Trustee Report for Ipswich Chamber Choir
Year Ended 31[st] August 2024
Charity No 1074813
Registered Charity Address: 1 Morris Road, Wickham Market, IP13 0TF
Trustees who served during the year
Carol Scotland (Chair)
Marian Stephens (Secretary)
Michael Cooper (Treasurer
Glynis Buckmaster
Terence Gaussen
Jennifer Haxell
Management
Ipswich Chamber Choir is managed by a Management Committee, comprising (at 31[st] August 2024) the above Trustees. The Committee works with the Musical Director in selecting concert repertoire. Administrative and concert tasks are handled by the Committee and choir membership volunteers.
Trustees are selected by volunteers from the choir membership and then informal interview.
Activities and achievements in the year
The year ending 31[st] August 2024 was another busy year for the Choir. There were three full concerts plus a light Christmas Crackers with the Raedwald Ensemble, a Quiz night and a summer garden party. We continued our Easter Bach Passion Cycle with the third (St Luke) Passion, leaving the final Passion, St Matthew, to be performed in Spring 2025.
Finance Report
It was a very successful year financially.
Our total income was £29,271 and there was a surplus of Receipts over Payments of £6,349 against a budget of breakeven. This surplus was mainly due to a £6,000 grant received from the Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Trust – donated in anticipation of our St Matthew passion, to be performed in 2025. We received £8,080 in subscriptions from 47 members. From this and some of the donations we were able to claim Gift Aid of £2,322, a record amount. We were greatly helped by generous donations of £2,190 from Friends, Patrons and Bach Circle supporters and £352 from ad doc donations and the
sale of gloves, cards and red current jelly. All this plus a successful Quiz profit of £761, a net £258 from the summer garden party and £506 from parking, folder sales and bank interest gave us extra funds of £4,067 against a budget of £4,000.
Our non-concert costs were £10,367 against last year’s £10,398.
Concerts
The November Rheinberger concert had an audience of 82 and returned a profit of £582. The December Christmas Crackers had an audience of 58 with a profit of £339. In March we had 165 present for the St Luke Passion, performed again with The Geldart Ensemble and soloists from Amici Voices. This concert had a loss of £4,552 which was very close to budget. The June Jazz concert had an audience of 121 and made a £323 profit – again close to budget.
The overall surplus of £6,349 will be used to fund the 2025 Passion cost, which will be at Snape Maltings Concert Hall and is likely to return a significant loss. This should reduce our Accumulated Fund of £16,712 back to nearer our long-term level of c£15,000. This is deemed sufficient to fund at least six months of costs.
Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
| Statement of Financial Affairs Receipts Members and Supporters Members Subscription Gift Aid Friends, Patrons and Sponsorship Grant received Folder sales Donations and sundryr income Fundraising and Social Quiz evening Garden Party Concerts and Singing days Ticket sales Music score receipts Brochure sales (net) Donations for refreshments (net) Raffle tickets Investment income Bank Interest Total Receipts Payments Administration and Contracted Musicians Music Director and Assistant Music Director Subscriptions, Insurance and Fees Website, admin and sundry Purchase of music folders Fundraising and Social Quiz evening Garden Party Concerts and Singing days Musicians Music Instrument hire Rehearsals Venue hire Piblicity and other Total Payments Surplus for year |
2024 £ 8,080 2,322 2,290 6,000 40 649 19,381 1,279 270 1,549 6,895 624 157 296 200 8,172 169 29,271 9,005 750 612 10,367 518 12 530 7,295 1,306 250 680 1,525 969 12,025 22,922 6,349 |
2023 £ 7,830 2,269 1,860 1,500 30 1,198 |
|---|---|---|
| 14,687 | ||
| 1,553 - |
||
| 1,553 | ||
| 7,865 - 229 372 161 |
||
| 8,627 | ||
| 48 | ||
| 24,915 | ||
| 8,882 608 228 680 |
||
| 10,398 | ||
| 602 - |
||
| 602 | ||
| 8,123 838 450 610 985 520 |
||
| 11,526 | ||
| 22,526 | ||
| 2,389 |
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Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 ~~Po~~
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-24 | 31-Aug-23 | |
| Assets | £ | £ |
| Bank current account | 589 | 708 |
| Bank deposit account | 15,628 | 9,160 |
| Total Monetary Assets | 16,217 | 9,868 |
| Debtors - payments in advance | 845 | - |
| Total Assets | 17,062 | 9,868 |
| Less: Creditors - receipts in advance | (390) | - |
| Net Assets | 16,672 | 9,868 |
| Movements in Accumulated Funds | 31-Aug-24 | 31-Aug-23 |
| £ | £ | |
| Balance brought forward | 9,868 | 7,479 |
| Surplus of Receipts over Payments for the year | 6,349 | 2,389 |
| Balance carried forward | 16,217 | 9,868 |
Approved by the Management Committee 12th September 2024
Treasurer M D Cooper
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Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 ~~PT~~
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended (date) which are set out on pages 1 to 2
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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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.
Signed: Gary Scarff ACA FCCA MAAT Walter Wright 89 High Street Hadleigh Suffolk IP7 5EA
Dated: 3 October 2024
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Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024
| Statement of Financial Affairs Receipts Members and Supporters Members Subscription Gift Aid Friends, Patrons and Sponsorship Grant received Folder sales Donations and sundryr income Fundraising and Social Quiz evening Garden Party Concerts and Singing days Ticket sales Music score receipts Brochure sales (net) Donations for refreshments (net) Raffle tickets Investment income Bank Interest Total Receipts Payments Administration and Contracted Musicians Music Director and Assistant Music Director Subscriptions, Insurance and Fees Website, admin and sundry Purchase of music folders Fundraising and Social Quiz evening Garden Party Concerts and Singing days Musicians Music Instrument hire Rehearsals Venue hire Piblicity and other Total Payments Surplus for year |
2024 £ 8,080 2,322 2,290 6,000 40 649 19,381 1,279 270 1,549 6,895 624 157 296 200 8,172 169 29,271 9,005 750 612 10,367 518 12 530 7,295 1,306 250 680 1,525 969 12,025 22,922 6,349 |
2023 £ 7,830 2,269 1,860 1,500 30 1,198 |
|---|---|---|
| 14,687 | ||
| 1,553 - |
||
| 1,553 | ||
| 7,865 - 229 372 161 |
||
| 8,627 | ||
| 48 | ||
| 24,915 | ||
| 8,882 608 228 680 |
||
| 10,398 | ||
| 602 - |
||
| 602 | ||
| 8,123 838 450 610 985 520 |
||
| 11,526 | ||
| 22,526 | ||
| 2,389 |
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Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 ~~Po~~
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-24 | 31-Aug-23 | |
| Assets | £ | £ |
| Bank current account | 589 | 708 |
| Bank deposit account | 15,628 | 9,160 |
| Total Monetary Assets | 16,217 | 9,868 |
| Debtors - payments in advance | 845 | - |
| Total Assets | 17,062 | 9,868 |
| Less: Creditors - receipts in advance | (390) | - |
| Net Assets | 16,672 | 9,868 |
| Movements in Accumulated Funds | 31-Aug-24 | 31-Aug-23 |
| £ | £ | |
| Balance brought forward | 9,868 | 7,479 |
| Surplus of Receipts over Payments for the year | 6,349 | 2,389 |
| Balance carried forward | 16,217 | 9,868 |
Approved by the Management Committee 12th September 2024
Treasurer M D Cooper
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Ipswich Chamber Choir, Registered Charity No 1074813 Accounts for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 ~~PT~~
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended (date) which are set out on pages 1 to 2
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
-
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.
Signed: Gary Scarff ACA FCCA MAAT Walter Wright 89 High Street Hadleigh Suffolk IP7 5EA
Dated: 3 October 2024
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