The (A)tsiYolfl ￿ale vol￿ Cholr REGISTERE D CH.4RIIY LCI86?.a 2 TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR2023 The r&gistered name of Ihe Charity is The Cotswold Mole Voice Choir. The Registered Add ress is that of th e Treasu ro r.. 24 Desert Oreliid Road, Prestbury. Cheltenharn, GlrJucesièrshi¥e G L52 SF D The Govo.rning Docurnenl is Ihe "Rule% and Co Trstilulioii- of Ihe choir as amerbde(S in July 2010. 1.he objeLEives of tlie Clioir shall b E 10 pr8.Cli¢e. prnrllole and study Inustc in order lo oster pu bli c kn4)%vledgp. d apprecidlion of music by mea￿5 of public performance" The 'Rules arid C oiistitulion. slale Iha i it shall be non.polilic81 and iion-sectaiian The peisong legally respDnsiblE d Lpfino the financial year 2023 year viere the Trustees, namely.. RiGhard Beiineit. Chairman, appointed 251Fi tO.8y 2022 Ih Jolin McDorhnell. Treasurer, 8PI)oiiited 10 Trlarch 2022 Nicholas Roach. Sècretary, appointed 10111 rtharch 2022 (resigned Sepiember 2023). The Cliarity's main Agen Is are.. Baiikers: Lloyds t3ank: 13 0 High Street, Cheltenham. Glo Lacesiershire GL50 ) EW The operalii)g income of tho choir deriv85 fiom rtiember5hip £ubgcriplions. doll ationg to choi r riiiids. thc lies proceeds from piil)lic perfoi'imances. concerts or comiiiercial boDkinqs and other fun d-raisirig aciivilies as viell as Gift Aid deriire(E from don81 loi)% and membership sli Liscrii)lions. The g ross income of ehe chuii iiicorporaips receipts from menibers for social aGlivilip.s such annual diiiner or iour accoiminodalion %vhich are offset by balancing eKpenditure orl Iliose 8Ctivilie s. In 2023 IhB lola l income received %iias £27,525_10. Tlio cli oir uscs the income from its activities to fvnd its tsperational oiitgoin gs a￿d to support other worthy Cc4Lrses, In 2023 the tota l expenditiire Ilias £2B.231_36 The mail) oper3tional costs fDr the chL)ir were the employ1￿ernt of it& professional Music Icam, hirE of ils rehEarScil venue afjd the purch1r so of MUSIC Scores. Fees ffor the Music TeEJrn were f7.535.00 and vonue hire i'las £2,133.18. In addition, li granted E1:5fJO.00 to the Miiidsong cliarity and the Saturday KiEchen for the horDelpss. There %vere no outstanding doE]ts or gu araTrlees rTrade by Ihe choir as al 311fj212023. For 2023 Ilie ch oir & Ann ua I Income and Expen diture accoiin Is shovi a deficit ol £ -706.26. Thai compare9 10 an eKGess of £194.f 4 in 2L122. £2.237.77 in 2021. £3.93 2.48 in 2020.. £2,039.96 in 2019., and a &efiDit uf - r1.560.64 in 2018. Th¥ CrJl5yi(>ld Ivl Lil e V4) ice Choi r Tru£tpe%' A Trnu al rt f Dr 2023 The ioial end of year funds held I￿ Ihe choii's bank account5 and petty cash vias £1 S.198.57. None of tliesè furids aro subject tJJ any règllicii on s regardi rhg Ihei r use 3 nd they are ava ila ble foi the 9eneral purposes of the thoii. During the peiiod th ero were no related party transactio￿￿ re qLriring d isclosuTe_ The financial policy fo Ilowed by the trustees is 10 reiai n icient *unds in ils bank accounts so as lu eiisure Ihp. r.ontiTruance and opeialiO1181 Vi1c bility of the choir, To tkiat end it retains fLpnds vJhich will support up to 3 year 5 d itect operaliorbal cos15. It lias minimal fixed costs.. rehearsal venue hirè is bookèd on a qu3rterly basis and itg music team are paid by session delivered. I￿On1hrY in arreaTS_ gince Ill e bulk of members, an Iiu 81 subscriptiC4ns are rece ived in January and Februciry of the fiiian¢ial year. it is c&sh PC>Siiive for the bulk Df Ihe year. Conse qiiently, the trustees remai n confident of the oll-g oing financial viability ol the charity. Roy F4emming Tiiislee aii(S Chai Iman of the ColssvoId_ ale Voice Choir Date The Cotswold Male Vorre ChD ir TTuslL'i'S' Anilu)I tteiiort for Annual Accounts for 2023 Cotswold Male Voice Choir ## **Cotswold Male Voice Choir** ## **Receipts & Payments Account - Year Ended 31st December 2023** ## **FINAL ACCOUNTS** ## **Prepared by :** _John McDonnell_ Treasurer 20th February 2024 CMVC 2023 - Final Accounts Report A4 20.02.24.xlsx Page 1 Annual Accounts for 2023 Cotswold Male Voice Choir ## **Cotswold Male Voice Choir** ## **Receipts & Payments Account - Year Ended 31st December 2023** ## **INCOME** |**2023**
£
Subscriptions
5021.00
Concerts & Public Events
5042.63
Weddings & Family Events
962.50
Advertising & Sponsorship
0.00
Social Events
2431.20
Donations
322.04
Raffles
3601.89
Uniform
317.10
Bank Interest Received
123.80
CD Sales & Other Income
0.00
Sundry
14.24
Tour Income
7899.00
Other Income/Gift Aid
1789.70
**Total Income**
**27525.10**|**2022**
£
3992.50
4844.11
0.00
2213.00
3529.41
3359.47
492.50
6.79
100.00
3.00
8460.00
841.63
**27842.41**|**2021**
£
3380.00
2893.50
750.00
0.00
879.90
230.00
1171.07
184.00
0.99
10.00
145.81
0.00
792.68| |---|---|---| |||**10437.95**| ## **Explanatory Notes On Income** Subscriptions 55 members in 2023, up from 50 members in 2022 ; 42 in 2021 ; 38 in 2020 & 51 in 2019 Total from Concerts & Events £6,004.86 in 2023; up from £4844 in 2022, £3643 in 2021; £0.00 in 2020 & £7544 in 2019. Donations £322.04 from retiring collections then passed to charities (payments) Gift Aid Derives from 2022 subscriptions & donations to choir funds Raffles Rehearsal Raffle tickets (attendance donation) Net income after costs £2,990.87 ## **Receipts & Payments Account - Year Ended 31st December 2022** ## **PAYMENTS** |**2023**
£
Rent (PMH)
2133.18
Music Director
4350.00
Accompanist
3185.00
Concert Expenses
925.10
Donations
1550.00
Social Events
2988.23
Sheet Music
44.40
Raffle Expenses
611.02
Website & Email
239.00
Stationery
0.00
PRS
0.00
Uniform
635.40
Sundry Expenses
352.19
NAC & Insurance
147.08
Tour Costs
11049.00
Other
21.76
**Total Payments**
**28231.36**|**2022**
£
1923.28
4140.00
3197.00
850.07
1286.30
1994.60
555.57
630.40
240.00
0.00
0.00
1358.88
875.57
142.60
10454.00
**27648.27**|**2021**
£
945.26
3360.00
1575.00
837.52
131.90
197.38
0.00
435.96
240.00
0.00
0.00
55.00
13.99
71.84
0.00
336.33| |---|---|---| |||**8200.18**| ## **Explanatory Notes On Expenditure** Donations Donations to Mindsong £1,350.00 from ticket sales and Saturday Kitchen from retiring collection Uniform Unifom includes 10 new choir jackets as sizing samples Sundry Expenses Sundry Expenses includes Defib battery at £232.19 Tour Costs Tour costs include coach travel and Music Team from choir central funds. Other costs offset by tour party payments CMVC 2023 - Final Accounts Report A4 20.02.24.xlsx Page 2 Annual Accounts for 2023 Cotswold Male Voice Choir ## **Choir Income v Expenditure** |**Choir Income v Expenditure**|| |---|---| |**Income v Expenditure**
_(Deficit )/_Excess
**Bank Balancing Statements**
Bank balances as per statement
Bank balances asper statement|**2023**
**2022**
**2021**
£
£
£
**-706.26**
**194.14**
**2237.77**
**2023**
**2022**
**2021**
31/12/2022
15873.35
31/12/2021
15660.12
31/12/2020
13429.90
31/12/2023
15160.24
31/12/2022
15873.35
31/12/2021
15660.12| |Bank balance change|-713.11
213.23
2230.22| |Petty Cash balance B/fwd
PettyCash balance C/fwd|31/12/2022
31.48
31/12/2021
50.57
31/12/2020
43.02
31/12/2023
38.33
31/12/2022
31.48
31/12/2021
50.57| |Net PettyCash balance change|6.85
-19.09
7.55| |**Total Bank + Petty Cash Change**|**-706.26**
**194.14**
**2237.77**| ||| |Total Bank & Petty Cash balances|**15198.57**
**15904.83**
**15710.69**| |**Subscriptions**|**2023 £**|**Members**|**2022 £**|**Members**|**2021 £**|**Members**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||5021.00|55|3992.50|50|3380.00|42| |55 members in 2023; 50 in 2022, 42 in 2021, 38 in 2020|for all or part of the year and 51 in 2019.|||||| |43 in 2018, 41 in 2017 , 43 in 2016 and 37 in 2015.||||||| |**CMVC - Donations**||**2023 £**||**2022 £**||**2021 £**| |Charitable donations||1550.00||1286.30||131.90| |**Public Performances**|**2023**|**2023**|**2022**|**2022**|**2021**|**2021**| |Concert & Performance Income|6004.86||4844.11||3643.50|| |Concert Costs (venue hire & media)||1000.57||850.07||837.52| |Music Team Fees||2075.00||2060.00||1005.00| |**Net Performance Income**|2929.29||1934.04||1800.98|| CMVC 2023 - Final Accounts Report A4 20.02.24.xlsx Page 3 Annual Accounts for 2023 Cotswold Male Voice Choir **Cotswold Male Voice Choir** Registered Charity No. 1086232 ## _The declared objects of the charity are:_ "TO PRACTICE, PROMOTE AND STUDY MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE" ## **Cotswold MVC Events 2020** |**Cotswold MVC Events 2020**|| |---|---| |All events|0| |**Cotswold MVC Events 2021**|| |All events|11| |**Cotswold MVC Events 2022**|| |All events|24| |**Cotswold MVC Events 2023**|| |All events|22| |**CMVC Event Register**|**2023**|| |---|---|---| |||| |**Cotswold MVC Events 2023**|**Event Date **|**TYPE**| |**CONFIRMED EVENTS**||| |Choir Annual Dinner at Cotswold CSSC|28/01/23|CMVC Social| |Cornwall Tour to Looe - Concert with Polperro FMC for RNLI|**22/03/23**|**CMVC Tour**| |**St. Andrew's Concert with GoVocal. Choirs in Harmony**|**25/03/23**|**CMVC Concert**| |Uglos Shanty Recording The Park Campus|29/04/23|Private Event| |Funeral 3rd May for Lilian Greenman, St Stephen's Church Cinderford|03/05/23|Funeral| |St Peter & St James with Cirencester MVC|13/05/23|Public Concert| |Wedding of Peter & Claire, St. Gregory's Cheltenham|27/05/23|Wedding| |Tewkesbury Abbey, Concert for Cancer Research|07/06/23|Private Concert| |**Midsummer Concert Gupshill Manor**|**10/06/23**|**CMVC Concert**| |Concert for TIC at The Pavilion Cheltenham|01/07/23|Public Concert| |Concert for NHS 75th at Wotton Lawn Gloucester|05/07/23|Private Concert| |Summer Social & Skittles, CCSSC|08/07/23|CMVC Social| |Concert for Marina Court, Tewkesbury|15/07/23|Public Concert| |Friends of Montpellier Bandstand|20/08/23|Public Concert| |The Springs Holiday Park|01/10/23|Private Concert| |Rotary Concert, Leonardo Hotel Cheltenham|13/10/23|Private Concert| |Worcester Cathedral with Worcester MVC & Hereford Police Choir|14/10/23|Public Concert| |**Autumn Concert, St Matthew's Cheltenham**|**21/10/23**|**CMVC Concert**| |Choir Quiz at The Feathered Fish|13/11/23|CMVC Social| |**Emmanuel Church with NNPS**|**09/12/23**|**CMVC Concert**| |The Bear, Tewkesbury|17/12/23|Public Concert| |Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester|23/12/23|Public Concert| _CMVC Concert = organised and promoted by CMVC Public Concert = organised and promoted by 3rd party_ CMVC 2023 - Final Accounts Report A4 20.02.24.xlsx Page 4 Independent examiner's report on the accounts CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of I kg QtsrSLaoL rtNLg Uoicc On accounts for the year ended Charity no {If any) IOE Set out on pages Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Charities ACV,) and that an independent examination is needed. Ffhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [named body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. It is my responsibility to= examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner's statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The prO￿dureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a Irue and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below ") 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act" and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met" or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed. Date: Name.. IER Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems,{&g. accounting records have not been kept in accordance wtth s132 of the Charities, Act 2011 and those accounts do not comply with the requirements ofthe 2008 Regulations setting outthe fomi and content of charity accounts., any aterial expenditure oraction which appears not to be in accordance with the trusts of the charity,. any failure to be provided with iErfonnation and explanations by any past or present trustse, officer oremployee; and any material consistency between the accounts and the trnstees, annual report.) IER. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER