Charity number. 1093455
Company number. 4463793
THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAKfEE)
TRusfEES' REPORT AND UNAUDrrED ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020

THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
TRusfEES' REPORT AND UNAUDrrED Accouiirs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
CONTENTS
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THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
The Trustees of The Lontkn Phi[harmn￿ ChcAr Cthe Cholff) a￿ the di￿or$ for the PUfFoses of the
Ccmpanies Art 20C6 and are ￿Sed iD prewrt the rrf(rt and acownts ts the year end￿1 31
August 2020.
The unaudital fi￿nCial strta￿ts pr￿￿r￿j in with the actrAntirwJ Fob(ie5 s&
out in I ID the ac(ounts, and (￿n￿Y with the OKxrfs a￿1 Artths of As￿iatIC￿,
C(Nnpanies Act 2CQ6, the Charrbes kt 2011 and Accotrt]ng aTrJ by Charrtjes.. stateff￿rt of
RLYommerKI8J PractKe appI1(ab￿ to charrtt.es prepBriThJ their accounts in accordan￿ with the Finandal
ReForting Stsndard a[￿￿?bIe In the LK and ReputlK of ]￿la￿l effecti¥e l January 2019 Cthe Charityes
SORP (FRS 102)?.
OBJEcfivES AND Acrz¥rrIES
The Cfv)1rfs princwal Im arKI cèJecU¥e Is b t￿￿K￿e, Iryirn. devd(y and maintsn aducat￿ In the
appreoath)n and knovrtedge of the ort and of MUSK by the presentstic#) of ￿t41C cOfi￿rts. In
order to achEve this, ￿ CFKSr gives oloFd F*rfOM￿n￿, prinopally but exdusNely, In
assc(otSJn with profes90￿1 on￿￿,. rt alg) pr￿ organises andlor FerfOrn￿ in other ojknral arKI
Jucational attivtties rdevant to the study and aFprec53tion of ff￿SC, aThJ undertak£5 s￿h ottr￿r thiThJs
in fvrtherdn￿ of its obie£bves, ￿ whtth are c(¥kJucive or in(idemtsl thereb).
Memter5hip of the Chcir is suwt io aU(rit￿ initialty and on an cngoiro bags, to malrrtaln the Choirfs
high stsndards. Audthns are OFen to all and are rth requireJ to an annual subscriptrjn.
The th)ir affords n￿lber$ the cwNttJnlty to ￿hear￿ aTrJ perftHTh togetlw tD a w hhjh 4aTrJard
and regukirfy Fwf0M￿ with vn)rkl dass ￿m￿juct0rs and (x(h&ths at putJic In the UK aThJ
abroad. The CtK¥r has a current rrmibership of arcxjnd 300 singers but the numiEts perfoming on any
given ¢xi3wn vary ￿Cor{Mng to the ¥Enue and IEF*rtc4"re conc￿.
In a￿tion to large s(ak OYKeJts, p￿rn￿rreS a￿ giw in venLts whKh tKrth
extends the audi￿￿ txi* aFK1 giv￿ n￿b￿S a d￿n￿ to exth and In different
The Choir al￿ engages in re*vant d)artty and aducalional adiwbes in fvrtheftrKe of its obj'ectives.
The Chc¥rfs purtwes are for the public benefft and the Tru￿￿ ha￿ referred tr) Charity
Ccfflmisson'5 genernl guidan￿ ￿ PublK Eaefit ind￿li￿j tre guidan￿, "Public knefft.. RunnirwJ
Charity {PB2)" when revbewing the alm5 aThJ of tharity aThJ In tlannlng fij￿re acuvitss.
ACHIEVEMEIITS AND PERFORMANCE
The CIK)irfs 2019-20 Sea￿￿ gx off to a Lw arKI exotiThJ start with a ¢*rforMan￿ * the 2019 BBC
PronLS at the Royal Hall, along￿ seNEn othw thlys, EuroFean tvemth of John Luther
P•Yarng the nan* of the Eath. This was (cA￿W￿l by six concerts akJno9de the London PhllhaThrKm
Orchestra ("Lp0￿ at the Royal Hall duriNJ Aubjmn of 2019 and January 2020. Ihe5e
con￿rtS Induded Verdi's uThJer the t8ton of Edward Gardner, ￿garf$ AwstÈsunder i*ton
of Maityn Bftbtmns, Walton'5 8etsh&7arf5 F&7k under the toton d Marin Ajxy, and P￿le￿¢S Sev
Teneb￿ wth FOU￿,$ Ra7uwI conductsl by Bertrand de Bllty. The and alto volces
al￿ ￿￿fr)[r￿ in Ft45ts' Pknas under the baton of ThonHs k1es. The Choir was delight8Y to ijin
force5 with the Lon¢*)n Youth CtrKdr a5 tly yJin8J Us for a perfOrn￿n￿ of Mahlerfs S￿?honY No 2 in
concert featuriThJ Cdin Matth￿. the baton of Vkjjimir JurobyskF. AdditDrolly the
Clb)ir joined the LPO In ￿TrI1￿j5, induding Vlath'fftr Matyiorfs UILW, alxj conducted ￿ Vladi￿¥r
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In addraon to the range of mre '$￿U5, ck55Kal c(yKerts, the (l￿0r ds) perforTr*d In concerts and
r￿dir￿j5 du￿ng the year InNY)Iving mre tryufar daSS￿ and ￿Tpts. and rnu￿c for festive pthj.
The Choir rega￿5 O)ese as an ImF#Jtsrt addjtrjn to its ￿0)ra￿¥rE as tr a￿ alvrdys very well re￿￿
a￿d￿ll￿ ￿￿)Uld Tr)t te attracted to the fryrrEr ￿e of COn￿rt and who often a
new Inte￿ in dassol music thrO￿h heanThJ w)ular a￿r[￿& Concats of twlar dassts and festive
slc are always greatsy enjoyed by audience and CM"r nBnbers allke.
The latter of sea￿￿ saw (Iff1￿1t￿5 fLY the ￿f￿ttMng arts In gEnwal, as concert
halls arKJ other venues do*1 as ttE rtsult of the coronavinjs (COVID-19) pandemlc. The Chcmrfs ￿nne1j
Ilve con￿rtS and engagenEnts for tst pen"￿1 with the LPO and ottET orthe5tras were can(dl8J. The
c1￿￿r has the￿tr)￿ fcKus*l on ￿rd￿l and virtual perfc¢￿￿n￿s d￿rir￿ thls ktter brlngirNJ
muslc app￿.at￿n to ￿ze0b￿ on-h'ne a￿dkn￿. Vlthl pthrftpn￿ incl￿1￿1 Poul Fintham's Awen,
twnkra1 by the CIKJir at the muse￿ in 2018. in cdebrtion of Mhjsummerfs Day. The Ch(M'r ￿S
contlnued ￿ engage Iwth memter5 thwh regular Wrt￿71 ￿lEarSalS and ￿￿nberShip events.
The th)ir has ff£intsinoJ a Str(￿g rFthtshlp base durfiNJ the and has Conton￿j to f(MJJS on
market(ng and recruibwit. r*entlon of nBnbers. IThlivKluals seekn'ng to pon the Choir are
welcmd at a trial rel￿r501 and eno￿Ta￿￿ to audrt￿, with audrtions continulng to tske pla
rgmcrtdy. Applicants for auditk)ns cfft frcth a wkle range of tkickgrounds, arKJ include young
slngers who want to devekw th￿'r intere* in choral mus￿. as wdl as SC￿ Trfft eXpe￿er￿e￿ gnge
k(ng to Mden thar reFert￿'re and e￿en￿ Und￿ the gU￿an￿ of the Chol￿$ ArtSsVc
Dlrertor. Tr Ch)ir affords tterr￿ the Op￿rtUnIty to eni)y pwforyring Ydl known p￿e5 Wsth Y￿[kI
dass ¢ychestras U[￿er the d￿erse dI￿110n of vK)rld das5 (Dnduciors, and ttE chal￿￿ of expbriThJ new
or I￿ known vLwks.
FINANCXAL REVIEW
During the year Incon￿ frThn (k￿at￿)n5. charitable actvli￿5 arKI investrpnts arrKJunteJ to £81298,
Increasal from £65,264 for the Itar 31 August 2019. This increase principally rell￿ts Increasal
InoJThE frc*m ￿ErfO￿nanceS grven, ￿rtIallY Offr￿ by a r&JUtt￿n in tr￿r inccm
£yndI￿re on charitsL* aLtwtts aThl £￿Vernan￿ costs for the year amurtsj to £68.615, an IncTease
fr¢￿ £61,742 for the year end&J 31 Augijst 2019. Thls rell￿ts an incTea5e in the d1￿ o)sts c(
rerf0rrFmin￿ given and other costsi partialty offset ty a r￿lucts)n In Costs.
The irKJeasexi ￿ve1 of inc4Jrne frcrfn f&s aTrJ in the current re￿ the
dIff￿ent mix of corKerts arKI (orrert rerertuire as axrVar￿ *ith year.
The n& Incon￿ for the year and rrThE￿￿nt In fuThts a￿￿nted to £12M3 (2019. net incane of
£3,522). The balan￿ of funds, bvhKh ￿re all unre#ricted fvnds. stLX*J at £142.087 at the balan￿ s
date (2019: £129,404).
The Tnth a￿ ￿[X)nsIble for tts ff¢na0￿nt of ri5k5 fatyl by the Cholr. They consider that
rr¢Jor risks are that the le￿ of Chjlr ￿nt￿rShip and star￿ard of ￿rforManceS given is
m31ntsined, and that fe&wrwJ FWf0rTron￿ cyp)rtunrt]"es for the ChoFr are rK)t avathble and have
tsken ￿p5 to mttig*e eXpM￿re tn these rlsh5. They are continulng tD fc(us on ￿r￿r￿t and
retenljon of ryEmters and nNAlntrinirKJ hhjh pthnAin￿ SkThtsrds, and maintsining and develcpi
rdatN)nships wth or(hestras and to wovhje pUfOrTren￿ oprL)rtunrtie5. The thoir has adapts
to the charwj drCumStsn￿ during ktter part of the year by ur¥Jertaknng recorded and vfrttjal
perf0m￿nces, and retrrte r￿￿￿￿15, auditions and r￿rt￿r e¥￿ts. The TnJ*< is to b)
hohj a minlmum of £90,(tyJO in funds as free re*rves, trj e[kib￿ trE CfyJ"r to futMI a numkr

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of concerts and On￿n9 ccsts dwing Wtr￿ fe&paying ￿certs Thoy nct be provid8J by
PLANS FOR FimJRE PEAIODS
The Cholr had an excttlro arnj schthfe of corKyts ryg￿lts pknn&1 for the 202￿21
se39)n, Indudlng éght o)nc&ts with the LPO. Fby*ye%er, with cororowrus (COVID.19) restrittions In
place. tI￿Se concets and engagwents ha* teen ￿nC￿￿1. The UKir has nev&thekn undetsken
several re￿rded and v7ffjthil perf0mpn￿, I￿luthng PAchmanlnoffs rrfithng Workj
H¢)metess Day in 9JPtX)rt of IK)rth d￿Tty. The Pa￿ge. The Clhir is malntsbnlng ewagerrErt wlth
though rvJukir vird471 rel￿rSalS a￿1 I￿r**thip e￿ts, arKI COntrn￿ to 7kn new
The coronavlrus (cov1￿19) parthimc ha5 iwht Inio sharp f(us the signt[tsn￿ of the pwformlThJ
arts, and ffluslc In partlcuLar, in I￿r daity INes and ts irwrtarKe for heath aThJ hellteing. The ￿¢￿r
k5 forward to beirMJ able to rttum to kntng in front of Ilve to briThJ the th)y and healiTra
ers of li* thoral twgc intD a￿￿rt halls and ￿ venues again. and e5pe(iolly to terformlng
the Lon(k)n PhllharyrKsnt iknestJa at the Royal Festival Hall. The CIK)ir Kis conductsj risk a55e55ments
and has pkns Sn tA￿e to retum to in.r*son reheaFals and I￿rf￿nCeS when it is safe and aEproprkite
to do 9), and WEII 0)rrtIn￿ to erw in vlrtLo1 èr*J ￿tr¥￿ie5 in ttE n￿ant1￿￿.
The to m31ntaln a￿1 <thh¥) relat￿th[p5 w6th orthe4Jas and IKcmTrkn, and to ftx￿S
on r￿rtment aThJ retenticn crf and nBintsiniru hlgh refonrorKe st3rthrd5.
The aW￿r has rAans for a and dl%fJse 2021.22 ws(x) IndLKling wlth the Lo
Phuhanr￿IC Ord￿.
srRUCWR4 GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEiir
The CMr Is a Charrt3tde ty its ttsTh)rnrMlum a￿1 Artjdes of AS￿•￿ dated 28
Iwil 2014 arKJ is I￿rt￿l ty guardntea
The Ch)Ir Is n￿￿￿[e￿ by a c(¥Fwnth of n￿, WIK) fijlffl sEB]fic rc4es 05 d￿e￿rIn￿￿ time to
thr*. AJI of ￿ Corltht￿ n￿rS a￿ tJustees and di￿ of the ctr4itita￿e c(xnpany, Comn¥Ltee
nwnters are elected to the 0￿Ittee ty Choir mer￿r$, and apiKX'nted as trust*s and di￿, at
the Annual Gg)eFal M*tirKJ, to hcld Offi￿ for the perKMI of one year. In the event of a trustee ￿Signi[vJ
id.year. a r*cemt nkiy k ejtsj by ffembers, or apEKxntal by the trustees. to hokl Offi￿ until
the fcAlowing AGM. The coninottee ￿￿jn$ Offi￿ at eath AGM, an¢J all ([￿nIttee are elKJlble
The C￿1rf5 Artistic Ditslor and the piano ￿oN￿an15t retsive fees in ther profesgonal capaoty from
the CPL)ir. Clh)tr ￿￿lLEtS who are not trust* ly0￿de hdp and as9slan￿ wjth the day to day runnlng
of the Chclr. No crrnittee ￿ter or Ch￿r is renwneratsd by the Chjr, Imht exFendlture
In￿rre￿ by comnNtt* or ottw Chjir in fijlfillry thefir (*)I￿at￿M5 to ttE CIK)ir w I
mbursed.
and Artides of Asxmiation. rmst r￿t siattrtory accounts arxl ￿NnuteS of CO￿Thr￿ee nRdiws.
and a fompl harthvw trkes pl￿ wlth tr* fcKrw hc4(*r of their F4)5t. Infom￿1 tsalning and inth(li(
Is provkded to new memters ty exisb.ng cL¥rrfn6tt& nBnber5 on an on9)ing basis, aTrJ
partulady ￿ duriThJ the flr5t 51x rrt)nths of Imr ap[ofnty￿L

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REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATZVE DETAILS
Chaylty no:
1093455
Company n(K 4463793
Hln(le str￿ Mettthlst ￿Urch
19 Thayer stred
London WIU 2QJ
For and on tehalf of
Mth)re ￿ngstOn Smth LLP
Charterej Accouniants
De￿￿$hi￿
60 rs)5￿￿11 Road
LLth ECIM 7AD
Martyn Atklns
Te55a Ba
Bethe3 HansoTrkne5
Martyn Athns
Katharirt Bènkemship
sU￿rt Thcm85
Jennifer Cressw
Rachd ToEtham
Chalrnmn
(Ttrak¥K)int&l March 2020)
Ch(xr frts￿9er
(re-aFwint8J Marth 2020)
HorYJrary 5ffttsry
(a￿￿Int￿l Mard) 2020)
Ho￿[ary S￿ary
[￿99r￿d Marth 2020)
HOr￿lary Treasurer
(r&aAJ)intoJ Marth 2020)
Marketing ￿r￿ger
(a[￿Ints￿ March 2020)
Marketing ￿￿nager
(resgwj March 2020)
m*J￿￿1p CorfKdlWr (rwkwinta1 lQirch 2020)
srATEMENT OF TRiISTEEY RESPONSIBILMES
The tnjstees (who are also dir&bNs of The LoFMtr)n PNlhamx)nK Chir for the pur[0￿ of ccKntiany law)
are re5Pffi5ible for the Trustees, Rel￿ the finanoal ststements in accordan￿ wlth
apkllcabte law and Unried ￿c¢￿th9 StsrKlards (Unlted ianLthn New C*maally knep￿[
Lcounb"ThJ prad1￿.)
C(xnpany law requi￿ trustees to wepare financial staienents ￿ &ith finarKial year whith glve a tn
and fair of the sw of the affa.rs of the tharIk￿e CLThpany and of the incoming re$cwr￿ and
ap[SIc3￿n of r￿U￿, indudng the Incoffe a￿1 expenditure. of d￿ntable cc#npany for that [￿.
In prep3ring the* financi* y2tur￿ts, ￿ tn￿ are ts):
obswve the nths aNI ryinci￿ in the a￿l*ab￿ Chartves SORP;
make JuthJts￿ts arxj estynats that are wsornib* and w¢knL'
state wlthr apFAficab￿ UK AC￿nti￿j 93nthrds have fdk)w&1, any ￿￿t￿la1
depath￿ dlscbsed arKI eypklir￿tsJ In the finarKlal statvwts;
prepa￿ the finanaal Staten￿ on grAng concern t￿"S unkn it is Inawioprote to
that the chantatle cO￿￿￿Y wlm Contin￿ In buynes&

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The tW5tee5 a￿ resrongbÈ for keeplng prcfer Kcountr"rvJ r￿5 that dlsck)se wlth rea9y)ab
accurdcy at any the financial kN)sllkni of the tharttatje C(xA￿nY and ￿ble to ensure that the
financ4?1 statwwts ¢￿tty wlth the c￿n[￿n6e5 kt 20C6. Try a￿ alg) reswn9bÈ for saf83uardlng the
assets of the cttarltsb￿ hen￿ for tskjng re3sonabk 5tw)s fw tre [me￿it￿n and dttection
of and irrgJulartie>
Thls reFQrt and urkiudi￿1 accounts have we￿r￿1 In accorda￿ wlth the spgya ￿lS7on$ of Part
15 of the co￿vanES Act 2fJ]6 r￿ati￿ to ￿11 c(￿PanIeS. with ￿nanCIal ReFor￿ng Stsndard
applicable in UK and RepuLthc of I￿lall￿ efects￿ Januory 2019 (FRS 102> aThJ wtth the Strter￿t of
R￿fN[￿rwO￿1 Practi￿ apklicatAe to d￿ritIeS pre￿ar4￿j treir acawnts in accordan￿ with the Finanaal
Retorfj'ng Strndard in the UK arKI Repui4ic of Ireknd eff￿tive ￿n￿ary 2019 fft Clk4rities
SORP {FRS 102)?.
(kn berolfof the PA13rd of Twstees
Susan Thomas FCA CTA
Lor￿￿ PhllhanTr)nt
CLJnpany linityl ty guar3rt￿, CLryany nmtrr 4463793
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INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE LONDON
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR CTHE COMPANY?
I rem to the dkii1ty tm51ees my exarNnaUcm of tr* ac£ourts of ttE Conpany for the year end￿1 31
August 2020.
Rtsp(M￿1l￿litl￿5 and basis of
As the thafWs tnjstees of the Cunpany (aThJ a19) tts for the pUr[m￿ of ccthparry law) you a
restonsib￿ for the pretfjrath)n of the &CO￿ts In ￿(o￿on￿ ￿1th the Nulwnts of the Cthnpan￿S
Att 2006 Cthe 2006 Att).
Having sabsfi8J M￿lf that the a(c￿nts d the Cryany are nct required to te authtgj under Part 16 of
the 20(6 Att a￿fj a￿ elKJible for independ￿t examinathjn. I repjt in resm of my examlnation of your
chari￿5 accounts as can*d out un(kr section 145 of the Chartbe5 Att 2011 Cthe 2011 W. In L?￿Y7[￿j
out my eJaminathJn I have f￿10￿1 firFth)ns by the Chaiity CIyMMS5ion sectic
145(5)(b} of the 2011 PLt
with the ￿￿rrI￿ltI￿ gl*ng cause tD
(l) accwntlng wjnts we nct In w of the Co)yry as *dNJn 386 oftr
2006 Ptt. or
(21 the acc¢￿Ints 6) acco￿ with those r￿￿5. or
(3) the acccwnts (h) comF4y with the accounkng RoulraiBts of s&tKm 396 of 2006 Act
other than any wuirernent that the accDunts fair vle41 wPKh is not a n*r
conSKler&Y as part of an indewdent exam1nat1f￿. or
(4) the accounts have nct p￿ar￿j Hi accordan￿ with the nEtlb)ds arKI of the
I have ￿ 0)n￿rn$ and have o)rt acro55 m (*her nwtler5 kn connecticfi wth the exanlnatIc￿ to whfith
attent1￿ StrK)￿￿ be dFawn in thls rqxyt in ijrder to etwlje a worer uthstsnding of ts acc(￿nts to
K, ruL L(t
James Cross FCA DChA
For and on behalf of Moove Kli415kn1 Smlth LLP
Cevon5hire Ftmjse
60 GO￿￿[ Road
London ECIM 7AD
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srATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES
(INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDrruRE ACCOVN
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020
2020
2019
Unrestrlcte4 Fun¢ts
Income and Endofftwts fvom:.
loo
80,070
¥128
Charltabk artNirfces
Investhnts
63.917
1.347
Totsl Income
81,298
65264
ExpeThliture on:.
ChaTtsbfe acbvtE5
6$615
61,742
Total Expendltsre
68,615
61,742
Net Ino)me for the year and net movement In funds
12,683
3,522
Totsl hnds bmught forwavd (all Uftrastritt￿ funds)
129,404
125,882
Totsl fvnds Carri￿ forwdrd (all Ynre$lrk￿ funts)
142,087
129,404

THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
BALANCE SHEEr
AS AT 31 AUGusf 2020
2020
2019
rrent assets
Stock of music and for resa
L378
1,399
40,000
103,935
2,180
18,296
30,C(
Cash at ba￿ arKI in 14irKI
146.712
149,474
CreAitor5: am(JJnts folliro wrftun year
(4,625)
(20.070)
Total net assets
141087
129,404
nds
rethctsy
141087
129,404
Totsl dwrty funds
141087
129,404
For the year e￿ 31 ALWJU5t 2020 thaiitsble oJ)wany was to eXen￿￿ und¥ Sects)n 477
of the Conpanks Att 2CVJ6.
No no￿ to the dIr￿tr￿S ￿uIrt￿) an Ikis teen detb)st8J UfKler 476 of tre Cc¥npan*s Att
The dirpLtors acknowbjge thekr ￿N￿￿111t1e5 ts:
(i)
surlNJ trot rtolitsble coThyany keeEs actourrtiNJ reoyds whlth o)mpty vath
SeCuc￿ 3ei> ofthe CoyikNinles Att 2￿6. arKJ
(il)
prepariNJ firk2rKJal 5(at￿￿nts whth and fair of the 51ate of affalrs of
the charitstle c¢ynpany as at the end of the finarKial year, and of its irKorr* and
expendtture for tr￿ financial ytsr, In accordan￿ wrth the r&tuirerwts of SettKsns 394
and 395 and whlth conply with the r￿￿1￿r￿ts of the Contk4nEs Att 2C(96
ting kn accounts, ￿ far as appllcab* to the dwrltable
c(ryany,
The acc(xJnts have prepared wi accordan￿ w6th tre s[e0￿ prrNIsKJns relatlrvJ to 9naU c(xrwanles
wlthln Part 15 of ts Ccthpanies A(
Authtyi*J for iwe by the iThrd on
2oLI
and slgn&d cffl Its tehaff try SllFan 71Jom*FCA cfA
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THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE AccouKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
l AccountiwJ pollcles
a Ba*5 of t￿parat￿)n
The aCc￿nts ha￿ iren EX￿ared In a(£(Nda￿ wth AcC￿lntIng and Rep)rVng by CharitE5.'
ststwwt of R￿ndaY Prattice ap[Aicab￿ to tharities prer&iring th8r acmunts In ￿COnjan
wlth the FinarThl Re￿rting aN)IKab￿ in the UK and Rewblic of I￿￿4￿￿ effective l January
2019 fthe ChartÈs SORP (FRS 102)?, and the Financkl ReF¢JttwJ Stsndand applicab￿ In the UK
and Reputdlc of I￿ranj effectNe l ￿nUary 2019 fFRS 102?.
The financial sktwts are prePa￿d in ￿li￿j which is the fijndional cunency of the company.
*Jrthry aff￿nts are r(wnded tD the nea￿SE ￿)und.
b &)1￿ corKem
The Choir has adaptsl to the dk7W enVircnr￿rt arnl raluced o[W￿nitieS for the perf0mWn￿ of
thryal music during the latter of the fvir, brrwht alm￿￿ by ￿ colcmavirus (COVtD.19)
P3Th1erriG ty ub"lisiThJ wirttja and rarrte perforff4ince and ￿h￿irSal methcKJs. The Trust￿ con9der
that aUdI￿ceS and cho'r rrEmtvs a￿ keen to retum to Nve ￿n￿S of chordl music, and there
re pkns in for the ChcAr to It Is safe and appwiate. The Cholr is maintsiniThJ
gaggrtht wlth Ots w￿n￿erShip base, has ggnfficant unre5trthJ reserves.
Trust￿ are 53tisf￿ with the CIM)irf5 atx.lty to o)nlinue as a concern a￿1 the acc￿nts ha
teen pwared on the con￿rn ba&s.
c Irmr
Enc(￿ is remgnlsed when ￿irt is Inc￿ tsx r￿ble on ald donations Is
r￿C￿jnI5ed with the ￿natkn to which ft relate& Intwest on tmnk dem Is as Irm
fr(m invethents a recetvaEle t4isis.
Se￿￿ donated by Trusts and othw Ch(k Th￿ntEr5 a5 ￿UnteerS have rM)t bew rectsJnts&1 as
eth& incoffe or expd¥Jiture as the Trns&s ljot the o￿trIbutk)n tsnnrt iE mea9Jre
rel4ibty or Und￿ o)st.
Expendlture
AN exp&iditiJre is accoun￿1 an ￿(Tual5 tmsos and has tr£en da55rf￿ under headings that
aggr8Jate all costs relatal to the categ(wy. As the tharty has only one charrtst4e actsvity, all supp)rt
constytuthjnal and ststutyy rquireThn
TransactK)ns in f￿efvJn ajrrencies i[KJu￿d in the statarent of financial acbts are trdll51atal irto
sterfing at the exchanoE rate ruling at ttE date of the tsBnsact•Jns. Assets and Irabililjes denonmnated
In (0￿gn cu￿￿e5 are tsBnskt&1 irto sterfing at ckn&"ro rate5 at the balan￿ sheet date and
exchange drfIa￿CeS are InchJdeJJ in the stat￿rt of thar￿jaI alrvilies.
The Choir hokls sdettai mustcal Thes for ￿￿f0m￿r￿es and for sale to thoir rrffiIbe￿. Members
are ￿Uired to purchase MUSK folders ts use durfng perf￿n￿ and a stcKk of these, and
s**ed IKmXKJnal is hdd ty the thirity. CkJsOng stocks refth at the lo￿￿ ol
hiyiirioj cost and rea￿Sable val

THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
h Tay3￿
The d￿rity Is e¥eryt from tsx on and aains falling within S 46&493 of the c￿lati)n Tax
2010 arKi s 256 of the Taxa￿C￿ of CtswtAe Gain5 kt 1992 to tr extert these a￿ applÈd to
bts dsiritabie tAX CthiNJes in ctorty.
Cribol estirykites and Judg￿rEnts
In pre￿ring the finan(ial st￿en￿￿ Th) ]uty￿ts or esti￿￿5 were requirql that Kwkl have a
signlfiont eff￿t ￿ the awrfjunts I￿nIs81.
j Finandl instrunEnts
Cash and cash 8JuNalerts
Cash and cash 8]uivat￿ts indude cath at bank5 a￿1 In haThl and tgm dw>ts with a
trotyrity date of thr￿ nKJnths ￿ less.
Debtors aEdtiors
L*btDrs and Cr￿ltorS recelvatle Ix payabk wlthth one of Its fEPJrting are at
th*'r tran>thon price.
2020
2019
506 60,040
2,020
T￿r Inccffle
&564
80,070
63,917
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THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY UMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE Accourirs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
3 Expenditure an charftsble actmtles
Dirttt
Support
Totsl
2020
2019
57,275
8,975
66,250
60,324
Ch(xr C￿dUtt01s and ACONn￿nl5ts
Ham Hlre
36,534
16,878
28,156
15.323
Musr C(6ts
Trdvd t(MJr c(sts
925
73
57,275
5,127
1,903
51,009
C*)vernan
element
2020
nan
element
2019
Totrl
2020
T(*al
2019
AGM ccfjts
Bank tharges aThJ inter
Chtir wdfare
lThjek￿dent ExJninerfs f
Insurafft and sut)scrikrtxThs
m￿￿ng and prtyn(thn
MIS￿lan￿js ex￿Se5
MUS￿ I￿)rary c(sts
345
258
350
1.959
2,325
558
2,350
2,325
125
13
251
321
8,975
2,350
9,315
2,683
2020
1,065
&300
1365
2019
1.418
Must aKI rekttrj prrxluLts ￿whir￿j
1.418
Total C(ffjts
£ 68.615 E
61.742
DuMThJ ts year a (ksnatK]n of £1,2LYI vos to the Loth Ywth Ct4nts xholar5hl)
fund, and £l(M) b) the Royal Festyv￿ Hall In of a frn ft￿7ber of Lond￿ FthiIha￿r0n
CPKir.
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THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
(A COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTESTO THE AccouKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2020
Th￿e eJnpbyEes pr. Tfustees, WIK) a￿ con9det&l to LE rnanag8￿nt
per9Jnnd. a￿1 ots Ch￿r ￿￿terS In the day to day mnnirKJ of the (Mir give thelr ttme
for fr&. ￿e of t￿ trust￿ rmed remunerathjn duhng the year. E￿ndthre Inw[r￿ ty
trust￿ and other C￿)Ir nBntws in fvIfiMing ther 01419at￿5 to ￿ cl￿fr rroy ￿ ￿1￿jurS&J.
During year tTUStee Y￿5 r￿M￿lsed wenses Incurrej for travd totslling £207 (2019.. tvA)
trust￿ were ranknr￿l for tr￿1 and sUbstst￿￿e tctallNJ £85).
Tn￿ engage CIK4r actmues on the sarre tws as otter rrmtss. DuriThJ the year I
(harity no Ihjnatbms frcffl trustees (2019.. the charlty r￿ei¥&I rK) O)nations from
tJustees). Th&e ￿la￿j party transadions requiri￿ disdosure du￿ng the year.
2020
2019
TJ* debtors
Prepayffthts and Kuuay Inco
1,145
17,236
¥399
18,2%
rraje and ots debtors ￿e r￿nIs￿l & the sdtbnwt mnt du& PrepaYrn￿ts are valu8J
at the arrKJunt prepaNJ.
Indud8J In the atove a￿ firta￿l￿ ass* of £l,CK13 {2O19.£2.￿S).
6 Investments and Gish at bank and In hand
InNestJMts (orry)rise iwnk dew)9ts with a matyrlty of kn than one )ear fr￿rt the balan￿ sh
dats and are valuéj at the ￿lISatIe arTr)unt at the balaft￿ #*et date.
Cash at LBnk and in haThd CLvnprtse5 osh bank {le￿s￿$ held to slw)rt tenn ccvnmifftnts
are Yalued at the anKwrt of cash hehj.
7 Creditors
2020
2019
254
19,816
4,625
4,625
20,070
Cr8Jitors ￿ m&1￿￿ at sdyeffet arTr)Jr
In ￿ at￿￿ ae fir4?￿01 liaknlths (I £4.625 [2019.. £19￿16)
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