## **Horsley Choral Society** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year to 31[st] March 2025** Charity registration number: 1092436 Trustees: John Stone Martin Stringfellow Zena Singer Fenella Parker-Mole The charity is an unincorporated association. The trustees are all members of the choir and are selected along with the non-trustee members of the committee to ensure that the charity is well managed and meets the governance standards required of a registered charity. An independent person who is not a member of the choir reviews the charity’s annual accounts. The charity’s objectives are “to promote, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of choral music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts, and for such charitable purposes as the members of the committee shall from time to time determine.” The charity performed a joint concert with Oxshott Choral Society in June 2024 and its own concert in December as well as participating in the Leith Hill Music Festival, an annual choir festival established in 1909. The festival comprises a choir competition in which Horsley Choral Society won several categories as well as the overall contest this year, and an evening concert with 5 other choirs. In addition, the choir sang at various public events in the locality, including carols on the village green and at West Horsley Place. The charity operates without any borrowing and has adequate reserves to support its ongoing activities. The accounts for the year to 31[st] March 2025 are attached. These are based on cash accounting and it is for this reason that the face of the accounts shows a substantial surplus of nearly £18,000 for the year, whereas the underlying result was a loss of nearly £3,000. The discrepancy reflects the receipt prior to the year-end of deposits from members for a choir tour undertaken and mostly paid for the following year. Choir members paid for the entire cost of the tour which, as intended, ultimately produced a neutral result for the charity, albeit spread across two financial years. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Horsley Choral Society On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (If any) 1092436 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110312025. Responslbllltles and As the charlty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my exarnination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followéd the applicable Oirections given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(bl ol the Acl. I have complctod my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examiiiation which gives rne cause lo believe that In, any material respeci: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date- Name: rian Manners Relevant professional qualificatlon(s) or body (if any): ICAEW Fellow Address: Wensleydale Forest Road Easl Horsley KT24 5DH IER October 2018 ## **HORSLEY CHORAL SOCIETY** **RECEIPT AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** Charity Number 1092436 **HORSLEY CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **CHARITY NUMBER 1092436** ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025** |**Index**|**Page**| |---|---| |Receipts and Payments Accounts|1| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|2| ## **HORSLEY CHORAL SOCIETY** ## **CHARITY NUMBER 1092436** |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025**| |---|---|---| ||**Year ended**|**Year ended**| ||**31 March 2025**|**31 March 2024**| ||**£**|**£**| |**Receipts**||| |Subscriptions & Donations|10,975|11,494| |Gift Aid|1,654|1,639| |Concerts|4,562|4,368| |Fundraising/Socials|410|360| |Music Hire|370|313| |Advertising|172|150| |Retiring Collections|236|445| |Miscellaneous|15,701|62| |Bank & Other Interest Received|93|83| ||34,173|18,914| |Music Sales|72|-| |**Total Receipts**|**34,245**|**18,914**| |**Payments**||| |Conductor & Accompanist|9,037|8,834| |Hire of Halls|2,995|2,113| |Concert Costs|3,584|3,172| |Leith Hill Musical Festival Fees|2,420|2,140| |National Federation of Music Societies Fees|680|605| |Fundraising/Socials|652|524| |Music Hired|1,490|447| |Publicity|258|256| |Administration|133|102| |Retiring Collections|252|538| |Sundries|3,513|221| ||25,014|18,952| |Music Purchased|-|39| |**Total Payments**|**25,014**|**18,991**| |**Net (Payments)/Receipts**|**9,231**|**(77)**| |**Prior Year Cash Funds**|**8,668**|**8,745**| |**Cash Funds at Current Year End**|**17,899**|**8,668**| 1 HORSLEY CHORAL SOCIETY CHARITY NUMBER 1092436 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARGH 2025 Year ended 31 March 2025 Year ended 31 March 2024 Cash Funds Current Account Deposit Account Four Choirs Account Petty Cash 10.319 7,479 681 7,886 100 100 Totsl Cash Funds A8Sets Retained for the Charlty'8 Own Usg Sli8el Music Podilim Mijsic Stand Signed on behalf of the tNstees on Martin String ellow, Treasurer 29 D8t6