we do not make grants** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **Our volunteers are all members of choir and support the administrative, musical needs, prep social and fundraising** Para 1.38 **events, member support to get to** Contribution made by **rehearsals and musically, venue and** volunteers **concert preparation as required. Most work is carried out by committee members. We have DBS checked members and policies to cover dealing with younger and less abled members.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its|Para 1.20|**1) 3 Performance a year that attract a**
**good enough sized audience to**
**cover costs and make a small**
**profit to go towards our next**
**event.**
**2) Our members describe how**
**having a local outlet for music**
**sustains them and enhances their**
**mental health and social**| |beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||**opportunities.**
**3) By staging quality live classical**
**music in a small town, with**
**professional soloists and support,**
**we provide opportunities for**
**people who would otherwise not**
**encounter this art form.**
**4) Broader education and wellbeing**
**enhances society as a whole.**
**5) **| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Grant for staging**
**Funding performances and rehearsals**
**without raising costs for members year**
**on year**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Financially secure, increasing**
**membership and stable fixed costs.**
**Year end: £12000 cash in hand.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Next performances and to keep costs**
**down for members**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£6000 to be reserved**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/ A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Membership Fees**
**Fundraising Events and Raffles**
**Ticket Sales**
**Grant Funds - Rotary Fund and**
**Knaresborough Relief in Need both**
**boosted our funds for specific projects.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |||**Age and drop in membership**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Loss of viable venue**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nominations from membership by**
**membership. Membership hands up vote**
**at AGM.**
**Rare co-opt by Trustees themselves**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Attending of meetings**
**Handbook from Charity Comm**
**Personal Mentorship this year by. co-**
**chairmanship**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Making Music Uk**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**pay membership/affiliation fee**| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Knaresborough Choral Society| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|KCS| |Registered charity number|1057498| |Charity’s principal address|Methodist Church Gracious St
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||HilaryGardner|Chair|Oct 2024|| ||Angela Taylor|Treasurer|2021|| ||Carole Avison
Wood|Secretary|2022|| ||Sarah Turnbull||2021|| ||Carmel Wake||2021|| ||Jill Cutter|||| ||Elaine Grinter|||| ||Ann Yardley|||| ||Peter Wilson|||| ||DorothyParnaby|||| ||Su Brown||2025 Oct|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** KNARESBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY . income and Expenditure 2024 -2025 £ £ Income Amount Expenditure Amount item item Subscriptions 10346.50 / Venue rehearsal 1260.00 i Venue Concert 535.00 ~ Gift Aid 2024-25 2128.97 ~ Conductor 4110.00 ~ Accompanist 3191.00 “Ze , Grant/New Stage 9322.60 “Music hire/purchase 718.74 v Bank interest 112.24 J NewInsurance stage 9322270 **.** 60 **0** “|“ Purchase scarves 93.24 | Concert Income 1604.00 s Concert expenses wus (52 (4939-52 . Q Ticket sales 3008.00 ~ _— Printing (a, 100040 ° - Donations 650.00 “ Fundraising 1159.02“ Fundraising expenses 0.00 Concert Fees soloists 998.62 Clothing,stationery 95.00“ Concert Fees conductor 1400.00”. juice sales 273.01 Concert Fee accompanist 1150.00i Donations for gifts 84.99” Website 124.00 ~ Refund/Scarves 93.24/ Sum Up/Stripe Card Charges 19.50” DBS Certificates 58.80 ~ Gifts 8499 ~— PRS fee 4410 Income 2024-25 28877.57 Expenditure 2024-25 25744.14 Income/Expenses 3133.43 Pe as Savings A/C 01/08/24 3924.51 / Pa Bank Balance 01/08/24 5174.23 “ _Bank Balance 31/07/25 8195.42 » Income over expenses 3133.43“ Savings Account 31/07/25 4036.75 rs 12232.17 “Cash in hand 31/07/25 12232.17 “ 4 KNARESBOROUGH CHORAL SOCIETY | **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Income and Expenditure 2024 -2025
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Income Amount Expenditure Amount
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Subscriptions 10346.50 Venue rehearsal 1260.00
Venue Concert 535.00
Gift Aid 2024-25 2128.97 Conductor 4110.00
Accompanist 3191.00
Grant/New Stage 9322.60 Music hire/purchase 718.74
New stage 9322.60
Bank interest 112.24 Insurance 270.00
Purchase scarves 93.24
Concert Income 1604.00 Concert expenses 1333.15
Ticket sales 3008.00 Printing 1000.40
Donations 650.00
Fundraising 1159.02 Fundraising expenses 0.00
Concert Fees soloists 998.62
Clothing,stationery 95.00 Concert Fees conductor 1400.00
Juice sales 273.01 Concert Fee accompanist 1150.00
Donations for gifts 84.99 Website 124.00
Refund/Scarves 93.24 Sum Up/Stripe Card Charges 19.50
DBS Certificates 58.80
Gifts 84.99
PRS fee 74.10
Income 2024-25 28877.57 Expenditure 2024-25 25744.14
Income/Expenses 3133.43
Savings A/C 01/08/24 3924.51
Bank Balance 01/08/24 5174.23 Bank Balance 31/07/25 8195.42
Income over expenses 3133.43 Savings Account 31/07/25 4036.75
12232.17 Cash in hand 31/07/25 12232.17
| am satisfied that the | and E accounts detailed above are a true reflection of the trading
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