|Registered Charity No 1093113
14 Hadlow Way Lancing BN15 9DE
07768 131817
Chair@worthingchoral.org.uk
www.worthingchoral.org.uk|Acting Chairman: Peter Johnston
Music Director: Aedan Kerney MBE
Deputy Conductor: Sam Barton
Accompanist: Marcus Martin|
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## **Chairman’s Annual Report 2019-2020**
At our last AGM in October 2019 we had plans for the season till the end of our year in June 2020. There was great excitement about performing Carmina Burana in late March and a concert of Mozart’s Solemn Vespers and other short pieces. But the Covid19 pandemic took us all by surprise and profoundly changed everything. Carmina was cancelled at very short notice because of the government national lockdown. We had to find a way to keep the choir going until the pandemic was over. But here we are ten months later and severe restrictions on meeting to sing are still in place and we have made the most of virtual rehearsals on Zoom, a technology few had heard of until it became an essential part of life for many.
During 2020 the Charity Commission agreed to the revision of our charity governing documents which we agreed in October 2018. We are an Unincorporated Association and our constitution is based on the model constitution recommended by the Charity Commission.
Our charitable objects are:
## **To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art**
## **and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.**
It has been impossible to perform in public but we have continued to provide education to the choir in preparation for future performances once they are allowed gain. But we remain committed to the objectives.
Because of prudent financial management we were in a good position to continue functioning as a choir. The Treasurer’s accounts are available, having been reviewed by an Independent Examiner.
The Trustees are:
Peter Johnston – Chairman
Tamsin Cundy – Treasurer
Fiona Crane – Librarian
Angela Brooke – Secretary Barry Bates Elizabeth Crockett
Victoria Burcombe
Trish Forrester
We have continued meeting virtually and over half of the choir has been involved, many on a regular basis. We held a ‘virtual concert’ in December with the soloists and conductors in St Michael’s Church Lancing and the rest of the choir singing to themselves alongside the professionals and accompanist. We have learned a lot about the resilience of the choir and how to use technology effectively.
We have had very generous leniency from the Assembly Hall, The Sinfonia of Arun and soloists who mainly forwent their fees for the cancelled Carmina Concert. Spending since then has been limited so we remain in a good position to survive until the Covid19 Vaccine frees us again.
I want to thank Aedan Kerney Musical Director, and Sam Barton, Assistant Conductor, who have led and encouraged us through the lockdown restrictions and continue to remain positive about taking us to new repertoires. Throughout the pandemic the committee of Trustees has met online to ensure we covered our legal responsibilities as a charity and thanks go to them. Jane Davies resigned from the choir and the committee and we thank her for her tireless efforts in developing the role of concerts and rehearsals manager. The remaining 8 Trustees have continued to act when it is possible to do so and we retain good relations with all the organisations we collaborate with in normal times. They too are all struggling to keep going and we hope they will all come through safely once ‘normality’ returns.
We will continue to meet online until it is deemed safe for us to meet in person and continue to provide opportunities for those who wish to join in the virtual rehearsals.
I thank the Trustees for their work this year and am pleased that we all remain positive about the future as the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be getting brighter.
Peter Johnston 11[th] January 2021
## **Worthing Choral Society Accounts Financial Year 1st September 2019-31st August 2020**
|**Receipts and Payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2019-2020**||**2018-2019**||
|**Receipts**|£|£|£|£|
|Fundraising|2607.50||||
|Subscriptions#|10370.00||9630.00||
|Donations|842.00||1226.06||
|Gift Aid|1194.50||1494.39||
|Ticket Sales -choir only|2597.00||3128.00||
|Assembly Hall Box Office ticket sales|0.00||1142.00||
|Sinfonia of Arun refund|6045.00||||
|Carmina Burana music hire refund|294.50||||
|Sales and Sundries|250.45||112.00||
|Programme Sales|115.00||132.10||
|Social Event income|0.00||0.00||
|Choir for hire|0.00||400.00||
|Interest on deposit account|40.28||30.63||
|**Total receipts**||**24356.23**||**17295.18**|
|**Payments**|||||
|**Rehearsal Costs**|||||
|Musical director - Aedan Kerney|0.00||0.00||
|Accompanist|690.00||1260.00||
|Associate MD - Sam Barton|1421.60||1440.00||
|Rehearsal Hall Hire|1060.61||1415.25||
||||0.00||
|**Totals**||**3172.21**||**4115.25**|
|**Concert Expenses**|||||
|WPO concert ticket proceeds|374.00||||
|Music Hire and purchase*|1739.19||1789.50||
|Professional musicians (Sinfonia of Arun)|6045.00||3585.00||
|Soloists|860.00||1350.00||
|Conductor|460.00||200.00||
|Ticket refunds**|78.00||||
|Total Assembly Hall costs|||2480.24||
|Venue Hire - other|30.00||530.00||
|Advance deposit Assembly Hall|||300.00||
|Programmes|||1010.00||
|Piano Hire/tuning|||914.00||
|Publicity/Programmes|628.60||398.32||
|Misc Concert Expenses - soloists gifts|49.95||121.93||
|**Totals concert costs**||**10264.74**||**12678.99**|
|**Administration costs**|||||
|Independent examiner fee|60.00||||
|Domain registration|6.00||||
|Extension reel|10.50||||
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|Insurance and Making Music membership fees˄|439.92||400.45||
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|Gift to NewSPAL - setting up fund ~~|||500.00||
|Stationery|27.68||47.72||
|Website hosting|20.00||29.99||
|Miscellaneous Administration|||40.00||
|Purchase of folder stock|||216.00||
|Unity Trust Bank charges|84.90||90.00||
|**Total**||**649.00**||**1324.16**|
||||||
|Total payments||**14085.95**||**18118.40**|
|**Total receipts**||**24356.23**||**17295.18**|
|**Total payments**||**14085.95**||**18118.40**|
|**Surplus for the year 2019-20**||**10270.28**||**-823.22**|
|**Statement of assets and liablilities and cash position**|||||
|Balance in Unity Trust Bank Accounts 01.09.19|**18217.39**||**19040.61**||
|Add receipts|24356.23||17295.18||
|Less expenses|14085.95||18118.40||
|Surplus for year||**10270.28**||**-823.22**|
|**Balance carried fwd from 2018-19**|**18217.39**||||
|**Balance carried fwd to 2020-21**||**28487.67**|||
|**Assets in accounts 31.08.20**|||||
|Current Account|18417.66||8187.66||
|Uncleared cheques|0.00||0.00||
|Deposit Account|10070.01||10029.73||
|**Balance in bank accounts**||**28487.67**||**18217.39**|
|**Notes**|||||
All money banked with Unity Trust Bank All moneys held are general funds No restricted funds put through the account in this year
# Includes £840 for 20/21 season
** Refunds for Carmina Burana tickets requested before 1 September 2020
˄ Includes Performing Rights Society costs
~~ £500 given charitably to NewSPAL to enable continuation of music hire facility
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## **Non-monetary assets:**
* The Society owns music scores purchased with WCS funds in 2019/20:-
1. 7 copies of John Rutter Dancing Day valued at £50.79
2. 5 copies of Elgar's Give unto the Lord valued at £22.46
3. 3 copies of Britten Ceremony of Carols valued at £33
4. 65 copies of Gjeilo Away in a Manger valued at £123.20
5. 30 copies of Brebeuf Huron Carol valued at £61.20
6. 22 copies of Leavitt Missa Festiva valued at £233.10
Accounts signed on behalf of the Trustees:
**Peter Johnston** , Chairman of Trustees …........................................................... Date…......................................12 January 2021
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner"s Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Worthing Choral Society
On accounts for the year
ended
31. August 2020
Charfty no
(if any)
10gÉllZ
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity [he Trusf) for the year ended 3110812020
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the aUnts in accordance with the requirements of the Charilies Act
2011 (Ihe Acr).
I in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the appliGable Direclions gtven by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5Xb) of ACL
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in (x)nnection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect
a(xounting re(x)rds were not kept in accordance wrth section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not a(u)rd wtth the ac(x>unting reix)rds
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in CA)nnection
wtth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable a
proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
26" November 2020
Name:
Rosanne Nulty
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
{rf any):
Chartered Institute of Public Finance arKI A(xx)unlancy. and Chartered
Institute of Intemal Auditors
Address:
4 Below. 4 Heene Terrace
Worthing
BN113NP
Section B
Disclosure
No items to disclose
IER
October 2018